The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated off the north west coast of the mainland of Europe. It consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The capital of the UK is London. The UK is a constitutional monarchy (Queen Elizabeth II) with a parliamentary system of government.
Great Britain is known as the first country to introduce postage stamps in 1840. The Penny Black became the world’s first postage stamp in use. Until 1951, the name of the country did not appear on stamps, only the portrait or picture of the reigning monarch. As the Penny Black was impractical because of its black colour which meant that cancellation marks were hard to see, the Penny Reds were introduced from 1841 and during the period in which they were used, about 21 billion were produced. The Penny Lilac (inscribed Postage and Inland Revenue) was introduced in 1880 and remained in use until the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. After experimenting with different ways of cutting stamps, perforation was introduced in 1854. During the 1950’s and 60’s the monarch’s portrait or picture was very prominent, often taking up a quarter or more of the stamp’s design. Since 1965 a change came about with regard to the monarch’s picture. Since then a small silhouette of the Queen has appeared on all commemorative stamps.
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1858
Queen Victoria Series featuring letters in the 4 corners
SG # 48
Used (Hinged)
SG # 43
Used (Hinged)
SG # 52
Used (Hinged)
SG # 45
Used (Hinged)
1865
Queen Victoria Series
SG # 118
Used (Hinged)
1872
Queen Victoria Series
SG # 122b
Used (Hinged)
1880
Queen Victoria Series
SG # 187
Used (Hinged)
SG # 166
Used (Hinged)
SG # 169
Used (Hinged)
1881
Queen Victoria Series
SG # 174
Used (Hinged)
1883
Queen Victoria Series
SG # 190
Used (Hinged)
1887
Queen Victoria Series
SG # 197
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 213
Used (Hinged)
SG # 198
Used (Hinged)
SG # 200
Used (Hinged)
SG # 201
Used (Hinged)
SG # 202
Used (Hinged)
SG # 205a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 206
Used (Hinged)
SG # 207a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 208
Used (Hinged)
SG # 209
Used (Hinged)
SG # 210
Used (Hinged)
1902
King Edward VII Series
SG # 217
Used (Hinged)
SG # 219
Used (Hinged)
SG # 222
Used (Hinged)
SG # 291
Used (Hinged)
SG # 231
Used (Hinged)
SG # 232a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 236
Used (Hinged)
SG # 240
Used (Hinged)
SG # 294
Used (Hinged)
SG # 245
Used (Hinged)
SG # 307
Used (Hinged)
SG # 314
Used (Hinged)
1911
King George V Series
SG # 322
Used (Hinged)
(Lion Unshaded)
SG # 327
Used (Hinged)
1912
King George V Series
SG # 341
Used (Hinged)
King George V Series (Lined Background)
SG # 418
Used (Hinged)
SG # 418
Used (Hinged)
SG # 419
Used (Hinged)
SG # 420
Used (Hinged)
SG # 368
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 422
Used (Hinged)
SG # 375
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 379
Used (Hinged)
SG # 381a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 426
Used (Hinged)
SG # 387
Used (Hinged)
SG # 390
Used (Hinged)
SG # 392
Used (Hinged)
SG # 427
Used (Hinged)
SG # 394
Used (Hinged)
SG # 429
Used (Hinged)
SG # 450
Used (Hinged)
SG # 451
Used (Hinged)
1924
British Empire Exhibition 1924 Series
SG # 430
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 431
Unused (Hinged)
1929
9th UPU Congress, London Series
SG # 434
Used (Hinged)
SG # 435
Used (Hinged)
SG # 436
Used (Hinged)
SG # 437
Used (Hinged)
1934
King George V Series (Solid Background)
SG # 439
Used (Hinged)
SG # 440
Used (Hinged)
SG # 441
Used (Hinged)
SG # 442
Used (Hinged)
SG # 443
Used (Hinged)
SG # 444
Used (Hinged)
SG # 445
Used (Hinged)
SG # 446
Used (Hinged)
SG # 447
Used (Hinged)
SG # 448
Used (Hinged)
SG # 449
Used (Hinged)
1935
Silver Jubilee Series
SG # 453
Used (Hinged)
SG # 454
Used (Hinged)
SG # 455
Used (Hinged)
SG # 456
Used (Hinged)
1936
King Edward VIII Series
SG # 457
