United Kingdom commemorative stamps 2010–2019
This is a list of the commemorative stamps of the United Kingdom for the years 2010–2019.
List
[edit]2010
[edit]Issue number | Issue date | Issue title | Details of stamps in issue | Designer(s) |
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2010 | ||||
2010-01-07 | Classic Album Covers | 1st Class – The Division Bell by Pink Floyd; A Rush of Blood to the Head by Coldplay; Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order; Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones; London Calling by The Clash; Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield; IV by Led Zeppelin; Screamadelica by Primal Scream; The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie; Parklife by Blur.[1][2] | Studio Dempsey, in collaboration with albums' contemporary copyright owners acting as artwork licensees | |
2010-01-26 | Smilers 2010 | Consumer x4; Business x6 | ||
2010-02-02 | Girlguiding UK | 1st Class – Rainbows; 56p – Brownies; 81p – Guides; 90p – Senior Section | Together Design | |
2010-02-25 | The Royal Society | 1st Class – Robert Boyle, Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Edward Jenner, Charles Babbage, Alfred Russel Wallace, Joseph Lister, Ernest Rutherford, Dorothy Hodgkin, Sir Nicholas Shackleton | Hat-trick Design | |
2010-03-11 | Battersea Dogs and Cats Home | 1st Class – Pixie, Button, Herbie, Mr Tumnus,Tafka, Boris Casey, Tigger, Leonard, Tia | CDT Design | |
2010-03-23 | House of Stuart | 1st Class – James I (1406–1437), James II (1437–1460), James III (1460–1488); 62p – James IV (1488–1513), James V (1513–1542);81p – Mary (1542–1567), James VI (1567–1625) | Atelier Works | |
2010-04-13 | Mammals (Action for Species 4) | Humpback whale, wildcat, brown long-eared bat, polecat, sperm whale, water vole, greater horseshoe bat, otter, dormouse, hedgehog | ||
2010-05-06 | London 2010 Festival of Stamps | Accession of King George V – 1st Class and £1 | Sedley Place | |
2010-05-08 | London 2010 Festival of Stamps | 1st Class X 2: One Penny (Red), One and a Half Penny (Brown) - from British Empire Exhibition 1924); £1 X 2: One Pound Seahorses (Green), Ten Shillings Seahorses (Blue) - first issued in 1913) | Sedley Place | |
2010-05-13 | Britain Alone | 1st Class – Winston Churchill, Land Girls; 60p – Home Guard, Evacuees; 67p – Air Raid Wardens, Women in Factories; 97p – Royal Broadcast, Fire Service
| Why Not Associates | |
2010-06-15 | House of Stuart | 1st class X 2: James I, Charles I; 60p X 2: Charles II, James II; 67p X 2: William III, Mary II; 88p X 2: Anne, Stuart I; Miniature Sheet: 1st Class – 1st Class: William Harvey - 1628 Blood circulation; 60p: Civil War - 1645 Battle of Naseby; 88p: John Milton - 1667 Paradise Lost; 97p: John Vanbrugh - 1712 Castle Howard | ||
2010-07-27 | The London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games II | 1st Class – Rowing, Shooting, Modern Pentathlon, Taekwondo, Cycling, Table Tennis, Hockey, Football, Goalball, Boxing | Studio David Hillman | |
2010-08-19 | Great British Railways 1 | 1st Class – LMS Coronation Class, BR Class 9F; 67p – GWR King Class, LNER Class A1; 97p – LMS NCC Class WT, SR King Arthur Class | Delaney Design Consultants | |
2010-09-16 | Medical Breakthroughs | 1st Class – Heart-regulating beta-blockers synthesised by Sir James Black, 1962; 58p – Antibiotic properties of penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming, 1928; 60p – Total hip replacement operation pioneered by Sir John Charnley, 1962; 67p – Artificial lens implant surgery pioneered by Sir Harold Ridley, 1949; 88p – Malaria parasite transmitted by mosquitoes proved by Sir Ronald Ross, 1897; 97p – Computed tomography scanner invented by Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, 1971 | Howard Brown | |
2010-10-12 | Winnie-the-Pooh | 1st Class – Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet and Christopher Robin; 58p – Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet; 60p – Winnie-the-Pooh and Rabbit; 67p – Winnie-the-Pooh and Eeyore; 88p – Winnie-the-Pooh and friends; 97p – Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger.[3] | Magpie Studio | |
2010-11-02 | Christmas 2010 | 2nd Class – Wallace and Gromit carol singing; 1st Class – Gromit posting Christmas cards; 2nd Class Large – Wallace and Gromit carol singing; 1st Class Large – Gromit posting Christmas cards; 60p – Wallace dressing the Christmas tree; 97p – Gromit with Christmas pudding; £1.46 – Gromit's Christmas pullover.[4] | Aardman Animations Ltd and Royal Mail |
2011
[edit]Issue number | Issue date | Issue title | Details of stamps in issue | Designer(s) |
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2011 | ||||
451 | 2011-01-11 | FAB: The Genius of Gerry Anderson | 1st Class – Joe 90, Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds; 97p – Stingray, Fireball XL5, Supercar | GBH |
2011-01-24 | Post & Go Stamps – Birds of Britain II | 1st Class X 6: blackbird, chaffinch, collared dove, long-tailed tit, greenfinch, magpie | Royal Mail Group Ltd | |
452 | 2011-02-01 | Classic Locomotives of England | 1st Class – BR Dean Goods No. 2532; 60p – Peckett R2 Thor; 88p – L & YR 1093 No. 1100; 97p – BR WD No. 90662 | Delaney Design Consultants |
453 | 2011-02-24 | Musicals | 1st Class – Oliver!, Blood Brothers, We Will Rock You, Monty Python's Spamalot; 97p – The Rocky Horror Show, Me and My Girl, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Billy Elliot | Webb and Webb |
