Great Britain commemorative stamps 2010–19

This is a list of Great Britain commemorative stamps 2010–2019

Issue Number Issue Date Issue Title Details of stamps in issue Designer(s)
2010
2010-01-07 Classic Album Covers 1st Class – The Division Bell by Pink Floyd; A Rush of Blood to the Head by Coldplay; Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order; Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones; London Calling by The Clash; Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield; IV by Led Zeppelin; Screamadelica by Primal Scream; The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie; Parklife by Blur. Studio Dempsey
2010-01-26 Smilers 2010 Consumer x4; Business x6
2010-02-02 Girlguiding UK 1st Class – Rainbows; 56p - Brownies; 81p - Guides; 90p - Senior Section Together Design
2010-02-25 The Royal Society 1st Class - Robert Boyle, Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Edward Jenner, Charles Babbage, Alfred Russel Wallace, Joseph Lister, Ernest Rutherford, Dorothy Hodgkin, Sir Nicholas Shackleton Hat-trick Design
2010-03-11 Battersea Dogs and Cats Home 1st Class - Pixie, Button, Herbie, Mr Tumnus,Tafka, Boris Casey, Tigger, Leonard, Tia CDT Design
2010-03-23 House of Stewart 1st Class – James I (1406–1437), James II (1437–1460), James III (1460–1488); 62p – James IV (1488–1513), James V (1513–1542);81p – Mary (1542–1567), James VI (1567–1625) Atelier Works
2010-04-13 Mammals (Action for Species 4) Humpback Whale, Wildcat, Brown Long-eared Bat, Polecat, Sperm Whale, Water Vole, Greater Horseshoe Bat, Otter, Dormouse, Hedgehog
2010-05-06 London 2010 Festival of Stamps Accession of King George V - 1st Class and £1


The King’s Stamps - 1st Class (Red One Penny and Brown Penny Halfpenny British Empire Exhibition from 1924)
The King’s Stamps - £1 (Green One Pound Seahorses and Blue Ten Shillings Seahorses first issued in 1913)

 Sedley Place
2010-05-13 Britain Alone 1st Class – Churchill, Land Girls; 60p – Home Guard, Evacuees; 67p – Air Raid Wardens, Women in Factories; 97p – Royal Broadcast, Fire Service


Miniature Sheet: 1st Class – Evacuation of British soldiers from the beach at Dunkirk; 60p – The Little Fleet; 88p – British soldiers on board a Royal Navy destroyer; 97p – Two Boats from Dunkirk

