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Low value definitives, 1873–80 (coloured corner letters) Low value definitives, halfpenny to 5d 1880–81. Penny Lilac 1881, the most issued Victorian stamp. High value definitives, 2/6 to £1 1883–84. Lilac and Green low value definitives 1883. Jubilee issue postage stamps 1887–92.
A 5-shilling (abbreviated as 5/- or 5s) (£0.25) stamp first appeared in 1867, followed by 10 shilling (£0.50) and £1 values in 1878, culminating in a £5 stamp in 1882. Meanwhile, the age of the Penny Reds had come to an end along with the Perkins Bacon printing contract.
The 7d, 8d and 9d stamps had the value indicator behind the bust. 8d Vermillion 8d Light turquoise blue 6 Jan 1969: 9d Dark green 8 Aug 1967: 10d Drab 1 Jul 1968: The background of the 10d and 1/- stamps had a gradient. 1/- Pale violet 5 Jun 1967: 1/6 Blue and deep blue 8 Aug 1967: 1/9 Orange and black 5 Jun 1967: 2/6 Peat brown
United Kingdom commemorative stamps 1970–1979. The United Kingdom, known in philatelic circles as "Great Britain", released many commemorative stamps ( postage stamps issued to honour or commemorate a place, event or person) in the 1970s.
A 1913 £1 "Seahorse" stamp. A Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6 'Seahorse' with Irish Free State overprint. A 10/- 'Seahorse' with 1922 Provisional Government of Ireland overprint. 'Seahorses' is the name used to refer to the United Kingdom high value definitive postage stamps issued during the reign of King George V.
Postage stamps were first used in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 6 May 1840, with the introduction of the world's first adhesive postage stamps, the Penny Black and Two Pence Blue. Until 1924, all British stamps depicted only the portrait of the reigning monarch, with the exception of the 'High Value' stamps (the so-called ...
GB Revenue Stamp Archive vol. 1, 2, 3 – gallery of various British revenue stamps by I.B RedGuy's Fine Stamps; Great Britain Revenue Duties from 1694 to the Great Reform of 1853 – exhibit by Chris Harman RDP FRPSL (You have to manually change the page number, i.e., 2.jpg, etc., to view next pages).
Kirk, Alfred J. King Edward VIII: a study of the stamps of the reign of King Edward VIII. Leigh-on-Sea: The Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1974 ISBN 0-901512-11-7 31p. Vallancey, F. Hugh. The Postage Stamps of King Edward VIII: including check list of cylinder numbers, stamp books and stamps, overprinted for Morocco. Sidcup: The Author, 1948 ...
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