Derby landmark to feature on new stampspublished at 12:17 British Summer Time 13 August 2021
BBC Radio Derby
Derby's Silk Mill will feature on new Royal Mail stamps as it honours the landmark inventions of the early industrial age in its new collection.
The 300-year-old Silk Mill is believed to be the world's first successful modern factory.
It has recently been part of a multi-million redevelopment and opened to the public in May as the Museum of Making.
Hannah Fox from Derby Museums - which runs the building - said it was an "exciting time" for Derby and its industrial history.
"It was quite a surprise to us," she said. "We weren't quite sure if it was going to happen because they [Royal Mail] do keep it really under their hat about what they are going to produce and what suggestions they are going to explore.
"So we are all really surprised and delighted."