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United Kingdom commemorative stamps 2020–2029
This is a list of the commemorative stamps of the United Kingdom for the years 2020–2029.
List
2020
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Issue date
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Issue title
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Details of stamps in issue
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Designer(s)
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| 2020[1]
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| 581
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2020-01-21
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Video games
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8 stamps: 2nd class ×2: Elite (1984) BBC Micro and Acorn Electron, Worms (1995) Commodore Amiga; 1st class ×2: Lemmings (1991) Commodore Amiga, Sensible Soccer (1992) Commodore Amiga; £1.55 ×2: Micro Machines (1991) Sega Mega Drive, Wipeout (1995) Sony PlayStation; £1.60 ×2: Dizzy (1987) ZX Spectrum, Populous (1989) Commodore Amiga;[2]
Miniature Sheet 4 stamps: 1st class ×2: Atlantean Scion / Tomb Raider (1996), Ceremonial Dagger / Tomb Raider (2013); £1.55 ×2: Ora Dagger / Tomb Raider III – Adventures of Lara Croft (1998), Philosopher's Stone / Tomb Raider Chronicles (2000).[3]
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Supple Studio & Bitmap Books
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| 582
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2020-02-11
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Visions of the Universe
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8 stamps: 2nd class ×2: Cat's Eye Nebula, Enceladus; 1st class ×2: Pulsar, Black Hole; £1.55 ×2: Jupiter's Aurora, Gravitational Lensing; £1.60 ×2: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Cygnus A Galaxy;
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True North
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| 583
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2020-03-17
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James Bond
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6 stamps: 1st class ×3: Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights (1987), Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye (1995), Daniel Craig in Casino Royale (2006). £1.60 ×3: Sean Connery in Goldfinger (1964), George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and Roger Moore in Live and Let Die (1973).[4]
Miniature Sheet 4 stamps: 1st class ×2: Bell-Textron Jet pack in Thunderball, Aston Martin DB5 from Skyfall. £1.55 ×2: Little Nellie the autogyro featured in You Only Live Twice, Lotus Esprit submarine from The Spy Who Loved Me.[5]
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Interabang
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2020-04-06
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Declaration of Arbroath
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Miniature Sheet 4 stamps: 2nd class ×1: The Saltire; 1st class ×1: Lion Rampant of Scotland; £1.42 ×1: Thistle; £1.63 ×1: Tartan[6]
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Tayburn
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| 584
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2020-04-07
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The Romantic Poets
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10 stamps: 1st class ×10: John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Blake, Walter Scott, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Wordsworth, Mary Robinson, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, John Keats, Lord Byron (issued to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wordsworth).[7]
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The Chase
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| 585
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2020-05-08
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End of the Second World War
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8 stamps: 1st class ×2: Jubilant public, 1945, Evacuees return home, 1945, 2nd class ×2: Serviceman welcomed home, 1945, Nurses celebrate, 1945, £1.42 ×2: Troops parade at end of war, 1945, Demobilised servicemen, 1945, £1.63 ×2: Allied POWs liberated, 1945 and Navy personnel celebrate, 1945.[8]
Miniature Sheet: 4 stamps: 1st class ×2: Hall of names, Runnymede Memorial, £1.63 ×2: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar.[9]
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hat-trick design
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| 586
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2020-05-28
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Coronation Street
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8 stamps: 2nd class ×2: Ena Sharples and Elsie Tanner, Stan and Hilda Ogden; 1st class ×2: Vera and Jack Duckworth, Deirdre and Ken Barlow; 2 ×£1.42: Rita Sullivan and Norris Cole, Hayley and Roy Cropper; £1.63 ×2: Sunita and Dev Alahan, Tracy Barlow and Steve McDonald;[10]
Miniature Sheet: 4 stamps: 1st class ×2: Bet Lynch, Raquel Watts; 2 ×£1.42: Liz McDonald, Gemma Winter
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The Chase
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| 587
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2020-06-18
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Roman Britain
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8 stamps: 2nd class ×2: Dover Lighthouse; Bignor Mosaic; 1st class ×2: Amffitheatr yng Nghaer Isca – Caerllion Amphitheatre at Isca Fortress, Ribchester Helmet, £1.63 ×2: Bridgeness distance slab, Warrior god – Cambridgeshire; £1.68 ×2: Gorgon's head – Bath, Hadrian's Wall;
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Up
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| 588
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2020-07-09
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Music Giants: Queen
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8 stamps: 1st class ×4: Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, News of the World, £1.63 ×4: The Game, Greatest Hits, The Works and Innuendo.[11]
Miniature Sheet: 5 stamps: 1st class ×3: Queen 1974, Magic Tour, 1986, Hyde Park Concert, 1976, £1.63 ×2: A Night at the Opera Tour, 1975 and Magic Tour, 1986.[12]
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Royal Mail Group Ltd.