454 | 2011-03-08 | Magical Realms | 1st Class – Rincewind, Nanny Ogg (from Terry Pratchett's Discworld), Dumbledore, Voldemort (from Harry Potter); 60p – Merlin, Morgan le Fay (from Arthurian legend); 97p – Aslan, The White Witch (from The Chronicles of Narnia).[5] | So Design Consultants |
454 | 2011-03-22 | World Wildlife Fund | 1st Class – African elephant, gorilla, Siberian tiger, polar bear, Amur leopard, Iberian lynx, red panda, black rhinoceros, African wild dog, golden lion tamarin, spider monkey; 60p – hyacinth macaw; 88p – poison dart frog; 97p – jaguar | Rose Design Consultants |
455 | 2011-04-12 | The Royal Shakespeare Company | 1st Class – Hamlet; 66p – The Tempest; 68p – Henry VI; 76p – King Lear; £1.00 – A Midsummer Night's Dream; £1.10p – Romeo and Juliet Miniature sheet: 1st Class – Royal Shakespeare Theatre; 68p – Swan Theatre; 76p – The Courtyard Theatre; £1.00 – The Other Place | Hat-trick design |
M20 | 2011-04-21 | The Royal Wedding (William and Kate) | Miniature sheet which features Prince William's coat of arms. 1st Class and £1.10 | |
456 | 2011-05-05 | Morris & Co | 2 X 1st: Cray – William Morris, Cherries – Philip Webb, 76p X 2: Seaweed – John Henry Dearle, Peony – Kate Faulkner, £1.10 X 2: Acanthus – William Morris and William De Morgan, The Merchant's Daughter – Edward Burne-Jones | |
2011-05-19 | Post & Go Stamps: Birds of Britain III | 6 X 1st Class: Mallard, Greylag Goose, Kingfisher, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe | Kate Stephens | |
457 | 2011-06-14 | Thomas the Tank Engine | 1st Class: Thomas the Tank Engine; 66p: James; 68p: Percy; 76p: Daisy; £1.00: Toby; £1.10: Gordon; Miniature Sheet: 1st Class: Thomas and Bertie the Bus; 68p: James; 76p: Percy; £1.00: Henry.[6] | |
458 | 2011-07-27 | London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games 3 | 1st Class – Paralympic Games: Sailing; Athletics: Field; Volleyball; Wrestling; Wheelchair Rugby; Wheelchair Tennis; Fencing; Gymnastics; Triathlon; Handball | Studio David Hillman |
459 | 2011-08-23 | The Crown Jewels | 1st Class – The Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross; St Edward's Crown; 68p – Rod and Sceptre with Doves; Queen Mary's Crown; 76p – The Sovereign's Orb; Jewelled Sword of Offering; £1.10 – Imperial State Crown; Coronation Spoon | Purpose |
460 | 2011-09-09 | Aerial Post | 1st Class: Hamel receives first mail bag; 68p: Hamel ready to leave Hendon; £1.00: Greswell's Bleriot at Windsor; £1.10: Airmail delivered at Windsor. | |
461 | 2011-09-15 | The House of Hanover | The House of Hanover: 1st Class X 2: George I (1714–1727), George II (1727–1760); 76p X 2: George III (1760–1820), George IV (1820–1830); £1.10 X 2: William IV (1830–1837), Victoria (1837–1901). The Age of Hanoverians: 1st: Robert Walpole – 1721 First Prime Minister; 68p: Robert Adam – 1763 Kedleston Hall; 76p: Penny Black – 1840 Uniform Postage; £1.00: Queen Victoria 1897 Diamond Jubilee. | |
2011-09-16 | Birds of Britain IV Post & Go Stamps | 1st Class X 6: Puffin, Gannet, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Cormorant, Arctic Tern. | ||
462 | 2011-10-13 | UK A–Z Part 1 | 1st Class X 12: Angel of the North, Blackpool Tower, Carrick-a-Rede, Downing Street, Edinburgh Castle, Forth Railway Bridge, Glastonbury Tor, Harlech Castle, Ironbridge, Jodrell Bank, Kursaal, Lindisfarne Priory. | |
463 | 2011-11-08 | Christmas 2011 | 2nd Class X 1: Joseph visited by the Angel; 1st Class X 1: Madonna and Child; 2nd Large X 1: Joseph visited by the Angel; 1st Large X 1: Madonna and Child; 68p X 1: Baby Jesus in the manger; £1.10 X 1: Shepherds visited by the Angel; £1.65 X 1: Wise men and star. |
2012
[edit]Issue number | Issue date | Issue title | Details of stamps in issue | Designer(s) |
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2012 | ||||
92 | 2012.01.05 | London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Definitives | 4 Stamps: 2 X 1st Class: Olympic Definitive, Paralympic Definitive, 2 X Worldwide: Olympic Definitive, Paralympic Definitive | Royal Mail Group |
465 | 2012.01.10 | Roald Dahl | 6 Stamps: 1st Class: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 66p: Fantastic Mr. Fox, 68p: James and the Giant Peach, 76p: Matilda, £1.00: The Twits, £1.10: The Witches 4 Stamps: 1st Class: The BFG and Sophie, 68p: The BFG and Sophie Wake the Giants, 76p: Sophie on the Queen's Window-Sill, £1.00: The BFG and Sophie at the Writing Desk.[7] | Magpie Studio |
LS80 | 2012.01.20 | Year of the Dragon Smiler Sheet | 20 Stamps: 1st Class X 20: A collection of different designs | Royal Mail |
2012.02.02 | Kings & Queens – House of Windsor | 1st Class: Edward VII (1901–1910), 68p: George V (1910–1936), 76p: Edward VIII (1936), £1.00, George VI (1936–1952), £1.10, Elizabeth II (1952–2022), 1st Class: Scott Expedition 1912, 68p: Second World War 1929–1945, 76p: Football Champions 1966, £1.00: Channel Tunnel | Atelier Works | |
2012.02.06 | Diamond Jubilee definitive | 1st Class X 6: Dorothy Wilding definitive, Robert Austin banknote portrait, Harry Eccleston banknote portrait, Mary Gillick coinage portrait, Arnold Machin coinage portrait, Diamond Jubilee Machin | ||
2012.02.23 | Britons of Distinction | 1st Class X 10: Sir Basil Spence, Frederick Delius, Mary ‘May’ Morris, Odette Hallowes, Thomas Newcomen, Kathleen Ferrier, Augustus Pugin, Montague Rhodes James, Alan Turing, Joan Mary Fry | ||
2012.02.24 | Post & Go – British Farm Animals I – Sheep | 1st Class X 6: Welsh Mountain Badger Face, Dalesbred, Jacob, Suffolk, Soay, Leicester Longwool | ||
