GB Stamps
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Royal Mail stamps 2018 - Dad's Army, 26 June 2018
The fiftieth anniversary of the TV comedy Dad’s Army has been marked with eight special stamps from Royal Mail,…
26 June 2018
Royal Mail Stamps 2018 - Royal Academy of Arts, 5 June 2018
For 250 years, The Royal Academy of Arts has promoted art and artists. To mark this anniversary, Royal Mail has…
05 June 2018
Royal Mail stamps 2018, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle royal wedding, 19 May…
The wedding of HRH Prince Henry and Ms Meghan Markle will be marked with four new stamps from Royal Mail, released on…
15 May 2018
Royal Mail Stamps 2018 - Owls, 11 May 2018
Royal Mail’s latest new issue spotlights a selection of the UK’s best-loved owl species, with Special Stamps featuring…
11 May 2018
The Victorian stamp without Victoria: the Prince Consort Essay
David Bailey discovers how an angry inventor tried to put an end to line engraved stamps
30 April 2018
Royal Mail Stamps 2018 - Reintroduced Species, 17 April 2018
Royal Mail celebrates the successful reintroduction of six UK species into their former habitats, paying tribute to the…
17 April 2018
GB Stamps guide: Conference of European Postal and Telecommunications…
We take a look at the development of one of the three British special sets issued in 1961, to mark the holding of the…
15 April 2018
King George VI stamps - the Festival of Britain stamps 1951
The Festival of Britain was held throughout the country in the summer of 1951 and the celebrations included the…
12 April 2018
British stamps explained: the introduction of phosphor and automatic letter…
By the mid-twentieth century, the volume of British stamps being used demanded some kind of automated process, prompting…
11 April 2018