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 458
Used (Hinged)
SG # 459
Used (Hinged)
SG # 460
Unused (Hinged)
1937
Coronation Series
SG # 461
Used (Hinged)
King George VI Series
SG # 462
Used (Hinged)
SG # 503
Used (Hinged)
SG # 463
Used (Hinged)
SG # 504
Used (Hinged)
SG # 464
Used (Hinged)
SG # 464
Used (Hinged)
SG # 505
Used (Hinged)
SG # 488
Used (Hinged)
SG # 506
Used (Hinged)
SG # 506
Used (Hinged)
SG # 489
Used (Hinged)
SG # 489
Used (Hinged)
SG # 507
Used (Hinged)
SG # 490
Used (Hinged)
SG # 508
Used (Hinged)
SG # 469
Used (Hinged)
SG # 470
Used (Hinged)
SG # 471
Used (Hinged)
SG # 472
Used (Hinged)
SG # 473
Used (Hinged)
SG # 474
Used (Hinged)
SG # 474a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 475
Unused (NH)
1939
King George VI Series
SG # 476
Used (Hinged)
SG # 476a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 476a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 477
Used (Hinged)
SG # 478a
Used (Hinged)
1940
Centenary of First Adhesive Postage Stamps Series
SG # 479
Unused (NH)
SG # 480
Unused (NH)
SG # 481
Unused (NH)
SG # 482
Unused (NH)
SG # 483
Used (Hinged)
SG # 484
Unused (NH)
1946
Victory Commemoration Series
SG # 491
Used (Hinged)
SG # 492
Used (Hinged)
1948
Royal Silver Wedding Series
SG # 493
Used (Hinged)
Olympic Games Series
SG # 495
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 496
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 497
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 498
Unused (Hinged)
1949
75th Anniversary of UPU Series
SG # 499
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 500
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 501
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 502
Unused (Hinged)
1951
Various Scenes Series featuring King George VI
SG # 509
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 510
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 511
Used (Hinged)
SG # 512
Used (Hinged)
Festival of Britain Series
SG # 513
Unused (NH)
SG # 514
Unused (NH)
1952
Queen Elizabeth II Series
SG # 570
Used (Hinged)
SG # 571
Used (Hinged)
SG # 517
Used (Hinged)
SG # 517
Used (Hinged)
SG # 573
Used (Hinged)
SG # 573
Used (Hinged)
SG # 519
Used (Hinged)
SG # 519
Used (Hinged)
SG # 575
Used (Hinged)
SG # 575
Used (Hinged)
SG # 576a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 577
Unused (NH)
SG # 577
Used (Hinged)
SG # 616c
Used (Hinged)
SG # 617
Used (Hinged)
SG # 617
Used (Hinged)
SG # 617a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 617b
Unused (NH)
SG # 582
Used (Hinged)
SG # 617d
Used (Hinged)
SG # 553
Used (Hinged)
SG # 617e
Used (Hinged)
SG # 617e
Used (Hinged)
SG # 585
Used (Hinged)
SG # 585
Used (Hinged)
SG # 618a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 618a
Used (Hinged)
1953
Coronation, Portraits of Queen Elizabeth II Series
SG # 532
Used (Hinged)
SG # 533
Used
SG # 534
Used (Hinged)
SG # 535
Used
1955
Queen Elizabeth II & Castles Series
SG # 595a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 596a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 597a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 762
Used (Hinged)
1957
World Scout Jubilee Jamboree Series
SG # 557
Used (Hinged)
SG # 558
Used (Hinged)
SG # 559
Used (Hinged)
1958
6th British and Empire Commonwealth Games Series – Cardiff
SG # 567
Used (Hinged)
SG # 568
Used (Hinged)
1960
Tercentenary of Establishment of General Letter Office Series
SG # 619
Unused (NH)
SG # 619
Used (Hinged)
SG # 620
Used (Hinged)
1st Anniversary of European Postal & Telecommunications Conference Series
SG # 621
Used (Hinged)
SG # 622
Used (Hinged)
1961
Centenary of Post Office Savings Bank Series
SG # 623a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 624a
Used (Hinged)
7th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference Series
SG # 629
Used (Hinged)
1962
National Productivity Year Series
SG # 631
Used (Hinged)
SG # 632
Used (Hinged)
SG # 633
Used (Hinged)
1963
Freedom from Hunger Campaign Series
SG # 634
Used (Hinged)
SG # 635