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| 589
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2020-07-30
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The Palace of Westminster
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6 stamps: 1st class ×3: View from Old Palace Yard, River Thames view, Elizabeth Tower; £1.68 ×3: Commons Chamber, Central Lobby, Lords Chamber;
Miniature Sheet: 1st class ×2: Norman Porch, Chapel of St Mary Undercroft; £1.63 ×2: St Stephen's Hall, Royal Gallery;
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Steers McGillan Eves
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| 590
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2020-08-18
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Sherlock
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6 stamps: 1st class ×2: The Reichenbach Fall, A Study in Pink; £1.42 ×2: The Great Game, The Empty Hearse; £1.68 ×2: A Scandal in Belgravia, The Final Problem (featuring characters played by Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock Holmes), Martin Freeman (Watson) and two other characters).
Miniature Sheet: 1st class ×2: The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Red-Headed League; £1.68 ×2: The Adventure of the Second Stain, The Adventure of the Dancing Man.[13]
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6/S: So Design Consultants – M/S: NB Studio
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| 591
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2020-09-03
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Rupert Bear
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8 stamps: 2nd class ×2: Rupert's Rainy Adventure; 1st class ×2: Rupert and the Mare's Nest; £1.45 ×2: Rupert and the Lost Cuckoo; £1.70 ×2: Rupert's Christmas Tree;
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Rose
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| 592
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2020-10-01
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Brilliant Bugs
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6 stamps: 2 ×1st class: Common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum), Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus); 2 ×£1.45: Longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata), Elephant hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor); 2 ×£1.70: Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui); Ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita agg.);
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Royal Mail Group Ltd.
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| 593
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2020-11-03
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Christmas
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8 Stamps:
• 2nd class and 2nd class large: St Andrew's Church, Lexham Road, East Lexham, PE32 2QL – east window (c.1859);
• 1st class and 1st class large: St Andrew's Church, Coln Rogers, Cheltenham, GL54 3LB – east window (c.1865);
• £1.45 stamp: Church of St James, Church Hill, Hollowell, Northampton, NN6 8RR – chancel apse southeast window (1863);
• £1.70 stamp: All Saints’ Church, Kirkgate, Otley, LS21 3HW – south transept window (1862);
• £2.50 stamp: St Columba's Church, Church Street, Topcliffe, Thirsk, YO7 3PA – chancel south window (c.1860);
• £2.55 Stamp: Christ Church, 30 London Rd, Coalville, LE67 3JA – chancel north window (1976).
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Royal Mail Group and Up
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| 594
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2020-11-13
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Star Trek
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12 stamps: 12 ×1st class: James T Kirk, Jean-Luc Picard, Benjamin Sisko, Kathryn Janeway, Jonathan Archer, Gabriel Lorca, Spock, Deanna Troi, Julian Bashir, Malcom Reid, Michael Burnam, Ash Tyler;
Minitaure Sheet: 6 stamps: 6 ×1st class: Montgomery Scott, Shinzon, Tolian Soran, Klingon Chancellor Gorkon, Carol Marcus, Krall
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Interabang
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2021
| Issue number
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Issue date
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Issue title
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Details of stamps in issue
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Designer(s)
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| 2021
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| 596
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2021-01-14
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National Parks
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10 stamps: 1st class ×10: Peak District, Lake District, Snowdonia, Dartmoor, North York Moors, The Broads, New Forest, South Downs, Pembrokeshire Coast, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs[14][15]
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Studio Mean
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| M26
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2021-01-26
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United Kingdom: A Celebration
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4 stamps: 1st class ×2: Great Sport, Great Creativity. £1.70 ×2: Great Community, Great Industry and Innovation.