2012.03.08 | Classic Locomotives of Scotland | 1st Class X 1: BR D34 Nos. 62471 and 62496; 68p X 1: BR D40 No. 62276, £1 X 1: Andrew Barclay No. 807, £1.10 X 1: BR 4P No. 54767 | ||
2012.03.20 | World of Comics | 1st Class X 10: The Dandy, The Beano, The Eagle, The Topper, Tiger, Bunty, Buster, Valiant, Twinkle, 2000 AD | ||
2012.04.10 | RMS Titanic | 1st Class X 10: Various. Centenary of the Titanic.[8] | ||
470 | 2012.04.10 | UK A-Z (part 2) | 1st Class X 14: Manchester Town Hall, Narrow Water Castle, Old Bailey, Portmeirion, The Queens College Oxford, Roman Baths, Stirling Castle, Tyne Bridge, Urquhart Castle, Victoria and Albert Museum, White Cliffs of Dover, Station X Bletchley Park, York Minster, ZSL London Zoo.[9][10] | |
2012.04.24 | Post & Go: British Farm Animals II – Pigs | 1st Class X 6: Berkshire, Oxford Sandy and Black, Tamworth, Gloucestershire Old Spots, Welsh, British Saddleback | ||
2012.05.15 | Great British Fashion | 1st Class X 8: Hardy Amies, Norman Hartnell, Granny Takes a Trip, Ossie Clark print by Celia Birtwell, Tommy Nutter, Jean Muir, Zandra Rhodes, Vivienne Westwood, Paul Smith, Alexander McQueen.[11] | Johnson Banks | |
2012.05.21 | Post & Go: 1st Class: Union Flag | |||
2012.05.31 | The Queen's Diamond Jubilee | 1st Class X 2: Golden Jubilee - 2002, Trooping the Colour - 1967; 77p X 2: The Royal Welsh - 2007, First Christmas TV Broadcast - 1957; 87p X 2: Silver Jubilee Walkabout -1977, Garter Ceremony - 1997; £1.28 X 2: United Nations Address - 2012, Commonwealth Games - 1982; | ||
2012.06.19 | Charles Dickens | 1st Class: Mr Pickwick (The Pickwick Papers); 2nd Class: Mr Bumble (Oliver Twist); 77p: The Marchioness (The Old Curiosity Shop); 87p: Mrs Gamp (Martin Chuzzlewit); £1.28: Captain Cuttle (Dombey and Son); £1.90: Mr Micawber (David Copperfield).[12] | ||
Jul 27 | London 2012 Olympics: Welcome | |||
Aug 29 | London 2012 Paralympics: Welcome | |||
Sep 27 | London 2012 Olympics: Memories | |||
Sep 28 | Faststamps: Cattle | |||
Oct 16 | Space Science | |||
Nov 8 | Christmas |
2013
[edit]Issue number | Issue date | Issue title | Details of stamps in issue | Designer(s) |
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2013 | ||||
480 | 2013-01-09 | 150th anniversary of the London Underground | The stamps were issued illustrated the Metropolitan Railway (2nd Class), the deep-tube tunnels (2nd Class), Edwardian commuters (1st Class), Boston Manor station (1st Class), 1938 tube stock (£1.28) and Canary Wharf station (£1.28). A miniature sheet reproduced classic London Underground posters.[13] | |
481 | 2013-02-21 | Jane Austen | Issue to mark the bicentenary of the publication of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice.[14][15] | |
P&G 11 | 2013-02-22 | Post and Go – Freshwater Life 1 : Ponds Stamp Set | A three-issue Post & Go series with first set showing pond life, the second life in lakes and the third river creatures. The Ponds set featured three common species, the three-spined stickleback, emperor dragonfly and smooth newt, and three endangered species: lesser silver water beetle, fairy shrimp and glutinous snail. The stamps were designed by Kate Stephens and the illustrations were by Chris Wormell.[16] | |
482 | 2013-03-26 | Doctor Who (50th anniversary) | 11 x 1st class – First Doctor (William Hartnell), Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee), Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker), Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison), Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker), Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy), Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann), Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston), Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith); minisheet containing 1 x 1st class definitive – TARDIS, and 4 x 2nd class monsters – Dalek, Ood, Weeping Angel and Cyberman. | |
483 | 2013-04-16 | Great Britons | 1st Class – Norman Parkinson, Vivien Leigh, Peter Cushing, David Lloyd George, Elizabeth David, John Archer, Benjamin Britten, Mary Leakey, Bill Shankly, Richard Dimbleby.[17] | Bradbury |
484 | 2013-05-09 | Football Heroes | 1st Class X 11: Jimmy Greaves, John Charles, Gordon Banks, George Best, John Barnes, Kevin Keegan, Denis Law, Bobby Moore, Bryan Robson, Dave Mackay, Bobby Charlton. | Bradbury |
485 | 2013-05-30 | Her Majesty the Queen (six decades of royal portraits) | 2nd Class: Portrait by Terence Cuneo 1953, 1st Class: Portrait by Nicky Philipps 2013, 78p: Portrait by Andrew Festing 1999, 88p: Portrait by Pietro Annigoni 1955, £1.28: Portrait by Sergei Pavlenko 2000, £1.88: Portrait by Richard Stone 1992*[18] | Benhem |
486 | 2013-06-18 | Classic Locomotives of Northern Ireland | 1st Class: UTA W Class No. 103, 78p: UTA SG3 Class No. 35, 88p: Peckett No. 2, £1.28: CDRJC Class 5 No. 4 | Benhem |
487 | 2013-07-11 | Butterflies | 1st class X 10: comma, orange tip, small copper, chalkhill blue, swallowtail, purple emperor, marsh fritillary, brimstone, red admiral, marbled white. | Benhen |
M21 | 2013-08-08 | Andy Murray | 1st X 2 and £1.28 X 2 (newly crowned Wimbledon champion) | Bradbury |
488 | 2013-08-13 | British Auto Legends | 1st Class X 3: Jaguar E-Type, Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, Aston Martin DB5, £1.28 X 3: MG MGB, Morgan Plus 8, Lotus Esprit.[19] Miniature Sheet 1st Class X 4: Royal Mail Morris Minor Van, Austin Black Cab, Ford Anglia Police Panda Car, Land Rover Defender Coastguard. | Buckingham |
489 | 2013-09-19 | Merchant Navy | 1st Class X 3: East Indiaman Atlas (1813), RMS Britannia (1840), Cutty Sark (1870), £1.28 X 3: Clan Matheson (1919), Queen Elizabeth (1940), Lord Hinton (1986). | Benhem |