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of Paris Postal Conference Series
SG # 636
Used (Hinged)
National Nature Week Series
SG # 637
Used (Hinged)
SG # 638
Used (Hinged)
9th International Lifeboat Conference, Edinburgh Series
SG # 639
Used (Hinged)
SG # 640
Used (Hinged)
SG # 641
Used (Hinged)
Red Cross Centenary Congress Series
SG # 642
Used (NH)
SG # 643
Used
SG # 644
Used (Hinged)
SG # 644
Used (Hinged)
COMPAC Series – Trans-Pacific Telephone Cable Opening
SG # 645
Used (Hinged)
SG # 645
Used (Hinged)
1964
Shakespeare Festival Series
SG # 646
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 647
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 648
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 649
Used (Hinged)
SG # 650
Unused (Hinged)
30th International Geographical Conference Series – London
SG # 651
Unused (NH)
SG # 651
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 653
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 654
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 654
Unused (Hinged)
10th International Botanical Congress Series – Edinburgh
SG # 655
Used (Hinged)
SG # 656
Used (Hinged)
SG # 658
Used (Hinged)
Opening of 4th Road Bridge Series
SG # 659
Used (Hinged)
SG # 660
Used (Hinged)
SG # 660
Used (Hinged)
1965
Churchill Commemoration Series
SG # 661
Used (NH)
SG # 662
Used (Hinged)
700th Anniversary of Simon de Montfort’s Parliament Series
SG # 664
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of Salvation Army Series
SG # 665
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 666
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of Joseph Lister’s Discovery of Antiseptic Surgery Series
SG # 667
Used (NH)
25th Anniversary of Battle of Britain Series
SG # 671
Used (Hinged)
SG # 672
Used (Hinged)
SG # 675
Used (Hinged)
SG # 678p
Used
Opening of Post Office Tower Series
SG # 679
Used (Hinged)
1966
20th Anniversary of U.N.O. and International Co-operation Year Series
SG # 681
Used
Centenary of ITU Series
SG # 684
Used (Hinged)
Burns Commemoration Series
SG # 685
Used (NH)
900th Anniversary of Westminster Abbey Series
SG # 687
Used (Hinged)
Landscapes Series
SG # 689
Used (Hinged)
SG # 691
Used (Hinged)
World Cup Football Championship Series
SG # 693
Unused (NH)
SG # 694
Unused (NH)
SG # 695
Used
British Birds Series
SG # 696-699
Unused (NH)
SG # 696
Used (Hinged)
SG # 697
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 698
Used (Hinged)
SG # 699
Used (Hinged)
British Technology Series
SG # 701p
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 702p
Used (Hinged)
SG # 703p
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 704p
Unused (Hinged)
900th Anniversary of the Battle of Hastings Series
SG # 706
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 709
Used (Hinged)
SG # 711
Unused (NH)
SG # 712
Unused (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 713
Unused (NH)
SG # 713
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 714
Used (Hinged)
1967
European Free Trade Association Series (EFTA)
SG # 715
Used (Hinged)
SG # 716p
Used (Hinged)
British Wild Flowers Series
SG # 718p/717p/720p/721p
Unused (NH)
SG # 717p
Used (Hinged)
SG # 718p
Used (Hinged)
SG # 720p
Used (Hinged)
SG # 721p
Unused (Hinged)
Queen Elizabeth II Series
British Paintings Series
SG # 748
Unused (NH)
SG # 748
Used
SG # 749
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 750
Used (Hinged)
British Discovery and Invention Series
SG # 752
Unused (NH)
SG # 752
Unused (NH)
SG # 753
Unused (NH)
Christmas Series
SG # 756
Used
SG # 757
Used
SG # 758
Used (Hinged)
1968
British Bridges Series
SG # 763
Used
British Anniversary Series
SG # 767
Used (Hinged)
British Paintings Series
SG # 771
Used
SG # 772
Used (Hinged)
SG # 773
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 775
Used (Hinged)
SG # 776
Used (Hinged)
SG # 777
Used (Hinged)
British Ships Series
SG # 778
Used
1969
1st Flight of Concorde Series
SG # 784
Used
SG # 785
Used (Hinged)
SG # 786
Used (Hinged)
Queen Elizabeth II Series