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hat-trick design
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| 597
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2021-02-16
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Only Fools and Horses
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8 stamps: 1st class ×4: A Losing Streak, Sleeping Dogs Lie, Yuppy Love, A Touch of Glass. £1.70 ×4: The Jolly Boys' Outing, The Unlucky Winner Is..., Three Men, a Woman and a Baby, Time on Our Hands.[16][17]
Miniature Sheet: 4 stamps with catchphrases: 1st class ×2: Del Boy, Rodney. £1.70 ×2: Grandad, Uncle Albert
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Interabang
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| 598
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2021-03-16
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The Legend of King Arthur
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10 stamps: 1st class ×5: Merlin and the baby Arthur, Arthur draws the sword from the stone, Arthur takes Excalibur, Arthur marries Guinevere, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. £1.70 ×5: Knights of the Round Table, Sir Lancelot defeats the dragon, Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail, Arthur and Mordred's final battle, The death of King Arthur
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Godfrey Design
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| 599
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2021-04-15
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Classic science fiction by British writers
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6 stamps: 1st class ×2: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Time Machine by H. G. Wells. £1.70 ×2: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. £2.55 ×2: Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke, Shikasta by Doris Lessing.[18]
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Webb & Webb Design Limited
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| 600
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2021-05-04
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The Wars of the Roses
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8 stamps: 2nd class ×2: Battle of Bosworth, 1485, Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471. 1st class ×2: Battle of Barnet, 1471, Battle of Edgecote Moor, 1469. £1.70 ×2: Battle of Towton, 1461, Battle of Wakefield, 1460. £2.55 ×2: Battle of Northampton, 1460, First Battle of St Albans, 1455.[19]
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Royal Mail Group Ltd.
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| 601
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2021-05-28
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Paul McCartney
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8 stamps: 1st class ×4: McCartney (1970), Ram (1971), Venus and Mars (Wings, 1975), McCartney II (1980). £1.70 ×4: Tug of War (1982), Flaming Pie (1997), Egypt Station (2018), McCartney III (2020)
Miniature sheet: 4 stamps: Paul McCartney in the Studio: 1st class ×2: McCartney, 1970, Ram, 1971. £1.70 ×2: McCartney II, 1980, Flaming Pie, 1997.[20]
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Baxter & Bailey
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| 602
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2021-06-24
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In Memoriam, HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
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4 stamps: 2nd class ×1: HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh taken by the photographer Baron. 1st class ×1: HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh attending the passing out parade of Prince Andrew at Dartmouth Naval College, Devon. £1.70 ×1: HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. £2.55 ×1: HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh taken by the photographer Terry O’Neill.[21]
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Kate Stephens and Royal Mail Group Ltd.
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| 603
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2021-07-01
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Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
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6 stamps: 1st class ×3: Dennis's first comic strip (1951), Dennis adopts Gnasher (1968), Dennis's front cover debut (1974). £1.70 ×3: Dennis adopts Rasher the Pig (1979), Dennis meets his sister Bea (1998), Dennis reveals dad was Dennis (2015).
Miniature sheet: 4 stamps: 1st class ×2: Dennis, Gnasher, £1.70 ×2: Minnie the Minx, Family Portrait.[22]
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The Chase
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| 604
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2021-07-22
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Wild Coasts
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10 stamps: 1st class ×10: northern gannet, common cuttlefish, grey seal, bottlenose dolphin, spiny spider crab, long-snouted seahorse, orca, fried-egg anemone, cuckoo wrasse, cold-water coral reef.[23]
Miniature sheet: 4 stamps: marine food chain – 1st class ×2: phytoplankton, zooplankton, £1.70 ×2: Atlantic herring and harbour porpoise.
