List of United Kingdom commemorative stamps

This list deals with commemorative stamps of United Kingdom.

History

Postage Stamps were first used in the United Kingdom on 6th May 1840, with the introduction of the world's first Adhesive Postage Stamp, the Penny Black.Up until 1924, all British stamps depicted only the portrait of the reigning Monarch, with the exception of the 'High Value' stamps {the so-called "Sea Horses" design} issued in 1913, which were twice the size of normal stamps with added pictorial design.

In 1924, the first 'Commemorative' stamp was issued for the British Empire Exhibition. There were then occasional issues over the next thirty years, when the frequency of new issues became more regular. From the mid-sixties, in most years, six to nine sets of commemorative stamps have been issued every year. PHQ Cards, postcard sized reproductions of commemorative stamps, have also been issued to accompany every new set of stamps since the mid-seventies.
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Issue dates of the early British Commemorative stamps, 1924 - 1969.

Other Decades

From 1965 onwards, in most years, there were between six and ten set issued every year.The listings for the years after 1969 are set out in decades.
Great Britain commemorative stamps 1970 - 1979
Great Britain commemorative stamps 1980 - 1989
Great Britain commemorative stamps 1990 - 1999
Great Britain commemorative stamps 2000 - 2009
Portal|Philately

Acknowledgements

Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue.
[http://www.gibbonsstampmonthly.com Gibbons Stamp Monthly]
Royal Mail Stamp Guide
Royal Mail British Philatelic Bulletin

ee also

* Stanley Gibbons
* Stamp Collecting
* List of people on stamps
* Philately
* stamps
* PHQ Cards

External links

* [http://www.linns.com/default.asp?uID=/ LINNS.com]
* [http://www.stanleygibbons.com/home/index.asp/ Stanley Gibbons Stamps Shop Homepage]
* [http://www.errors.info Pierron's Online Catalogue]
* [http://www.royalmail.com Royal Mail]