Anniversary Events Series
SG # 791
Used (Hinged)
SG # 794
Used (NH)
British Architecture Series – Cathedrals
SG # 796
Used (Hinged)
SG # 798
Used (Hinged)
SG # 799
Used (Hinged)
SG # 801
Used (Hinged)
Investiture of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales Series
SG # 803/804
Unused
SG # 804
Used (Hinged)
SG # 806
Unused (Hinged)
Post Office Technology Commemoration Series
SG # 808
Unused (NH)
SG # 809
Unused (NH)
SG # 810
Unused (NH)
SG # 811
Unused (NH)
Christmas Series
SG # 812
Used
SG # 813
Used
1970
British Rural Architecture Series
SG # 815
Unused (NH)
SG # 816
Used (Hinged)
SG # 818
Used
Anniversaries Series
SG # 819
Unused (NH)
SG # 820
Unused (NH)
SG # 821
Unused (NH)
SG # 822
Unused (NH)
SG # 823
Unused (NH)
Literary Anniversaries Series – Death Centenary of Charles Dickens, Novelist and Birth Bicentenary of William Wordsworth (Poet) and Birth Bicentenary of William Wordsworth (poet)
SG # 824/825
Unused (NH)
SG # 824
Used (Hinged)
SG # 825
Used (Hinged)
SG # 826/827
Unused (NH)
SG # 826
Used (Hinged)
SG # 827
Used (Hinged)
SG # 828
Used (Hinged)
Queen Elizabeth II Series
9th British Commonwealth Games Series
SG # 832
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 833
Used (Hinged)
SG # 834
Unused (Hinged)
“Philympia 70” Series – Stamp Exhibition
SG # 835
Unused (NH)
SG # 836
Unused (NH)
SG # 837
Unused (NH)
Christmas Series
SG # 838
Used (Hinged)
SG # 838
Used
SG # 839
Unused (NH)
SG # 840
Used (Hinged)
Ulster 1971 Festival Paintings Series
SG # 881
Used
SG # 882
Used (NH)
SG # 883
Used
1971
Literary Anniversaries Series
SG # 884
Unused (NH)
SG # 886
Used (NH)
British Architecture Series – Modern University Buildings
SG # 890
Used (NH)
SG # 891
Used (NH)
SG # 892
Used
SG # 892
Used (NH)
Christmas Series
SG # 894
Used (NH)
SG # 895
Used (NH)
SG # 896
Used (NH)
British Polar Explorers Series
SG # 897
Unused (NH)
SG # 898
Unused (NH)
SG # 899
Used
SG # 899
Unused (NH)
SG # 900
Unused (NH)
Queen Elizabeth II Series Featuring Decimal Currency
Urchinpost (1971 postal strike)
Used (Hinged)
1972
General Anniversaries Series
SG # 901
Used (Hinged)
SG # 903
Unused (NH)
British Architecture Series – Village Churches
SG # 904
Used (Hinged)
SG # 907
Used (Hinged)
SG # 908
Used (Hinged)
Broadcasting Anniversaries
SG # 909
Unused (NH)
SG # 911
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 913
Used (Hinged)
SG # 914
Used (Hinged)
SG # 915
Used (NH)
Royal Silver Wedding Series
SG # 916
Used (NH)
SG # 917
Unused (NH)
1973
British Entry into the European Community Series
SG # 919
Used (Hinged)
SG # 920
Used (NH)
SG # 921
Used (Hinged)
British Explorers Series
SG # 924
Unused (NH)
SG # 926
Used (Hinged)
County Cricket Series – 1873-1973 – Caricatures of W.G. Grace by Harry Furniss
SG # 928
Used (Hinged)
SG # 929
Used (Hinged)
British Paintings Series (250th Birth Anniversary of Sir Joshua Reynolds
SG # 931
Used (Hinged)
SG # 933
Used (NH)
Birth Anniversary of Inigo Jones Series – architect and designer
SG # 936
Unused (NH)
SG # 937/938
Unused (NH)
19th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference Series
SG # 939
Used (NH)
SG # 940
Used
Royal Wedding Series
SG # 941
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 942
Used (NH)
Christmas Series
SG # 943/944/945
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 943
Unused (NH)
SG # 946/947
Unused (NH)
SG # 948
Used
1974
Bicentenary of Fire Prevention Series – Metropolis
SG # 950
Unused (NH)
SG # 953
Used
Centenary of Universal Postal Union Series
SG # 954
Used
SG # 955
Used
SG # 956
Used
Medieval Warriors Series
SG # 958
Used
SG # 959
Used
SG # 960
Unused (NH)
SG # 961
Used
Birth Centenary of Winston Churchill Series
SG # 962
Unused (NH)
SG # 963
Unused (NH)
SG # 964
Unused (NH)
SG # 965
Unused (NH)
Christmas Church Paintings Series
SG # 966
Used (NH)
SG # 968
Used (NH)
SG # 969
Used
1975
Health and Handicap Funds Series
SG # 970
Unused (NH)
Birth Bicentenary of J.M.W. Turner Series – painter
SG # 971
Used (Hinged)
SG # 973
Used
European Architectural Heritage Year Series