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Steers McGillan Eves
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| 605
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2021-08-12
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Industrial Revolutions
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Common Curiosity
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| 606
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2021-09-02
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British Army Vehicles
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Royal Mail Group Ltd.
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| 607
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2021-09-17
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DC Collection
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12 stamps: 1st class ×12: Batman, Batwoman, Robin, Batgirl, Alfred, Nightwing, The Joker, Harley Quinn, The Penguin, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, The Riddler.
Miniature sheet: 1st class ×6: Batman, Green Lantern and The Flash, Wonder Woman, Superman, Cyborg and Aquaman and Supergirl and Shazam!.
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Interbang
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| 608
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2021-10-19
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Rugby Union
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True North
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| 609
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2021-11-02
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Christmas 2021
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Supple Studio
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2022
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Issue date
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Issue title
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Details of stamps in issue
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Designer(s)
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| 2022[24]
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| 611
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2022-01-20
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Music Giants VI – The Rolling Stones
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8 stamps: 1st class ×4: London, UK, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA 2019, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1995, Tokyo, Japan 1995, £1.70 ×4: New York City, USA 1972, Oslo, Norway 2014, Hertfordshire, UK 1976 Düsseldorf, Germany 2017.
Miniature sheet: 1st class ×2: The Rollong Stones, £1.70 ×2: Posters: Urban Jungle and Tour of the Americas, Posters: UK Tour 1971 and American Tour 1981.[25]
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Baxter & Bailey
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| 612
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2022-02-04
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Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
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8 stamps: 1st class ×4: February 2020, London, October 1957, Washington, April 1980, Worcester, June 1978, London. £1.70 ×4: May 2005, Alberta, June 1977, Camberwell, February 1966, St Vincent and June 1999, Windsor.[26]
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Kate Stephens
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| 613
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2022-02-18
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The Stamp Designs of David Gentleman
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Hat-trick Design
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| 614
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2022-03-08
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The FA Cup
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The Chase
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| 615
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2022-03-23
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Heroes of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Royal Mail Group Ltd and Studio Up
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| 616
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2022-04-07
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Migratory Birds
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Hat-trick Design
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| 617
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2022-05-05
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Unsung Heroes: Women of World War II
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Supple Studio
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| 618
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2022-06-09
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Cats
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8 stamps: 2nd class ×2: Siamese, Tabby. 1st class ×2: Ginger cat, British Shorthair. £1.85 ×2: Maine Coon, black and white. £2.55 ×2: Bengal and tabby and white cat.[27]
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Studio Up
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| 619
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2022-07-01
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Pride
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NB Studio
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| 620
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2022-07-28
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Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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Interabang
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| 621
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2022-09-01
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Transformers
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The Chase
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| 622
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2022-09-29
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Royal Marines
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Osborne Ross and Studio Up
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| 623
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2022-10-19
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Aardman Classics
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Studio Up and Royal Mail Group Ltd
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| 624
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2022-11-03
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Christmas
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6 stamps: 2nd class, 2nd class large, 1st class, 1st class large, £1.85, £2.55
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| 625
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2022-11-10
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In Memoriam: Her Majesty The Queen
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4 stamps: 2nd class, 1st class, £1.85, £2.55
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| 626
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2022-11-24
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Tutankhamun
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2023
| Issue number
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Issue date
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Issue title
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Details of stamps in issue
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Designer(s)
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| 2023[28]
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| 627
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2023-01-12
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Music Giants VII: Iron Maiden
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Royal Mail Group Ltd
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| 629[29]
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2023-02-16
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X-Men
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Interbang
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| 628[30]
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2023-03-09
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The Flying Scotsman
