Great Britain commemorative stamps 1970 - 1979

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1 History
2 Other Decades
3 Acknowledgements
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

Postage Stamps were first used in Great Britain on 6th may 1940, 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.

British Commemorative stamps issued between 1970 and 1979.

Issue Date	Issue details	Stamps in set
1970
11th February 1970	British Rural Architecture	Four
1st April 1970	Anniversaries	Five
3rd June 1970	Literary anniversaries	Five
15th July 1970	Ninth British Commonwealth Games	Three
18th September 1970	"Philympia 70" Stamp Exhibition	Three
25th November 1970	Christmas	Three
1971
16th June 1971	"Ulster 1971" Paintings	Three
28th July 1971	Literary Anniversaries	Three
25th August 1971	British Anniversaries	Three
22nd September 1971	British Architecture	Four
13th October 1971	Christmas	Three
1972
16th February 1972	British Polar Explorers	Four
26th April 1972	General Anniversaries	Three
21st June 1972	British Architecture, Village Churches	Five
13th September 1972	Broadcasting Anniversaries	Four
18th October 1972	Christmas	Three
20th November 1972	Royal Silver Wedding	Two
1973
3rd January 1973	Britain's entry into European Communities	Three
18th April 1973	British Explorers	Five
16th May 1973	County Cricket 1873-1973	Three
4th July 1973	British Paintings	Four
15th August 1973	400th Anniv. birth of Inigo Jones	Four
12th September 1973	Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference	Two
14th November 1973	Royal Wedding	Two
28th November 1973	Christmas	Six
1974
27th February 1974	British Trees	One
24th April 1974	Bicentenary of Fire Prevention Act	Four
12th June 1974	Centenary of Universal Postal Union	Four
10th July 1974	Medieval Warriors	Four
9th October 1974	Birth Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill	Four
27th November 1974	Christmas	Four
1975
22nd January 1975	Health & Handicap Funds	One
19th February 1975	Birth Bicentenary of J.M.W. Turner	Four
23rd April 1975	European Architectural Heritage Year	Five
11th June 1975	Sailing	Four
13th August 1975	150th Anniversary of Public Railways
3rd September 1975	62nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference	One
22nd October 1975	Birth Centenary of Jane Austen	Four
26th November 1975	Christmas	Four
1976
10th March 1976	Telephone Centenary	Four
28th April 1976	Social Reformers	Four
2nd June 1976	Bicentenary of American Revolution	One
30th June 1976	Centenary of National Rose Society	Four
4th August 1976	British Cultural Traditions	Four
29th September 1976	500th Anniversary of British Printing	Four
24th November 1976	Christmas	Four
1977
12th January 1977	Racket Sports	Four
2nd March 1977	Royal Institute of Chemistry Centenary	Four
11th May 1977	Silver Jubilee (8½p-10p-119-139 values)	Four {full set = 5}
8th June 1977	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, London	One
15th June 1977	Silver Jubilee (9p value)	One {full set = 5}
5th October 1977	British Wildlife	Five
23rd November 1977	Christmas	Six
1978
25th January 1978	Energy Resources	Four
1st March 1978	British Architecture	Four + Miniature Sheet
31st May 1978	25th Anniversary of Coronation	Four
5th July 1978	Horses	Four
2nd August 1978	Centenaries of Cyclists Touring Club & British Cycling Federation	Four
22nd November 1978	Christmas	Four
1979
7th February 1979	Dogs	Four
21st March 1979	Spring Wild Flowers	Four
9th May 1979	First Direct Elections to European assembly	Four
6th June 1979	Horse Racing paintings	Four
11th July 1979	International Year of the Child	Four
22nd August 1979	Death Centenary of Sir Roland Hill	Four
26th September 1979	150th Anniversary of Metropolitan Police	Four
24th October 1979	Death Centenary of Sir Roland Hill	Miniature Sheet
21st November 1979	Christmas	Five