United Kingdom commemorative stamps 2020–2029

This is a list of the commemorative stamps of the United Kingdom for the years 2020–2029.

List

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2020

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Issue number Issue date Issue title Details of stamps in issue Designer(s)
2020[1]
581 2020-01-21 Video games 8 stamps: 2nd class ×2: Elite (1984) BBC Micro and Acorn Electron, Worms (1995) Commodore Amiga; 1st class ×2: Lemmings (1991) Commodore Amiga, Sensible Soccer (1992) Commodore Amiga; £1.55 ×2: Micro Machines (1991) Sega Mega Drive, Wipeout (1995) Sony PlayStation; £1.60 ×2: Dizzy (1987) ZX Spectrum, Populous (1989) Commodore Amiga;[2]

Miniature Sheet 4 stamps: 1st class ×2: Atlantean Scion / Tomb Raider (1996), Ceremonial Dagger / Tomb Raider (2013); £1.55 ×2: Ora Dagger / Tomb Raider III – Adventures of Lara Croft (1998), Philosopher's Stone / Tomb Raider Chronicles (2000).[3]

Supple Studio & Bitmap Books
582 2020-02-11 Visions of the Universe 8 stamps: 2nd class ×2: Cat's Eye Nebula, Enceladus; 1st class ×2: Pulsar, Black Hole; £1.55 ×2: Jupiter's Aurora, Gravitational Lensing; £1.60 ×2: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Cygnus A Galaxy; True North
583 2020-03-17 James Bond 6 stamps: 1st class ×3: Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights (1987), Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye (1995), Daniel Craig in Casino Royale (2006). £1.60 ×3: Sean Connery in Goldfinger (1964), George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and Roger Moore in Live and Let Die (1973).[4]

Miniature Sheet 4 stamps: 1st class ×2: Bell-Textron Jet pack in Thunderball, Aston Martin DB5 from Skyfall. £1.55 ×2: Little Nellie the autogyro featured in You Only Live Twice, Lotus Esprit submarine from The Spy Who Loved Me.[5]

Interabang
– 2020-04-06 Declaration of Arbroath Miniature Sheet 4 stamps: 2nd class ×1: The Saltire; 1st class ×1: Lion Rampant of Scotland; £1.42 ×1: Thistle; £1.63 ×1: Tartan[6] Tayburn
584 2020-04-07 The Romantic Poets 10 stamps: 1st class ×10: John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Blake, Walter Scott, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Wordsworth, Mary Robinson, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, John Keats, Lord Byron (issued to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wordsworth).[7] The Chase
585 2020-05-08 End of the Second World War 8 stamps: 1st class ×2: Jubilant public, 1945, Evacuees return home, 1945, 2nd class ×2: Serviceman welcomed home, 1945, Nurses celebrate, 1945, £1.42 ×2: Troops parade at end of war, 1945, Demobilised servicemen, 1945, £1.63 ×2: Allied POWs liberated, 1945 and Navy personnel celebrate, 1945.[8]

Miniature Sheet: 4 stamps: 1st class ×2: Hall of names, Runnymede Memorial, £1.63 ×2: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar.[9]

hat-trick design
586 2020-05-28 Coronation Street 8 stamps: 2nd class ×2: Ena Sharples and Elsie Tanner, Stan and Hilda Ogden; 1st class ×2: Vera and Jack Duckworth, Deirdre and Ken Barlow; 2 ×£1.42: Rita Sullivan and Norris Cole, Hayley and Roy Cropper; £1.63 ×2: Sunita and Dev Alahan, Tracy Barlow and Steve McDonald;[10]

Miniature Sheet: 4 stamps: 1st class ×2: Bet Lynch, Raquel Watts; 2 ×£1.42: Liz McDonald, Gemma Winter

The Chase
587 2020-06-18 Roman Britain 8 stamps: 2nd class ×2: Dover Lighthouse; Bignor Mosaic; 1st class ×2: Amffitheatr yng Nghaer Isca – Caerllion Amphitheatre at Isca Fortress, Ribchester Helmet, £1.63 ×2: Bridgeness distance slab, Warrior god – Cambridgeshire; £1.68 ×2: Gorgon's head – Bath, Hadrian's Wall; Up
588 2020-07-09 Music Giants: Queen 8 stamps: 1st class ×4: Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, News of the World, £1.63 ×4: The Game, Greatest Hits, The Works and Innuendo.[11]

Miniature Sheet: 5 stamps: 1st class ×3: Queen 1974, Magic Tour, 1986, Hyde Park Concert, 1976, £1.63 ×2: A Night at the Opera Tour, 1975 and Magic Tour, 1986.[12]