SG # 977
Used (NH)
Sailing Series
SG # 982
Used (NH)
SG # 982
Used (NH)
150th Anniversary of Public Railways Series
SG # 984
Used
Birth Bi-Centenary of Jane Austin Series
SG # 991
Used (NH)
Christmas Series
SG # 993
Unused (NH)
SG # 994
Used
SG # 995
Used (Hinged)
1976
Centenary of Telephone Series
SG # 999
Used
Social Reformers Series
SG # 1002
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1003
Used
Bicentenary of the American Revolution Series
SG # 1005
Used (Hinged)
Centenary of Royal National Rose Society Series
SG # 1006
Used
SG # 1008
Used
SG # 1009
Used (Hinged)
British Cultural Traditions Series
SG # 1010
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1012
Used (Hinged)
500th Anniversary of British Printing Series
SG # 1016
Used (Hinged)
Christmas Series
SG # 1018
Used
SG # 1019
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1020
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1021
Used (Hinged)
1977
Racket Sports Series
SG # 1024
Used (Hinged)
Queen Elizabeth II Series
Centenary of Royal Institute of Chemistry Series
SG # 1031
Used (NH)
SG # 1032
Used (Hinged)
Silver Jubilee Series
SG # 1033
Unused (NH)
SG # 1033
Unused (NH)
SG # 1034
Unused (NH)
SG # 1035
Unused (NH)
SG # 1036
Unused (NH)
SG # 1036
Unused (NH)
SG # 1037
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 1037
Unused (NH)
Commonwealth Heads of Meeting Series – London
SG # 1038
Unused (NH)
British Wildlife Series
SG # 1039-1043
Unused (NH)
Christmas Series – “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
SG # 1044-1046
Unused (NH)
SG # 1044
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1045
Used
SG # 1046
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1047/1048
Unused (NH)
SG # 1047
Used (NH)
SG # 1048
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1049
Unused (NH)
SG # 1049
Unused (NH)
1978
Energy Resources Series
SG # 1050
Unused (NH)
SG # 1051
Unused (NH)
SG # 1052
Unused (NH)
SG # 1053
Unused (NH)
British Architecture Series
SG # 1054
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1055
Unused
SG # 1056
Unused
SG # 1057
Used
SG # 1057
Unused (NH)
25th Anniversary of Queen’s Coronation Series
SG # 1059
Used
SG # 1060
Unused (NH)
SG # 1061
Used
SG # 1062
Used
Horses Series
SG # 1063
Unused (NH)
SG # 1065
Used (Hinged)
Centenaries of Cyclists’ Touring Club and British Cycling Federation Series
SG # 1067
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1068
Used
SG # 1069
Used
SG # 1070
Used
1979
Christmas Series – Carol-singing
SG # 1071
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1072
Used
SG # 1073
Used
SG # 1074
Used (Hinged)
Dogs Series
SG # 1075
Unused
SG # 1076
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1077
Used
SG # 1078
Used (Hinged)
Spring Wild Flowers Series
SG # 1079
Used
SG # 1080
Used
SG # 1081
Used
SG # 1082
Used
First Direct Elections to European Assembly Series
SG # 1083
Used
SG # 1084
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1085
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1086
Used (Hinged)
Horse Racing Painting Bicentenary of the Derby Series
SG # 1087
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1088
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1089
Used
International Year of the Child Series
SG # 1091
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1092
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1093
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1094
Used
Death Centenary of Sir Rowland Hill Series
SG # 1095
Unused
SG # 1095
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 1096
Unused NH
SG # 1096
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1097
Unused NH
SG # 1097
Used
SG # 1098
Unused NH
150th Anniversary of Metropolitan Police Series
SG # 1100
Used
SG # 1101
Used
SG # 1102
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1103
Used
Christmas Series
SG # 1104
Unused NH
SG # 1104
Used
SG # 1105
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1106
Used
SG # 1107
Used
SG # 1108
Used