490 | 2013-10-10 | Dinosaurs | 1st Class X 10: Polacanthus, Ichthyosaurus, Iguanodon, Ornithocheirus, Baryonyx, Dimorphodon, Hypsilophodon, Cetiosaurus, Megalosaurus, Plesiosaurus. | Royal Mail |
491 | 2013-11-05 | Christmas | 2nd Class: Madonna and Child, 2nd Class Large: Madonna and Child, 1st Class: Virgin and Child, 1st Class Large: Virgin and Child, 88p: Praying to the Virgin, £1.28: La Vierge au Lys, £1.88: Theotokos, Mother of God. | Royal Mail |
2014
[edit]Issue number | Issue date | Issue title | Details of stamps in issue | Designer(s) |
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2014 | ||||
493 | 2014-01-07 | Classic Children's TV | 12 1st Class Stamps: Andy Pandy, Ivor the Engine, Dougal from The Magic Roundabout, Windy Miller from Camberwick Green, Mr Benn, Great Uncle Bulgaria from The Wombles, Bagpuss, Paddington Bear, Postman Pat, Bob The Builder, Peppa Pig, Shaun The Sheep | Interbang |
494 | 2014-02-04 | Working Horses | 6 Stamps: 1st Class: Riding for the Disabled Association, Ceremonial horses of the Kings Troop, 88p: Dray Horses pulling a dray from Hook Norton Brewery, Royal Mews Carriage Horses, £1.28: pair of police horses; a forestry horse. | Michael Denny and Harold Battern |
495 | 2014-02-20 | Classic Locomotives of Wales | 4 Stamps: 1st Class: – LMS No. 7720 leaves the Britannia Bridge with a Bangor-to-Holyhead local train c. 1930, 78p: Hunslet No. 589 Blanche rounds the curve off 'The Cob' passing Pen Cob Halt on the Ffestiniog Railway 1964, 88p: W&LLR No. 822 The Earl waits on Union Street Welshpool while a car is moved from the line, £1.28: BR No. 5652 heads a coal train at Cwmbargoed Merthyr Tydfil 1959 | Delaney Design Consultants |
496 | 2014-03-25 | Remarkable Lives | 10 1st Class Stamps: Roy Plomley, Barbara Ward, Joe Mercer, Kenneth More, Dylan Thomas, Sir Alec Guinness, Noor Inayat Khan, Max Perutz, Joan Littlewood, Abram Games.[20] | Purpose |
497 | 2014-04-15 | Buckingham Palace | 6 1st Class Stamps: Buckingham Palace 2014, 1862, 1846, Buckingham House 1819, 1714, 1700 | Howard Brown |
498 | 2014-05-13 | Great British Film | 1st Class: A Matter of Life and Death, Lawrence of Arabia, 2001 A Space Odyssey, £1.28: Chariots of Fire, Secrets & Lies and Bend It Like Beckham | Johnson Banks |
499 | 2014-06-05 | Sustainable Fish | 10 1st Class: herring, red gurnard, dab, pouting, Cornish sardine, common skate, spiny dogfish, wolffish, sturgeon, conger eel | Kate Stephens |
500 | 2014-07-17 | Glasgow 2014 (XX Commonwealth Games) | 2nd Class: Judo, 1st Class: Swimming, 97p: Marathon, £1.28: Squash, £1.47: Netball, £2.15: Para-Sport Track Cycling | Howard Brown |
501 | 2014-07-28 | The Great War 1914 | 1st class stamps: Poppy, 'For the Fallen', Private William Cecil Tickle, £1.47 stamps: A Star Shell, The Response, Newcastle (memorial), Princess Mary's Gift Fund Box[21][22] | Hat-trick Design |
502 | 2014-09-18 | Piers Proms and Pavilions: Seaside Architecture | 1st class: Eastbourne Bandstand,Tinside Lido Plymouth, 97p: Bangor Pier, Southwold Lighthouse, £1.28: Casino Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Bexhill-on-Sea Shelter | Why Not Associates |
503 | 2014-10-14 | British Prime Ministers | 1st class: Margaret Thatcher, Harold Wilson, Clement Attlee, Winston Churchill, 97p: William Gladstone, Robert Peel, Charles Grey, William Pitt the Younger | Together |
504 | 2014-11-04 | Christmas 2014 | 2nd class and 2nd Large, 1st class and 1st Large, £1.28, £1.47, £2.15 | Andrew Bannecker |
2015
[edit]Issue number | Issue date | Issue title | Details of stamps in issue | Designer(s) |
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2015 | ||||
506 | 2015.01.06 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | 10 stamps marking the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s novel: The White Rabbit, Drink Me, The Cheshire Cat, The Queen of Hearts, Alice's Evidence, Down the Rabbit Hole, The White Rabbit's House, A Mad Tea Party, The Game of Croquet, A Pack of Cards.[23] | Godfrey Design |
M23 | 2015.01.20 | Smilers Refresh 2015 | 1st Class: Well Done, 1st Class: Mum, 1st Class: New Baby, 1st Class: Wedding, 1st Class: Happy Birthday, 1st Class: Dad, 1st Class: Grandparent and 1st Class: Love. | Jenny Bowers |
507 | 2015.02.19 | Inventive Britain | Colossus, Cats-eyes, Stainless Steel, Carbon Fibre, DNA Sequencing, i-limb, World Wide Web and Fibre Optics. | GBH |
508 | 2015.03.05 | Bridges | Tarr Steps, Row Bridge – Mosedale Beck, Pulteney Bridge, Craigellachie Bridge, Menai Suspension Bridge, High Level Bridge, Royal Border Bridge, Tees Transporter Bridge, Humber Bridge, Peace Bridge (Foyle) | GBH |
509 | 2015.04.01 | Comedy Greats | Spike Milligan, The Two Ronnies, Billy Connolly, Morecambe and Wise, Norman Wisdom, Lenny Henry, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, Monty Python, French and Saunders, Victoria Wood.[24] | |
510 | 2015.05.06 | The 175th Anniversary of the Penny Black | 1st Class X 2: Penny Black and Two Penny Blue. | Sedley Place |
511 | 2015.05.14 | First World War | Poppies, 'All the Hills and Vales Along', Rifleman Kulbir Thapa, The Kensingtons at Laventie by Eric Kennington, Cape Helles Gallipoli, London Irish Rifles' football.[25] | Hat Trick Design |
512 | 2015.06.02 | Magna Carta | 1st Class: Magna Carta (1215), 1st Class: Simon de Montfort's Parliament (1265), £1.33: Bill of Rights (1689), £1.33: American Bill of Rights (1791) and £1.52: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). | Howard Brown |