Royal Mail Group Ltd.
589 2020-07-30 The Palace of Westminster 6 stamps: 1st class ×3: View from Old Palace Yard, River Thames view, Elizabeth Tower; £1.68 ×3: Commons Chamber, Central Lobby, Lords Chamber;

Miniature Sheet: 1st class ×2: Norman Porch, Chapel of St Mary Undercroft; £1.63 ×2: St Stephen's Hall, Royal Gallery;

Steers McGillan Eves
590 2020-08-18 Sherlock 6 stamps: 1st class ×2: The Reichenbach Fall, A Study in Pink; £1.42 ×2: The Great Game, The Empty Hearse; £1.68 ×2: A Scandal in Belgravia, The Final Problem (featuring characters played by Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock Holmes), Martin Freeman (Watson) and two other characters).

Miniature Sheet: 1st class ×2: The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Red-Headed League; £1.68 ×2: The Adventure of the Second Stain, The Adventure of the Dancing Man.[13]

6/S: So Design Consultants – M/S: NB Studio
591 2020-09-03 Rupert Bear 8 stamps: 2nd class ×2: Rupert's Rainy Adventure; 1st class ×2: Rupert and the Mare's Nest; £1.45 ×2: Rupert and the Lost Cuckoo; £1.70 ×2: Rupert's Christmas Tree; Rose
592 2020-10-01 Brilliant Bugs 6 stamps: 2 ×1st class: Common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum), Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus); 2 ×£1.45: Longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata), Elephant hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor); 2 ×£1.70: Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui); Ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita agg.); Royal Mail Group Ltd.
593 2020-11-03 Christmas 8 Stamps:
• 2nd class and 2nd class large: St Andrew's Church, Lexham Road, East Lexham, PE32 2QL – east window (c.1859);
• 1st class and 1st class large: St Andrew's Church, Coln Rogers, Cheltenham, GL54 3LB – east window (c.1865);
• £1.45 stamp: Church of St James, Church Hill, Hollowell, Northampton, NN6 8RR – chancel apse southeast window (1863);
• £1.70 stamp: All Saints’ Church, Kirkgate, Otley, LS21 3HW – south transept window (1862);
• £2.50 stamp: St Columba's Church, Church Street, Topcliffe, Thirsk, YO7 3PA – chancel south window (c.1860);
• £2.55 Stamp: Christ Church, 30 London Rd, Coalville, LE67 3JA – chancel north window (1976). 		Royal Mail Group and Up
594 2020-11-13 Star Trek 12 stamps: 12 ×1st class: James T Kirk, Jean-Luc Picard, Benjamin Sisko, Kathryn Janeway, Jonathan Archer, Gabriel Lorca, Spock, Deanna Troi, Julian Bashir, Malcom Reid, Michael Burnam, Ash Tyler;

Minitaure Sheet: 6 stamps: 6 ×1st class: Montgomery Scott, Shinzon, Tolian Soran, Klingon Chancellor Gorkon, Carol Marcus, Krall

Interabang

2021

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Issue number Issue date Issue title Details of stamps in issue Designer(s)
2021
596 2021-01-14 National Parks 10 stamps: 1st class ×10: Peak District, Lake District, Snowdonia, Dartmoor, North York Moors, The Broads, New Forest, South Downs, Pembrokeshire Coast, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs[14][15] Studio Mean
M26 2021-01-26 United Kingdom: A Celebration 4 stamps: 1st class ×2: Great Sport, Great Creativity. £1.70 ×2: Great Community, Great Industry and Innovation. hat-trick design
597 2021-02-16 Only Fools and Horses 8 stamps: 1st class ×4: A Losing Streak, Sleeping Dogs Lie, Yuppy Love, A Touch of Glass. £1.70 ×4: The Jolly Boys' Outing, The Unlucky Winner Is..., Three Men, a Woman and a Baby, Time on Our Hands.[16][17]

Miniature Sheet: 4 stamps with catchphrases: 1st class ×2: Del Boy, Rodney. £1.70 ×2: Grandad, Uncle Albert

Interabang
598 2021-03-16 The Legend of King Arthur 10 stamps: 1st class ×5: Merlin and the baby Arthur, Arthur draws the sword from the stone, Arthur takes Excalibur, Arthur marries Guinevere, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. £1.70 ×5: Knights of the Round Table, Sir Lancelot defeats the dragon, Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail, Arthur and Mordred's final battle, The death of King Arthur Godfrey Design
599 2021-04-15 Classic science fiction by British writers 6 stamps: 1st class ×2: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Time Machine by H. G. Wells. £1.70 ×2: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. £2.55 ×2: Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke, Shikasta by Doris Lessing.[18] Webb & Webb Design Limited
600 2021-05-04 The Wars of the Roses 8 stamps: 2nd class ×2: Battle of Bosworth, 1485, Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471. 1st class ×2: Battle of Barnet, 1471, Battle of Edgecote Moor, 1469. £1.70 ×2: Battle of Towton, 1461, Battle of Wakefield, 1460. £2.55 ×2: Battle of Northampton, 1460, First Battle of St Albans, 1455.[19] Royal Mail Group Ltd.
601 2021-05-28 Paul McCartney 8 stamps: 1st class ×4: McCartney (1970), Ram (1971), Venus and Mars (Wings, 1975), McCartney II (1980). £1.70 ×4: Tug of War (1982), Flaming Pie (1997), Egypt Station (2018), McCartney III (2020)

