TO celebrate the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a series of stamps have been created to illustrate classic moments from the story.

Award-winning illustrator Grahame Baker-Smith was commissioned by Royal Mail to depict some of the much-loved characters created by the Daresbury writer, who lived in the village for the first 11 years of his life.

The story of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, originally entitled Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, was born from a friendship between Oxford student Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and of the children of the Dean of the college which included a youngster called Alice Liddell.

Originally a story made up to entertain the children on a boat trip, Alice requested it be written down, which Dodgson did as a Christmas gift in 1864 with his own illustrations.

Dodgson decided to publish his story under the pen name Lewis Carroll in 1865 and the book was an immediate success.

Six years after Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll published a sequel, Through the Looking-Glass.

Andrew Hammond, Royal Mail director of stamps and collectibles, said: “The story of Alice in Wonderland remains a perennial favourite of children, and indeed adults, around the world.

"It is fitting that in its 150th anniversary year it is celebrated with a wonderful set of stamps featuring striking images that do justice to such an iconic tale.”

To coincide with the launch of the stamps, Walker Books will be publishing a three-dimensional gift edition book with pages that fold out and use the artwork of the stamps.