513 | 2015.06.18 | The Battle of Waterloo | 1st Class: Waterloo – The defence of Hougoumont, 1st Class: Waterloo – The Scots Greys during the charge of the Union Brigade, £1.00: Waterloo – The French cavalry's assault on Allied defensive squares, £1.00: Waterloo – The defence of La Haye Sainte by the King's German Legion, £1.52: Waterloo – The capture of Plancenoit by the Prussians, £1.52: Waterloo – The French Imperial Guard's final assault and a Miniature Sheet: £1.33: 92nd Gordon Highlanders, 1st Class: Light Infantry, King's German Legion, 1st Class: Prussian Infantryman and £1.33: French Imperial Guard Grenadier. | Silk Pearce |
514 | 2015.07.16 | The 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain | 1st Class: Pilots scramble to their Hurricanes, 1st Class: Supermarine Spitfires on patrol, 1st Class: Armourer replaces ammunition boxes, £1.33: Spotters of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, £1.33: Operations Room at Bentley Priory and £1.33: Pilots of 32 Squadron await orders. | The Team |
515 | 2015.08.18 | Bees | 2nd Class: scabious bee, 1st Class: great yellow bumblebee, £1.00: northern colletes bee, £1.33: bilberry bumblebee, £1.52: large mason bee and £2.25: potter flower bee. | Anna Ekelund |
516 | 2015.09.09 | HM Queen Elizabeth II – Long To Reign Over Us | 1st Class: William Wyon's City Medal, 1st Class: Dorothy Wilding's Portrait, 1st Class: Machin Definitive, £1.52: The Badge of the House of Windsor and £1.52: The Queen's Personal Flag. | Sedley Place |
517 | 2015.09.18 | Rugby World Cup | 2nd Class: Tackle, 2nd Class: Scrum, 1st Class: Try, 1st Class: Conversion, £1.00: Pass, £1.00: Drop Goal, £1.52: Ruck and £1.52: Line-Out.[26] | Hat-Trick Design |
518 | 2015.10.06 | Star Wars | 1st Class – Eighteen character stamps, featuring: Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Boba Fett, Palpatine, a Stormtrooper, Rey, Finn and Kylo Ren. Six-stamp set of Star Wars spaceships including the Millennium Falcon, a TIE fighter, an X-wing fighter and an AT-AT.[27] | Malcolm Tween.[28][29] |
519 | 2015.11.03 | Christmas 2015 | 2nd Class & 2nd Large: The Journey to Bethlehem, 1st Class & 1st Large: The Nativity, £1.00: The Animals of the Nativity, £1.33: The Shepherds, £1.52: The Three Wise Men; and £2.25: The Annunciation. | Studio David Hillman & David Holmes |
2016
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2016 | ||||
521 | 2016.01.07 | Ernest Shackleton and The Endurance Expedition | 8 stamps – 1st Class: Entering the Antarctic Ice, 1st Class: Endurance frozen in pack ice, £1.00: Striving to free Endurance, £1.00: Trapped in a pressure trap, £1.33: Patience Camp, £1.33: Safe arrival at Elephant Island, £1.52: Setting out for South Georgia and £1.52: Rescue of Endurance crew.[30] | Robert Maude & Sarah Davies |
522 | 2016.02.17 | Royal Mail 500 | 6 stamps – 1st Class: Sir Brian Tuke, Master of the Posts, 1st Class: A Packet Ship, 1st Class: A Penfold Pillar Box, £1.52: River Post, £1.52: Mail Coach and £1.52: Medway Mail Centre.[31] | Atelier works |
523 | 2016.03.15 | British Humanitarians | 3 stamps – 1st Class: Nicholas Winton, Sue Ryder and John Boyd Orr, 3 stamps £1.33: Eglantyne Jebb, Joseph Rowntree, Josephine Butler.[30] | Hat-Trick Design |
524 | 2016.04.05 | William Shakespeare | 10 stamps – 1st Class: Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Sonnet, Venus and Adonis, The Tempest, Macbeth and Richard II.[32] | The Chase |
525 | 2016.04.21 | HM The Queen's 90th Birthday | 6 stamps – 1st Class: HM The Queen with her father 1930, HM The Queen attends the State Opening of Parliament 2012, HM The Queen with Princess Anne and Prince Charles 1952, £1.52: HM The Queen Visits New Zealand 1977, HM The Queen with the Duke of Edinburgh 1957, HM The Queen with Nelson Mandela 1996 | Kate Stephens |
526 | 2016.05.17 | Animail | 6 stamps – 1st Class: woodpecker, snake, £1.05: chimpanzee, bat, £1.33: orangutan, koala.[33] | Osborne Rose |
527 | 2016.06.21 | The Great War 1916 | 6 stamps – 1st Class: Battlefield Poppy, To My Brother Vera Britain, Munitions Worker Lottie Meade, £1.52: Travoys Arriving With Wounded... by Stanley Spencer, Thiepval Memorial Somme France, Captain AC Green's Battle of Jutland Medal. 4 stamps – £1.00: The Post Office Riffles, £1.33: Delivering the Mail on the Home Front, £1.00: Home Depot at Regent's Park London, £1.33: Writing a Letter From the Western Front | Hat-Trick Design |
528 | 2016.07.07 | Music Giants: Pink Floyd | 1st class x 6 designs: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Atom Heart Mother, The Dark Side of the Moon, UFO Club, The Dark Side of the Moon Tour. 5 stamps 1st £1.52: Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Endless River, The Wall Tour, The Division Bell Tour[34] | Royal Mail Group Ltd |
529 | 2016.07.28 | Beatrix Potter | 6 stamps – 1st Class: Peter Rabbit, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, £1.33: Squirrel Nutkin, Jemima Puddle-Duck, £1.52: Tom Kitten, Benjamin Bunny.[35] Miniature Sheet 4 stamps – 1st class x 2 and £1.33 x 2: The Tale of Peter Rabbit. | Charlie Smith Design (stamps) and Magpie Studio (MS) |
530 | 2016.08.16 | Landscape Gardens | 8 Stamps: 2nd Class X 2: Blenheim Palace, Longleat, 1st Class X 2: Compton Verney, Highclere Castle, £1.05 X 2: Alnwick Castle, Berrington Hall, £1.33 X 2: Stowe, Croome Park.[36] | Robert Maude and Sarah Davies |
531 | 2016.09.02 | The Great Fire of London | 6 stamps presented in three se-tenant strips of two stamps: 1st Class X 2: The Beginning, £1.05 X 2: The Spread, and £1.52 X 2: The end of the Fire.[37] | The Chase |
