All new stamps will now feature King Charles, but stocks featuring the late Queen will be sold off first.
Royal Mail is selling sets of the new stamps on its website.
The new design was influenced by the classic profile of Queen Elizabeth created by the artist Arnold Machin in 1967. The King's portrait does not have any crown or royal symbols - unlike many of the predecessors, where kings' stamps often include an image of a crown and queens are depicted wearing a crown or diadem.
The design is based on a sculpture made by artist Martin Jennings for the new King Charles coins - with the image then digitally adapted for stamps. Fifty pence coins carrying the image areKing Charles becomes the seventh monarch to appear on stamps - Queen Victoria was the first, in 1840,
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