Miniature sheet: 4 stamps: Paul McCartney in the Studio: 1st class ×2: McCartney, 1970, Ram, 1971. £1.70 ×2: McCartney II, 1980, Flaming Pie, 1997.[20]

Baxter & Bailey
602 2021-06-24 In Memoriam, HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 4 stamps: 2nd class ×1: HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh taken by the photographer Baron. 1st class ×1: HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh attending the passing out parade of Prince Andrew at Dartmouth Naval College, Devon. £1.70 ×1: HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. £2.55 ×1: HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh taken by the photographer Terry O’Neill.[21] Kate Stephens and Royal Mail Group Ltd.
603 2021-07-01 Dennis the Menace and Gnasher 6 stamps: 1st class ×3: Dennis's first comic strip (1951), Dennis adopts Gnasher (1968), Dennis's front cover debut (1974). £1.70 ×3: Dennis adopts Rasher the Pig (1979), Dennis meets his sister Bea (1998), Dennis reveals dad was Dennis (2015).

Miniature sheet: 4 stamps: 1st class ×2: Dennis, Gnasher, £1.70 ×2: Minnie the Minx, Family Portrait.[22]

The Chase
604 2021-07-22 Wild Coasts 10 stamps: 1st class ×10: northern gannet, common cuttlefish, grey seal, bottlenose dolphin, spiny spider crab, long-snouted seahorse, orca, fried-egg anemone, cuckoo wrasse, cold-water coral reef.[23]

Miniature sheet: 4 stamps: marine food chain – 1st class ×2: phytoplankton, zooplankton, £1.70 ×2: Atlantic herring and harbour porpoise.

Steers McGillan Eves
605 2021-08-12 Industrial Revolutions Common Curiosity
606 2021-09-02 British Army Vehicles Royal Mail Group Ltd.
607 2021-09-17 DC Collection 12 stamps: 1st class ×12: Batman, Batwoman, Robin, Batgirl, Alfred, Nightwing, The Joker, Harley Quinn, The Penguin, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, The Riddler.

Miniature sheet: 1st class ×6: Batman, Green Lantern and The Flash, Wonder Woman, Superman, Cyborg and Aquaman and Supergirl and Shazam!.

Interbang
608 2021-10-19 Rugby Union True North
609 2021-11-02 Christmas 2021 Supple Studio

2022

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Issue number Issue date Issue title Details of stamps in issue Designer(s)
2022[24]
611 2022-01-20 Music Giants VI – The Rolling Stones 8 stamps: 1st class ×4: London, UK, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA 2019, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1995, Tokyo, Japan 1995, £1.70 ×4: New York City, USA 1972, Oslo, Norway 2014, Hertfordshire, UK 1976 Düsseldorf, Germany 2017.

Miniature sheet: 1st class ×2: The Rollong Stones, £1.70 ×2: Posters: Urban Jungle and Tour of the Americas, Posters: UK Tour 1971 and American Tour 1981.[25]

Baxter & Bailey
612 2022-02-04 Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee 8 stamps: 1st class ×4: February 2020, London, October 1957, Washington, April 1980, Worcester, June 1978, London. £1.70 ×4: May 2005, Alberta, June 1977, Camberwell, February 1966, St Vincent and June 1999, Windsor.[26] Kate Stephens
613 2022-02-18 The Stamp Designs of David Gentleman Hat-trick Design
614 2022-03-08 The FA Cup The Chase
615 2022-03-23 Heroes of the COVID-19 Pandemic Royal Mail Group Ltd and Studio Up
616 2022-04-07 Migratory Birds Hat-trick Design
617 2022-05-05 Unsung Heroes: Women of World War II Supple Studio
618 2022-06-09 Cats 8 stamps: 2nd class ×2: Siamese, Tabby. 1st class ×2: Ginger cat, British Shorthair. £1.85 ×2: Maine Coon, black and white. £2.55 ×2: Bengal and tabby and white cat.[27] Studio Up
619 2022-07-01 Pride NB Studio
620 2022-07-28 Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Interabang
621 2022-09-01 Transformers The Chase
622 2022-09-29 Royal Marines Osborne Ross and Studio Up
623 2022-10-19 Aardman Classics Studio Up and Royal Mail Group Ltd
624 2022-11-03 Christmas 6 stamps: 2nd class, 2nd class large, 1st class, 1st class large, £1.85, £2.55
625 2022-11-10 In Memoriam: Her Majesty The Queen 4 stamps: 2nd class, 1st class, £1.85, £2.55
626 2022-11-24 Tutankhamun

