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Pages for GB Stamp Issues.
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Great Britain Stamps - issue programme for 2009 |
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Links
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13 January |
Design Classics - set of 10, PSB, special edition cards, & Smilers sheet |
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22 January |
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12 February |
200th ann birth of Charles Darwin - set of 6, MS, PSB |
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17 February |
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26 February |
Dathlu Cymru - Celebrating Wales - miniature sheet |
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2 March |
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10 March |
Pioneers of the Industrial Revolution - set of 8 |
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10 March |
Design Classics Retail book 1: Telephone Box and Routemaster Bus (self-adhesive) |
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17 March |
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31 March |
Machin Definitives with security features Part II - booklets |
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31 March |
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| 31 March | Faststamps - Set of 5 values pre-printed in collector pack, not machine-vended |
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21 April |
Kings & Queens 2 (Tudors) - set of 6 & miniature sheet |
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21 April |
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| 23 April | Castles of England Generic Smilers Sheet - using the Flag stamp from the Celebrating England MS |
| 30 April | Smilers For Kids II - 4 new Generic Smilers Sheets and 4 new packs with 10 stamps per sheet. |
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19 May |
Endangered Plants & 250th Anniversary of Kew - set of 10 & miniature sheet |
| 21 May | Retail booklet: 50th Ann National Association of Flower Arranging Societies. 4 Machins and two flowers from 1997 greetings stamps series (now self-adhesive) |
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16 June |
Mythical Creatures - set of 6 |
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July |
Olympics - see
22 October |
| 21 July | Commemorative Sheet: 40th Anniversary of Moon Landing |
| 3 August | Thaipex Stamp Exhibition Smilers Sheet |
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18 August |
Wall-mounted postboxes (MS, Smilers Sheet) MS contains 4 stamps one of which is used in Smilers Sheet of 20. |
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18 August |
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| 18 August | Design Classics retail book 3 - Concorde stamps x 2 (self-adhesive) |
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1 September |
Fire & Rescue Service - set of 6 |
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17 September |
Royal Navy Uniforms (set of 6, PSB) |
| 17 September | Design Classics retail book 4 - Mary Quant Mini-skirt stamps x2 (self-adhesive) |
| 18 September | Commemorative Sheet - 150th Anniversary of Big Ben |
| 7 October | Commemorative Sheet - 800th Anniversary of Cambridge University |
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Delayed until January 2010 |
Design Classics Retail book: Concorde and Spitfire |
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8 October |
Eminent Britons - set of 10; includes Europa (Astronomy) |
| 21 October | Italia 2009 Exhibition Smilers Sheet |
| 22 October | Olympic & Paralympic Disciplines set of 10 stamps in first of 3 annual pre-Olympic and Paralympic issues |
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3 November |
Christmas - set of 7, MS, Smilers Sheet, Stamp booklets |
| 17 November | Machin NVI Definitives: Recorded Delivery 1st class & 1st class Large |
| 30 November | Castles of Scotland Smilers Sheet |
| 4 December | MonacoPhil 2009 Exhibition Smilers Sheet |
Great
Britain
Special
Pictorial Postmarks not associated with new stamp
issues
Permanent
special
and pictorial postmarks
12 January 2010
Other
special
postmarks
12 January 2010
ARTICLES |
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Advertisements in definitive booklets
UPDATE:
A new Advertising booklet was issued on 26 July 2005. This promotes the
(large) 'LOVE' stamp on the inside cover.
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Smartstamps launched - 15 January 2004
Fee-free online postage launched 19 September 2006 Royal Mail launched
a new
online postage facility today which, unlike Smartstamps, has no monthly
or annual facility fee and, unlike Smartstamps, is not restricted to
people who use Internet Explorer as their browser. It even runs on
Apple Mac systems, and with Mozilla Firefox. |
Christmas postal delivery by Scouts
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From the Scandinavia Philatelic Society in the United Kingdom: Spitzbergen Cruise Mail: 1890-1914 - newly published, 60 A4 pages For full details and sample images click here. |
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This
site started 1998; latest update 1 February 2010 |
The March
2005 publicity leaflet for the Magic
Circle stamps included a
footnote about a new booklet of 6 x 1st class stamps which included, on
the previously blank inside front cover, an advertisement for Royal
Mail's Smilers
service. The stamps were available in supermarkets and other retail
outlets (but not necessarily from post offices) from early January.
This booklet was, according to the Philatelic Bureau's official
announcement, scheduled to have its philatelic release on 15 March. We
now understand that, contrary to the published information, they made
the booklets available from 27 January; three sponsored postmarks were
available for this revised first date of philatelic availability*. As
actual availability may have been 2-3 weeks before that date and due to
the confusion over the actual release date we did not produce any first
day covers for these booklets either with 27 January date, or 15 March.
There is no change
to the
stamps, only the booklet cover.
*These postmarks can be 
The
third such booklet was the one containing 
Three
special postmarks were available for FDCs of this booklet or stamps
from it. NEW BOOKLET 2 October
2006. 
Royal
Mail launched the 'Smartstamp' -
a stamp which can be printed from personal computers in homes and
businesses throughout the country. 
Although
Royal Mail has had a monopoly on the delivery of mail, since 1981
charity groups, principally Scouts, Guides and Church Groups have been
permitted to arrange the collection and distribution of greetings cards
each year for a limited period before Christmas. 
Royal
Mail Postage Labels 