532 | 2016.09.15 | Agatha Christie | 6 Stamps: 1st Class X 2: Murder on the Orient Express, And Then There Were None, £1.33 X 2: The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, £1.52 X 2: The Body in the Library, A Murder is Announced | Studio Sutherland |
533 | 2016.10.20 | Mr Men and Little Miss | 10 Stamps X 1st Class: Mr. Happy, Little Miss Naughty, Mr. Bump, Little Miss Sunshine, Mr. Tickle, Mr. Grumpy, Little Miss Princess, Mr. Strong, Little Miss Christmas, Mr. Messy | Supple Studio |
534 | 2016.11.08 | Christmas 2016 | 8 stamps: 2nd Class: Snowman, 1st Class: Robin, £1.05: Christmas Tree, £1.33: Lantern, £1.52: Stocking, £2.35: Christmas Pudding, 2nd Class Large: Snowman, 1st Class Large: Robin | The Chase |
2017
[edit]Issue number | Issue date | Issue title | Details of stamps in issue | Designer(s) |
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535 | 2017.01.09 | Ancient Britain | 1st Class X 2: Battersea Shield, Skara Brae Village, £1.05 X 2: Star Carr Head Dress, Maiden Castle Hill Fort, £1.33 X 2: Avebury Stone Circles, Drumbrest Horns, £1.52 X 2: Grime's Graves Flint Mines, Mold Cape | True North |
1/17 | 2017.02.06 | 65th Anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth II | £5.00: definitive | Royal Mail Group |
536 | 2017.02.15 | Windsor Castle | 1st Class X 3: The Long Walk, The Round Tower, The Norman Gate, £1.52 X 3: St George's Hall, The Queen's Ballroom, The Waterloo Chamber | Up |
537 | 2017.03.14 | Music Giants: David Bowie | 1st Class X 3: Hunky Dory (1971), Aladdin Sane (1973), "Heroes" (1977), £1.52 X 3: Let's Dance (1983), Earthling (1997), Blackstar (2016), Miniature sheet: 1st Class X 2: Ziggy Stardust Tour (1972), Serious Moonlight Tour (1983) Tours, £1.52 X 2: Isolar II Tour (1978), A Reality Tour (2004). The background image is of the Glass Spider Tour (1987)[38] | |
2/17 | 2017.03.14 | New Tariff Definitive Stamps | £1.17, £1.40, £1.57, £2.27, £2.55. | Royal Mail Group |
539 | 2017.04.06 | Racehorse Legends | 1st Class X 2: Frankel, Red Rum, £1.17 X 2 Shergar, Kauto Star, £1.40 X 2: Desert Orchid, Brigadier Gerard, £1.57 X 2: Arkle, Estimate | Together Design |
540 | 2017.05.04 | Songbirds | 1st Class X 10: great tit, wren, willow warbler, goldcrest, skylark, blackcap, song thrush, nightingale, cuckoo, yellowhammer | Osborne Ross |
540 | 2017.06.05 | The Machin Definitive Anniversary | 5p X 1: 1971; 20p X 1: 1990; 1st X 4: 1993, 2000, 2006, 2013; £1.00 X 1: 2017 | Atelier Design |
542 | 2017.06.20 | Windmills and Watermills | 1st Class X 2: Nutley Windmill (East Sussex), New Abbey Corn Mill (Dumfries and Galloway); £1.40 X 2: Ballycopeland Windmill (Country Down), Cheddleton Flint Mill (Staffordshire); £1.57 X 2: Woodchurch Windmill (Kent), Felin Cochwillan Mill (Gwynedd) | Atelier Design |
543 | 2017.07.13 | Landmark Buildings | 1st Class X 10: Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London; Library of Birmingham; Clyde Auditorium Glasgow (now known as the SEC Armadillo); Scottish Parliament Building Edinburgh; Giant's Causeway Visitor Centre County Antrim; National Assembly for Wales Cardiff; Eden Project at St Austell Cornwall; Everyman Theatre Liverpool; Imperial War Museum At Manchester; Switch House at the Tate Modern London. | GBH |
544 | 2017.07.31 | The First World War – 1917 Stamp Set | 1st Class X 3: Shattered Poppy, John Ross; Dead Man's Dump, Isaac Rosenberg; Nurses Elsie Knocker and Mairi Chisholm; £1.57 X 3: Dry Docked for Scaling and Painting, Edward Wadsworth; Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium; Private Lemuel Thomas Rees' Life Saving Bible. | Hat-Trick Design |
544 | 2017.07.31 | The First World War – 1917 Prestige Stamp Book | 1st Class X 8: Features the stamp pane with the Poppy stamp from the 2010 Smilers® Miniature Sheet. | Hat-Trick Design |
545 | 2017.08.22 | Classic Toys | 1st Class X 10: The Merrythought Bear, Sindy, Spirograph, Stickle Bricks, W. Britain Toy Figures, Spacehopper, Fuzzy-Felt, Meccano, Action Man, Hornby Dublo | Interabangk |
P&G27 | 2017.09.13 | Post & Go : Royal Mail Heritage : Mail by Air | 6 X 1st class: First UK aerial mail (1911), Military mail flight (1919), International airmail (1933), Domestic airmail (1934), Flying boat airmail (1937), Flying boat airmail (1937), Datapost services (1980s) | Osborne Ross |
546 | 2017.09.14 | Ladybird Books | 2nd Class X 2: Adventures from history (Nelson, Queen Elizabeth I, Florence Nightingale), Well-loved tales (The Gingerbread Boy, Cinderella, The Elves and the Shoemaker), 1st Class X 2: Key words reading scheme (1b Look at this, 2a We have fun, 4a Things We do), Early tales and rhymes (Smoke and Fluff, Tootles the Taxi, Piggly Plays Truant), £1.05 X 2: Hobbies and How it Works (Things to Make, Tricks and Magic, The Telephone), People at Work (The Postman, The Fireman, The Nurse), £1.33 X 2: Nature and Conservation (British Wild Flowers, Wild Life in Britain, Garden Flowers), Achievements (Ships, the Motor Car, Metals) | True North |
547 | 2017.10.12 | Star Wars | 1st Class X 8: Maz Kanata, Chewbacca, Supreme Leader Snoke, Porg, BB-8, R2-D2, C-3PO and K-2SO | Malcolm Tween |
548 | 2017.11.07 | Christmas 2017 | 2nd class + 2nd class large: Arwen Wilson (9), Family of Snowpeople, 1st class + 1st class large: Ted Lewis-Clark (10) Father Christmas in the sky, 2nd class, 2nd class large, 1st class, 1st class large, £1.17, £1.40, £1.57, £2.27: Madonna & Child Designs | Royal Mail Group |