 Why Not Associates
2010-06-15 House of Stuart
2010-07-27 The London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games II 1st Class – Rowing, Shooting, Modern Pentathlon, Taekwondo, Cycling, Table Tennis, Hockey, Football, Goalball, Boxing Studio David Hillman
2010-08-19 Great British Railways 1 1st Class – LMS Coronation Class, BR Class 9F; 67p – GWR King Class, LNER Class A1; 97p – LMS NCC Class WT, SR King Arthur Class Delaney Design Consultants
2010-09-16 Medical Breakthroughs 1st Class – Heart-regulating beta-blockers synthesised by Sir James Black, 1962; 58p – Antibiotic properties of penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming, 1928; 60p – Total hip replacement operation pioneered by Sir John Charnley, 1962; 67p – Artificial lens implant surgery pioneered by Sir Harold Ridley, 1949; 88p – Malaria parasite transmitted by mosquitoes proved by Sir Ronald Ross, 1897; 97p – Computed tomography scanner invented by Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, 1971 Howard Brown
2010-10-12 Winnie-the-Pooh 1st Class – Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet and Christopher Robin; 58p – Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet; 60p – Winnie-the-Pooh and Rabbit; 67p – Winnie-the-Pooh and Eeyore; 88p – Winnie-the-Pooh and friends; 97p – Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger Magpie Studio
2010-11-02 Christmas 2010 2nd Class – Wallace and Gromit carol singing; 1st Class – Gromit posting Christmas cards; 2nd Class Large – Wallace and Gromit carol singing; 1st Class Large – Gromit posting Christmas cards; 60p – Wallace dressing the Christmas tree; 97p – Gromit with Christmas pudding; £1.46 – Gromit’s Christmas pullover Aardman Animations Ltd and Royal Mail
2011
2011-01-11 FAB: The Genius of Gerry Anderson 1st Class – Joe 90, Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds; 97p – Stingray, Fireball XL5, Supercar GBH
2011-01-24 Birds of Britain (2) Post & Go Stamps
2011-02-01 Classic Locomotives of England 1st Class – BR Dean Goods No. 2532; 60p – Peckett R2 Thor; 88p – L & YR 1093 No. 1100; 97p – BR WD No. 90662 Delaney Design Consultants
2011-02-24 Musicals 1st Class – Oliver!, Blood Brothers, We Will Rock You, Monty Python’s Spamalot; 97p – The Rocky Horror Show, Me and My Girl, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Billy Elliot Webb and Webb
2011-03-08 Magical Realms 1st Class – Rincewind, Nanny Ogg, Dumbledore, Voldemort; 60p – Merlin, Morgan le Fay; 97p – Aslan, The White Witch So Design Consultants
2011-03-22 World Wildlife Fund 1st Class – African Elephant, Mountain Gorilla, Siberian Tiger, Polar Bear, Amur Leopard, Iberian Lynx, Red Panda, Black Rhinoceros, African Wild Dog, Golden Lion Tamarin, Spider Monkey; 60p – Hyacinth Macaw; 88p – Poison Dart Frog; 97p – Jaguar Rose Design Consultants
2011-04-12 The Royal Shakespeare Company 1st Class – Hamlet; 66p – The Tempest; 68p – Henry VI; 76p – King Lear; £1.00 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream; £1.10p – Romeo and Juliet
Miniature sheet: 1st Class – Royal Shakespeare Theatre; 68p – Swan Theatre; 76p – The Courtyard Theatre; £1.00 – The Other Place		 hat-trick design
2011-04-21 The Royal Wedding Miniature sheet which features Prince William’s coat of arms. 1st Class and £1.10
2011-05-05 Morris & Co
2011-05-19 Birds of Britain (3) Post & Go Stamps
2011-06-14 Thomas the Tank Engine
2011-07-27 London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games 3 1st Class – Paralympic Games: Sailing; Athletics: Field; Volleyball; Wrestling; Wheelchair Rugby; Wheelchair Tennis; Fencing; Gymnastics; Triathlon; Handball Studio David Hillman
2011-08-23 The Crown Jewels 1st Class – The Sovereign’s Sceptre with Cross; St Edward’s Crown; 68p - Rod and Sceptre with Doves; Queen Mary’s Crown;

76p – The Sovereign’s Orb; Jewelled Sword of Offering; £1.10 – Imperial State Crown; Coronation Spoon

