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Encyclopedia > List of British postage stamps

This is a list of postage stamps issued by the United Kingdom (normally referred to as Great Britain in phitatelic usage).

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_British_postage_stamps&action=edit).
Contents
1 Queen Victoria

1.1 Line engraved
1.2 Embossed
1.3 Surface printed

2 King Edward VII
3 King George V
4 King Edward VIII
5 King George VI
6 Queen Elizabeth II (pre-decimalisation)
7 Queen Elizabeth II (decimal currency)

7.1 2004
7.2 2005

8 See also

Queen Victoria

Line engraved

  • One penny black issued on the 1 May for use from the 6 May 1840
  • Two pence blue contemporary issue with the penny black
  • One Penny Red issued in 1841 to replace the penny black
  • Prince Consort Essay
  • Two pence blue printed in a new ink. The disign has the adition of white * lines above and below the inscriptions.
  • Halfpenny rose red issued in 1870 for the reduced postcard and newpaper rate
  • Three half pence red introduced in 1870 for the reduced printed matter rate

Embossed

Surface printed

King Edward VII

King George V

King Edward VIII

King George VI

Low value definitives (original dark colours)
Low value definitives (pale colours)
Low value definitives (changed colours)
High value definitives (original square format)
High value definitives (rectangular format) 1951
Coronation 1937
Centenery of the postage stamp 1940
Victory 1946
Silver wedding 1948
Olympic games 1948
Universal Postal Union (UPU) 1949
Festival of Britain 1951


Queen Elizabeth II (pre-decimalisation)

Queen Elizabeth II (decimal currency)

2004

2005

See also


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