xxx | 2017.12.15 | Lunar New Year of the Dog | First class X 1 | Hat-Trick Design |
549 | 2017.12.20 | The Royal Wedding – Platinum Anniversary | The six-stamp Stamp Sheet features three pairs of stamps with images from 1947. Two stamps mark the Royal Engagement, two the Royal Wedding and two the Royal Honeymoon. | Mytton Williams |
2018
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551 | 2018.01.23 | Game of Thrones | 10 X 1st Class: Sansa Stark, Jon Snow, Eddard Stark, Olenna Tyrell, Tywin Lannister, Tyrion Lannister, Cersei Lannister, Arya Stark, Jaime Lannister, and Daenerys Targaryen. | GBH |
P&G28 | 2018.01.23 | Post and Go – Game of Thrones | 1 X 1st Class: Fire; 1 X 2nd Class: Ice. | GBH |
552 | 2018.02.15 | Votes for Women | 2nd X 2: Lone Suffragette in Whitehall (c. 1908), The Great Pilgrimage of Suffragists (1913); 1st X 2: Suffragette Leaders at Earl's Court (1908), Women's Freedom League Poster Parade (c.1907); £1.40 X 2: Welsh Suffragettes – Coronation Procession (1911), Leigh and New Released from Prison (1908); £1.57 X 2: Sophia Duleep Singh sells the Suffragette (1913), Suffragette Prisoner's Pageant (1911) | Supple Studio |
P&G29 | 2018.02.14 | Royal Mail Heritage: Mail by Sea | 6 X 1st class: Packet Antelope (1780), SS Great Western (1838), SS Britannia (1887), RMS Olympic (1911), RMS Queen Mary (1936), RMS St Helena (1990) | Royal Mail Group Ltd |
553 | 2018.03.20 | Royal Air Force Centenary | 1st Class X 2: Hurricane Mk 1, Lightning F6, ; £1.40 X 2: Vulcan B2, Typhoon FGR4; £1.57 X 2: Sopwith Camel F1, Nimrod MR2. | Royal Mail Group Ltd |
553 | 2018.03.20 | Red Arrows Miniature Sheet | 1st Class X 2: RAF Red Arrows – Flypast, RAF Red Arrows – Swan; £1.40 X 2: RAF Red Arrows – Synchro, RAF Red Arrows – Python. | Turner Duckworth |
554 | 2018.04.17 | Reintroduced Species | 1st Class X 2: Osprey, large-blue butterfly; £1.45 X 2: Eurasian beaver, pool frog; £1.55 X 2: stinking hawk's-beard, sand lizard. | Godfrey Design |
555 | 2018.05.11 | Owls | 10 X 1st Class: Barn owl, little owl, tawny owl, short-eared owl, long-eared owl, barn owl, little owl, tawny owl, short-eared owl, long-eared owl. | Atelier Works |
M24 | 2018.05.19 | The Royal Wedding | 2 x 1st Class and 2 x 1.55 stamps. Using engagement photographs by Alexi Lubomirski[39] | The Chase |
556 | 2018.06.05 | Royal Academy of Arts | 2 X 1st Class: Summer Exhibition by Grayson Perry RA, Queen of the Sky by Fiona Rae RA; 2 X £1.25: St Kilda – The Great Sea Stacs by Norman Ackroyd RA, Inverleith Allotments and Edinburgh Castleby Barbara Rae RA;2 X £1.55: Queuing at the RA by Yinka Shonibare RA, Saying Goodbye by Tracey Emin RA. | Royal Mail Group Ltd |
557 | 2018.06.26 | Dad's Army | 2nd Class X 2: Sergeant Wilson "Do you think that is wise sir?", Private Pike "I'll tell Mum!"; 1st Class X 2: Captain Mainwaring "You stupid boy!", Lance Corporal Jones "Don't panic! Don't panic!"; £1.45 X 2: Private Walker "It won't cost you much...", Private Frazer "We’re doomed. Doomed!"; £1.55 X 2: Private Godfrey "Do you think I might be excused?", Chief Warden Hodges "Put that light out!" | Royal Mail Group Ltd. |
558 | 2018.07.31 | Hampton Court Palace | 1st Class X 3: Hampton Court Palace – South Front, Hampton Court Palace – West Front, Hampton Court Palace – East Front; £1.55 X 3: Hampton Court Palace – Pond Gardens, Hampton Court Palace – Maze, Hampton Court Palace – Fountain Garden; Miniature Sheet: 1st Class X 2: Hampton Court Palace – Great Hall, Hampton Court Palace – King's Great Bedchamber; £1.45 X 2: Hampton Court Palace – Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace – King's Staircase | Osborne Ross |
559 | 2018.08.16 | Captain Cook Endeavour Voyage | 2nd Class X 2: Sir Joseph Banks, Chief Mourner of Tahiti; 1st Class X 2: Captain James Cook, drawings of the observations of the transit of Venus (1769); £1.45 X 2: Clianthus puniceus (scarlet clianthus), Volatinia jacarina (blue-black grassquit); Miniature Sheet: 1st Class X 2: Charting a new course – New Zealand and Australia, life on Raiatea – boathouse and canoes; £1.45 X 2: mapping New Zealand – a Maori clifftop fort, disaster avoided – repairs on the Endeavour River. | Howard Brown |
560 | 2018.08.30 | The Old Vic | 1st Class X 2: The Dance of Death (1967), King Lear (2016); £1.25 X 2: Hamlet (1975), Hedda Gabler (1970); £1.45 X 2: No Man's Land (1975), Carmen Jones (1991); £1.55 X 2: Romeo and Juliet (1960), Henry V (1955). | Hat-Trick Design |
xxx | 2018.09.12 | Postal Heritage: Mail by Bike | 1st Class X 6: Pentacycle (1882), Motorcycle and trailer (1902), tricycle and basket (1920), bicycle (1949), motorcycle (1965), quad bike (2002) | Andrew Davidson |
561 | 2018.09.13 | The Great War 1918 | 1st Class X 3: 100 Poppies – Z and B Baran, Anthem for Doomed Youth – W Owen, Second Lieutenant Walter Tull; £1.55 X 3: We Are making A New World – P Nash, The Grave of the Unknown Warrior – Westminster Abbey – London, Lieutenant Francis Hopgood's Goggles | Hat-trick Design |
562 | 2018.10.16 | Harry Potter | 1st Class X 10: Hermione Granger, Hogwarts Express, Harry Potter, Flying Ford Anglia, Ron Weasley, Hagrid's motorbike, Ginny Weasley, Triwizard Cup, Neville Longbottom, Knight Bus; Miniature Sheet: 1st X 5: Pomona Sprout, Horace Slughorn, Sybill Trelawney, Remus Lupin, Severus Snape | True North |
563 | 2018.11.01 | Christmas | 2nd class, 2nd class large, 1st class, 1st class large, £1.25, £1.45, £1.55, £2.25 (all designs feature red pillar boxes, one per monarch, by Andrew Davidson) | Royal Mail Group Ltd |