2023

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Issue number Issue date Issue title Details of stamps in issue Designer(s)
2023[28]
627 2023-01-12 Music Giants VII: Iron Maiden Royal Mail Group Ltd
629[29] 2023-02-16 X-Men Interbang
628[30] 2023-03-09 The Flying Scotsman Steers McGillan Eves
630 2022-03-23 Flowers Charlie Smith Design
631 2023-04-13 The Legend of Robin Hood 10 stamps: 1st class ×10 Godfrey Design Illustration, from illustrations by Jon McCoy
632 2023-05-06 His Majesty King Charles III: A New Reign Atelier Works
633 2023-05-17 Blackadder True North
634 2023-06-08 Warhammer Common Curiosity
635 2023-06-22 Windrush: 75 Years 8 stamps: 1st class X2, £1.00 ×2, £2.00 ×2, and £2.20 ×2 The Chase and Supple Studio
636 2023-07-13 River Wildlife 10 stamps: 2nd class ×5, 1st class ×5 Studio Up
637 2023-08-10 Terry Pratchett's Discworld So design consultants
638 2023-09-05 Paddington Together Design
639 2023-09-21 Music Giants VIII: Dame Shirley Bassey Royal Mail Group Limited
640 2023-10-19 Harry Potter True North
641 2023-11-02 Christmas 2023 Steers McGillan Eves

2024

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Issue number Issue date Issue title Details of stamps in issue Designer(s)
2024[31]
643 2024-01-11 Music Giants IX: Spice Girls 10 stamps: 1st class × 10: Spice Girls at BRIT Awards 1997, Melanie Chisholm at BRIT Awards 1998, Spice Girls at the Olympic Ceremony 2012, Geri Halliwell at the BRIT Awards 1997, Spice Girls, San Jose 2007.

Emma Bunton, Wembley Arena in 1998, Spice Girls in Istanbul 1997, Victoria Beckham in New York, 2008, Spice Girls in Dublin, 1998, Melanie Brown, BRIT Awards 1997.[32]

Miniature sheet: 1st class × 5: Posh Spice, Scary Spice, Baby Spice, Ginger Spice and Sporty Spice.

Supple Studio
644 2024-02-01 Weather forecasting Hat-trick design
645 2024-02-20 Viking Britain Studio Up
646 2024-03-12 The Age of the Dinosaurs 1st Class X 4: Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, Coloborhynchus, Iguanodon;

£2.00 X 4: Stegosaurus, Diplodocus, Megalosaurus, Cryptoclidus;

Miniature sheet: 1st Class X 4: One of the 19th century’s greatest fossil hunters Mary Anning, Ichthyosaurus communis, Dapedium politum, Plesiosaurus macrocephalus

The Chase
647 2024-04-16 100 Years of Commemorative Stamps 10 stamps: 1st class × 10: British Empire Exhibition, Postal Union Congress, Silver Jubilee. Royal Silver Wedding, Centenary of First Adhesive Postage Stamps, Peace and Reconstruction. Tercentenary of ‘General Letter Office’, Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Festival of Britain. Landscapes, Investiture of HRH The Prince of Wales, National Nature Week. Philympia 70 Stamp Exhibition, British Wildlife, British Achievement in Chemistry. Flowers, Halley’s Comet, Transport and Communication. Robert Burns: The Immortal Memory, Millennium, Architects of the Air. The Weather, Lest We Forget, Sounds of Britain. Landmark Buildings, Jane Austen, Queen. Platinum Jubilee, Brilliant Bugs, Windrush:75 Years. Hat-trick Design
648 2024-05-16 Peppa Pig
649 2024-06-06 Dogs
650 2024-06-20 Red Arrows: 60 Seasons
651 2024-07-25 Dungeons & Dragons
652 2024-08-13 Tower of London
653 2024-09-03 Porridge
654 2024-09-26 Spiders

Other periods

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Royal Mail stamps celebrate Tomb Raider and other classic video games". BBC. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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  19. ^ "Royal Mail: Row over Wars of the Roses battle spelling". BBC News. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Sir Paul McCartney honoured by Royal Mail stamps". BBC News. May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
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  29. ^ X-Men stamps have (Pack 629) printed on front
  30. ^ The Flying Scotsman stamps have (Pack 628) printed on front however it released after pack 629.
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