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Steers McGillan Eves
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| 630
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2022-03-23
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Flowers
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The first UK commemorative stamp issue to include the head of the new monarch, Charles III
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Charlie Smith Design
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| 631
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2023-04-13
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The Legend of Robin Hood
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10 stamps: 1st class ×10
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Godfrey Design Illustration, from illustrations by Jon McCoy
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| 632
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2023-05-06
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His Majesty King Charles III: A New Reign
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Atelier Works
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| 633
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2023-05-17
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Blackadder
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True North
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| 634
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2023-06-08
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Warhammer
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Common Curiosity
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| 635
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2023-06-22
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Windrush: 75 Years
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8 stamps: 1st class X2, £1.00 ×2, £2.00 ×2, and £2.20 ×2
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The Chase and Supple Studio
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| 636
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2023-07-13
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River Wildlife
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10 stamps: 2nd class ×5, 1st class ×5
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Studio Up
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| 637
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2023-08-10
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Terry Pratchett's Discworld
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So design consultants
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| 638
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2023-09-05
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Paddington
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Together Design
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| 639
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2023-09-21
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Music Giants VIII: Dame Shirley Bassey
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Royal Mail Group Limited
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| 640
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2023-10-19
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Harry Potter
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True North
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| 641
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2023-11-02
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Christmas 2023
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Steers McGillan Eves
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2024
| Issue number
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Issue date
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Issue title
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Details of stamps in issue
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Designer(s)
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| 2024[31]
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| 643
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2024-01-11
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Music Giants IX: Spice Girls
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10 stamps: 1st class × 10: Spice Girls at BRIT Awards 1997, Melanie Chisholm at BRIT Awards 1998, Spice Girls at the Olympic Ceremony 2012, Geri Halliwell at the BRIT Awards 1997, Spice Girls, San Jose 2007.
Emma Bunton, Wembley Arena in 1998, Spice Girls in Istanbul 1997, Victoria Beckham in New York, 2008, Spice Girls in Dublin, 1998, Melanie Brown, BRIT Awards 1997.[32]
Miniature sheet: 1st class × 5: Posh Spice, Scary Spice, Baby Spice, Ginger Spice and Sporty Spice.
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Supple Studio
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| 644
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2024-02-01
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Weather forecasting
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Hat-trick design
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| 645
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2024-02-20
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Viking Britain
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Studio Up
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| 646
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2024-03-12
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The Age of the Dinosaurs
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1st Class X 4: Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, Coloborhynchus, Iguanodon;
£2.00 X 4: Stegosaurus, Diplodocus, Megalosaurus, Cryptoclidus;
Miniature sheet: 1st Class X 4: One of the 19th century’s greatest fossil hunters Mary Anning, Ichthyosaurus communis, Dapedium politum, Plesiosaurus macrocephalus
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The Chase
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| 647
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2024-04-16
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100 Years of Commemorative Stamps
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10 stamps: 1st class × 10: British Empire Exhibition, Postal Union Congress, Silver Jubilee. Royal Silver Wedding, Centenary of First Adhesive Postage Stamps, Peace and Reconstruction. Tercentenary of ‘General Letter Office’, Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Festival of Britain. Landscapes, Investiture of HRH The Prince of Wales, National Nature Week. Philympia 70 Stamp Exhibition, British Wildlife, British Achievement in Chemistry. Flowers, Halley’s Comet, Transport and Communication. Robert Burns: The Immortal Memory, Millennium, Architects of the Air. The Weather, Lest We Forget, Sounds of Britain. Landmark Buildings, Jane Austen, Queen. Platinum Jubilee, Brilliant Bugs, Windrush:75 Years.
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Hat-trick Design
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| 648
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2024-05-16
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Peppa Pig
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| 649
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2024-06-06
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Dogs
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| 650
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2024-06-20
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Red Arrows: 60 Seasons
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| 651
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2024-07-25
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Dungeons & Dragons
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| 652
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2024-08-13
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Tower of London
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| 653
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2024-09-03
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Porridge
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| 654
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2024-09-26
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Spiders
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Other periods
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References
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