564 | 2018.11.14 | Prince of Wales 70th Birthday | 1st class x 3 designs: Charles in a blue jacket, Charles and Camilla, Charles with two sons (in uniform), £1.55 x 3 designs: Charles with two sons (polo tops), Charles in grey jacket, Charles on walkabout | |
xxx | 2018.11.15 | Lunar New Year of the Pig | 1st class x 1: Fireworks |
2019
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2019 | ||||
566 | 2019.01.15 | Stamp Classics | 1st class x 3 designs: Queen Victoria (1891), King Edward VII (1910), King George V (1913); £1.55 x 3 designs: King Edward VIII (1936), King George VI, Penny Black Centenary (1940), Queen Elizabeth II Coronation (1953).[40] | hat-trick design |
567 | 2019.02.13 | Leonardo da Vinci | 1st class x 12 designs: The skull sectioned, a sprig of guelder-rose, Studies of cats, a star-of-Bethlehem and other plants, the anatomy of the shoulder and foot, the head of Leda, the head of a bearded man, the skeleton, the head of St. Philip, a woman in a landscape, a design for an equestrian monument, the fall of light on a face.[41] | Kate Stephens |
568 | 2019.03.14 | Marvel | 15 stamps: 1st class x 10 designs: Spider-Man, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Peggy Carter, Black Panther, Captain Britain, Union Jack. Extra comic story: £1.45 x 1 designs: Captain Britain. 1st class x 3 designs: Thanos, Thor, Doctor Strange and Iron Man. Hulk and Iron Man. £1.25 x 1 designs: Together.[42] | Interabang |
569 | 2019.04.03 | Birds of Prey | 1st class x 10 designs: White-tailed eagle, merlin, hobby, buzzard, golden eagle, kestrel, goshawk, sparrowhawk, red kite, peregrine falcon[43] | Royal Mail Group Ltd |
570 | 2019.05.02 | British Engineering | 6 stamps: 1st Class x 2: Raspberry Pi, Falkirk Wheel, £1.55 x 2: Catalytic converter, Crossrail, £1.60 x 2: MRI Scanner, Bone-graft. Miniature Sheet: 4 Harrier GR.3 stamps: 1st Class x 2: Short Take-off, Conventional Flight, £1.55 x 2 designs: Transition to Landing, Vertical Landing.[44] | Common Curiosity. Sheet: Turner Duckworth |
571 | 2019.05.24 | Queen Victoria Bicentenary | 6 stamps: 1st Class x 2: Queen in her later years, Victoria and Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, £1.35 x 2: Queen Victoria with servant John Brown, Victoria wearing her Robes of State, £1.60 x 2: Marriage of Victoria and Albert, Princess Victoria aged eleven.[45] Miniature Sheet (The legacy of Prince Albert) of 4 stamps: 1st Class x 2: Model Lodge, Kennington and Balmoral Castle, Scotland, £1.55 x 2: The New Crystal Palace, Sydenham and Royal Albert Hall, London. | Webb & Webb Design. Sheet: Common Curiosity |
572 | 2019.06.06 | D-Day | 6 stamps: 1st Class x 2: British soldiers are briefed before embarkation, HMS Warspite, £1.35 x 2: Paratroopers synchronising watches, soldiers wade ashore on Juno, £1.60 x 2: An American light bomber provides air support, British troops take cover as they advance inland.[46] Miniature sheet of 1st class x 5 stamps: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword. | Baxter and Bailey |
573 | 2019.07.09 | Curious Customs | 8 stamps: 2nd Class x 2: Burning The Clocks, Padstow Obby Oss, 1st Class x 2: World Gurning Championships, Up Helly Aa, £1.55 x 2: Cheese Rolling, Halloween £1.60 x 2: Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, Bog Snorkelling.[47] | NB Studio[48] |
574 | 2019.08.13 | Forests (100 Years of the Forestry Commission)[49] | 6 stamps: 1st class x 2: Glen Affric, Westonbirt, The National Arboretum £1.55 x 2: Sherwood Forest, Coed y Brenin £1.60 x 2: Glenariff Forest, Kielder Forest[49] | Up[50] |
575 | 2019.09.03 | Elton John | 8 Stamps: 1st Class X 4: Honky Château, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Caribou, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy; £1.55 X 4: Sleeping With the Past, The One, Made In England, Songs from the West Coast; Miniature sheet of 4 Stamps: 1st Class X 2: Madison Square Garden (2018), Dodger Stadium (1975); £1.55 X 2: Hammersmith Odeon (1973), Buckingham Palace (2012).[51] | Studio Dempsey Photography |
576 | 2019.09.13 | Royal Navy Ships | 8 stamps: 1st Class X 2: Mary Rose, HMS Queen Elizabeth; £1.35 X 2: HMS Victory, HMS Dreadnought; £1.55 X 2: HMS Warrior, Sovereign of the Seas; £1.60 X 2: HMS King George V, HMS Beagle.[52] | Hat Trick Design |
577 | 2019.10.10 | The Gruffalo | 6 Stamps: 1st Class X 3: Scrambled Snake, Gruffalo Crumble, All was quiet in the deep dark wood; £1.60 X 3: A mouse took a stroll, Roasted Fox, Owl ice cream?; Miniature sheet of 4 stamps: 1st Class X 2: Owl, Mouse; £1.60 X 2: Snake, Fox.[53] | Rose |
578 | 2019.11.05 | Christmas | 8 Stamps: Nativity Scenes: 2nd class, 2nd class large, 1st class, 1st class large, £1.35, £1.55, £1.60, £2.30[54][55] | Charlie Smith Design |
xxx | 2019.11.18 | Lunar Year of the Rat | Generic Sheet. 20 Stamps: 1st class X 20 – different smiler stamps featuring fireworks images | Royal Mail Group Ltd |
579 | 2019.11.26 | Star Wars | 10 Stamps: 1st class X 10: Count Dooku, Lando Calrissian, Sith Trooper, Jannah, Grand Moff Tarkin, Darth Maul, Zorii Bliss, Wicket Warrick, Poe Dameron, Queen Amidala; 6 Stamps: 1st class X 6: Poes X-wing fighter, Jedi starfighter, Slave 1, TIE silencer, Podracers, Speeder bikes;[56] | Interabang |
Other periods
[edit]- United Kingdom commemorative stamps 1924–1969
- United Kingdom commemorative stamps 1970–1979
- United Kingdom commemorative stamps 1980–1989
- United Kingdom commemorative stamps 1990–1999
- United Kingdom commemorative stamps 2000–2009
- United Kingdom commemorative stamps 2020–2029
See also
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