Great Britain commemorative stamps 1980 - 1989

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Commemorative stamps, postage stamps issued to honor or commemorate a place, event or person, have been released by Great Britain since 1924. Several sets were released during the decade of the 1980s.

1 History
2 Acknowledgements
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

Postage Stamps were first used in Great Britain on 6 May 1840, 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 1980 and 1989.

Issue Date	Issue details	Stamps in set
1980
16th January 1980	Centenary of Wild Bird Protection Act	Four
12th March 1980	15oth Anniversary of Liverpool & Manchester Railway	Five
9th April 1980	"London 1980" International Stamp Exhibition	One
7th May 1980	"London 1980" International Stamp Exhibition (Miniature Sheet)	One (MS)
7th May 1980	London Landmarks	Five
9th July 1980	Famous Authoresses	Four
4th August 1980	80th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother	One
10th September 1980	British Conductors	Four
10th October 1980	Sport Centenaries	Four
19th November 1980	Christmas	Five
1981
6th February 1981	Folklore	Four
25th March 1981	International Year of the Disabled	Four
13th May 1981	Butterflies	Four
24th June 1981	50th Anniversary of the National Trust for Scotland
22nd July 1981	Royal Wedding	Two
22nd July 1981	25th Anniversary of Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme	Four
23rd September 1981	Fishing Industry	Four
18th November 1981	Christmas	Five
1982
10th February 1982	Death Centenary of Charles Darwin	Four
24th March 1982	Youth Organisations	Four
28th April 1982	Europa - British Theatre	Four
16th June 1982	Maritime Heritage	Five
23rd July 1982	British Textiles	Four
8th September 1982	Information Technology	Two
13th October 1982	British Motor Cars	Four
17th November 1982	Christmas	Five
1983
26th January 1983	British River Fishes	Four
9th March 1983	Commonwealth Day, Geographical Regions	Four
25th May 1983	Europa - Engineering Achievements	Three
6th July 1983	British Army Uniforms	Five
24th August 1983	British Gardens	Four
5th October 1983	British Fairs	Four
16th November 1983	Christmas	Five
1984
17th January 1984	500th Anniversary of College of Arms	Four
6th March 1984	British Cattle	Five
10th April 1984	Urban Renewal	Four
15th May 1984	25th Anniversary of C.E.P.T. ('Europa') & second elections to European Parliament	Four
5th June 1984	London Economic Summit Conference	One
26th June 1984	Centenary of Greenwich Meridian	Four
31st July 1984	Bicentenary of First Mail Coach Run, Bath and Bristol to London	Five
25th September 1984	50th Anniversary of the British Council	Four
20th November 1984	Christmas	Five
1985
22nd January 1985	Famous Trains	Five
12th March 1985	Insects	Five
14th May 1985	Europa, European Music Year, British Composers	Four
18th June 1985	Safety at Sea	Four
30th July 1985	350 years of Royal Mail Public Postal Service	Four
3rd September 1985	Arthurian Legends	Four
8th October 1985	British Film Year	Five
19th November 1985	Christmas	Five
1986
14th January 1986	Industry Year	Four
18th February 1986	Appearance of Halley's Comet	Four
21st April 1986	60th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II	Four
20th May 1986	Europa, Nature Conservation-Endangered Species	Four
17th June 1986	900th Anniversary of Domesday Book	Four
15th July 1986	13th Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh & World Hockey Cup for Men, London	Five
22nd July 1986	Royal Wedding	Two
19th August 1986	32nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference	One
16th September 1986	History of the Royal Air Force	Five
18th November 1986	Christmas - 13p, 18p, 22p, 31p & 34p values	Five
2nd December 1986	Christmas - 12p value	One
1987
20th January 1987	Flower Photographs by Alfred Lammer	Four
24th March 1987	300th Anniversary of "The Principia Mathematica" by Sir Isaac Newton	Four
12th May 1987	Europa, British Architects in Europe	Four
16th June 1987	Centenary of St. John Ambulance Brigade	Four
21st July 1987	300th Anniversary of Order of the Thistle	Four
8th September 1987	150th Anniversary of Queen Victoria's Accession	Four
13th October 1987	Studio Pottery	Four
17th November 1987	Christmas	Five
1988
19th January 1988	Bicentenary of Linnean Society.	Four
1st March 1988	400th Anniversary of Welsh Bible	Four
22nd March 1988	Sports Organisations	Four
10th May 1988	Europa, Transport & Mail Services in 1930's	Four
21st June 1988	Bicentenary of Australian Settlement	Four
19th July 1988	400th Anniversary of Spanish Armada	Five
6th September 1988	Death Centenary of Edward Lear	Four
27th September 1988	Death Centenary of Edward Lear, Miniature Sheet	One (MS)
18th October 1988	New Issue of 'Castle' High Value Definitives	Four
15th November 1988	Christmas	Five
1989
17th January 1989	Centenary of Royal Society for the Protection of Birds	Four
31st January 1989	Greetings Stamps	Five
7th March 1989	Food and Farming Year	Four
11th April 1989	Anniversaries	Four
16th May 1989	Europa, Toys and games	Four
4th July 1989	Industrial Archaeology	Four
25th July 1989	Industrial Archaeology (Miniature Sheet)	One (MS)
5th September 1989	150th Anniversary of Royal Microscopical Society	Four
17th October 1989	Lord Mayor's Show, London	Five
14th November 1989	Christmas	Five