 Purpose
2011-09-09 Aerial Post
2011-09-15 The House of Hanover
2011-09-16 Birds of Britain (4) Post & Go Stamps
2011-10-13 UK A–Z Part 1
2011-11-08 Christmas 2011
2012
Jan 5 London 2012 Olympics definitives
Jan 10 Roald Dahl
Jan 20 Year of the Dragon Smilers
Feb 2 Kings & Queens: House of Windsor
Feb 6 Diamond Jubilee definitive
Feb 23 Britons of Distinction
Feb 24 Faststamps: Sheep
Mar 8 Classic Locomotives of Scotland
Mar 20 World of Comics
Apr 10 UK A-Z (part 2)
Apr 24 Faststamps: Pigs
May 15 Great British Fashion
May 24 Faststamps: Union Flag
May 31 The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Jun 19 Charles Dickens
Jul 27 London 2012 Olympics: Welcome
Aug 29 London 2012 Paralympics: Welcome
Sep 27 London 2012 Olympics: Memories
Sep 28 Faststamps: Cattle
Oct 16 Space Science
Nov 8 Christmas
2013
2013-01-09 150th anniversary of the London Underground The stamps were issued illustrated the Metropolitan Railway (2nd Class), the deep-tube tunnels (2nd Class), Edwardian commuters (1st Class), Boston Manor station (1st Class), 1938 tube stock (£1.28) and Canary Wharf station (£1.28). A miniature sheet reproduced classic London Underground posters.[1]
2013-02-21 Jane Austen This year marks the bicentenary of the publication of Jane Austen’s most famous novel Pride and Prejudice. Selling over 20 million copies worldwide Pride and Prejudice has been filmed for numerous film and television adaptations.[2]
2013-02-22 Post and Go - Freshwater Life 1 : Ponds Stamp Set Creatures great but small feature in Freshwater Life, the three-issue Post & Go series for 2013. The first set, seen here, shows pond life, the second life in lakes, and the third reveals the denizens of rivers. The Ponds set showcases three common species – the Three-spined Stickleback, Emperor Dragonfly and Smooth Newt – and three endangered species: Lesser Silver Water Beetle, Fairy Shrimp and Glutinous Snail. Issued on 22 February, the stamps are designed by Kate Stephens and the vibrant illustrations are by Chris Wormell.[3]
2013-03-26 Dr Who It's 50 years since a strange old man stepped out of a Police Box in a scrapyard down Totter's Lane, and the most beloved and exciting television series in the universe began. Since then, the Time Lord has had many faces and battled many foes, and his adventures look set to continue for years to come.[4]
2013-04-16 Great Britons 1st Class - Norman Parkinson, Vivien Leigh, Peter Cushing, David Lloyd George, Elizabeth David, John Archer, Benjamin Britten, Mary Leakey, Bill Shankly, Richard Dimbleby[5]
2013-05-09 Football Heroes
2013-05-30 Her Majesty the Queen (six decades of royal portraits)
2013-06-18 Classic Locomotives of Northern Ireland
2013-07-11 Butterflies
2013-08-08 Andy Murray
2013-08-13 British Auto Legends
2013-09-19 Merchant Navy
2013-10-10 Dinosaurs
2013-11-05 Christmas
2014
2014-01-07 Classic Children's TV
2014-02-04 Working Horses
2014-02-20 Classic Locomotives of Wales
2014-03-25 Remarkable Lives
2014-04-15 Buckingham Palace
2014-05-13 Great British Film
2014-06-05 Sustainable Fish
2014-07-17 Glasgow 2014 (XX Commonwealth Games)
2014-07-28 The Great War 1914
2015
6 Jan Alice's Adventures in Wonderland The White Rabbit, Drink Me, The Cheshire Cat, The Queen of Hearts, Alice’s Evidence, Down the Rabbit Hole, The White Rabbit’s House, A Mad Tea Party, The Game of Croquet, A Pack of Cards. Godfrey Design
20 January Smilers 2015
19 Feb Inventive Britain Colossus, Catseyes, Stainless Steel, Carbon Fibre, DNA Sequencing, i-limb, World Wide Web, Fibre Optics GBH
5 Mar Bridges Tarr Steps, Row Bridge - Mosedale Beck, Pulteney Bridge, Craigellachie Bridge, Menai Suspension Bridge, High Level Bridge, Royal Border Bridge, Tees Transporter Bridge, Humber Bridge, Peace Bridge (Foyle) GBH
1 Apr Comedy Greats Spike Milligan, The Two Ronnies, Billy Connolly, Morecambe and Wise, Norman Wisdom, Lenny Henry, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, Monty Python, French and Saunders, Victoria Wood
6 May The 175th Anniversary of the Penny Black
14 May First World War Poppies, 'All the Hills and Vales Along', Rifleman Kulbir Thapa, The Kensingtons at Laventie, Cape Helles Gallipoli, London Irish Rifles' football.[6]
2 June Magna Carta
18 June The Battle of Waterloo
16 July The 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain
18 Aug Bees
9 September HM Queen Elizabeth II - Long To Reign Over Us
18 Sep Rugby World Cup
6 Oct Star Wars 1st Class - Eighteen character stamps, featuring: Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Boba Fett, Palpatine, a Stormtrooper, Rey, Finn and Kylo Ren. Six-stamp set of Star Wars spaceships including the Millennium Falcon, a TIE fighter, an X-wing fighter and an AT-AT. Malcolm Tween[7][8]
3 Nov Christmas 2015
2016
7th January Shackleton And The Endurance Expedition
2017
2018
2019

Other decades

Acknowledgements

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Royal Mail celebrates 150 years of the London Underground" (Press release). Royal Mail. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Jane Austen".
  3. ↑ "Post & Go Freshwater Life 1: Ponds Stamp Set at Royal Mail Shop".
  4. ↑ "Doctor Who".
  5. ↑ BFDC Ltd. "Great Britons 2013". British First Day Covers.
  6. ↑ "First World War:1915". Stamp Magazine. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  7. ↑ taniakohut (12 September 2015). "‘Star Wars’ stamps revealed ahead of new film". Global News.
  8. ↑ "‘Star Wars’ Characters Grace British Stamps". The Inquisitr News.

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