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Tuesday 9 January
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The Beatles
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All in self-adhesive sheets of 30 stamps of each value. Miniature sheet: water-activated gum. |
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Tuesday 16 January
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Retail booklet: Love stamp Retail booklet containing 6 x 1st class stamps, one of which will be the Love Greetings stamp. |
No First Day Postmark as these designs have been issued before. |
Booklet of 6 x 1st class stamps, initial selling price £1.92* Sold out at Philatelic Bureau within 3 months due to the Love stamp having different perforations from previous issues. |
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Tuesday 1 February
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Sea Life of the British Coast 10 x 1st class stamps, including starfish, jellyfish, octopus, seal, crab. |
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Block of 10 x 1st class stamps (ten designs se-tenant) |
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Tuesday, 6 February |
Lion and Shield Smilers Sheet |
This date was announced in error: issue date is 23 April. |
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Thursday 13 February
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The Sky at Night
set of 6 showing Nebulae |
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In sheets of 30 self-adhesive in se-tenant pairs. |
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Thursday, 1 March
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World of
Invention
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In sheets of 30 self-adhesive in se-tenant pairs; miniature sheet conventionally gummed. |
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Thursday, 1 March |
Glorious Wales Smilers Sheet The first self-adhesive Country Stamp.The Wales 1st class with 10 views of Wales. Captions in Welsh and English Issue coincides with Spring Stampex |
Although a major variation on the already issued stamp, there was no official First Day Postmark.However other postmarks availablefor the Inventions stamps can be used on these |
Sheet 20 x 1st, face value £6.40* sold for £6.95* |
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Thursday, 22 March
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Abolition of the Slave Trade |
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In sheets of 30 in se-tenant pairs. |
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Tues 27 March
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Machin and Country
definitives
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5 official postmarks for |
All values in sheets of 200 The 46p yellow-gold is to be reissued; it will be from a new printing but is not regarded by Royal Mail as a new issue. 1st & 2nd class 'Large Letter' stamps will be issued in self-adhesive Business Sheets of 50 |
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Monday 23rd AprilSt George's Day |
Celebrating England
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2 x 1st class (34p when first sold), 2 x 78p stamps in miniature sheet |
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Monday 23rd AprilSt George's Day |
Glorious England Smilers Sheet |
No First Day postmark as the 1st class stamp has been previously issued, though not in self-adhesive form |
Sheet of 20 x 1st class, face value £6.80*, selling price £7.35 |
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Tuesday 15th May
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Beside the Seaside Set of 6 colourful stamps. 1st class, 46p, 48p, 54p, 69p, 78p |
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Sheets of 25 |
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Thursday 17th May
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Opening of Wembley StadiumOriginally planned for Spring 2006, the revised version has a new date and new face values. |
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Miniature sheet: 1st class (World Cup 2002); 2 x 2nd , 2 x 78p England country stamps, original face value £2.38 |
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Thursday 17th May
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Wembley Stadium Smilers Sheet Labels show scenes from the history of the old Wembley Stadium. |
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First sold for £7.35, face value £6.80* |
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Tuesday 5 June
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Machin definitive: 40th
Anniversary
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Sheet first sold for £2.68 Smilers Sheet for £7.35, face value £6.80* |
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Tuesday 5 June
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Machin definitive £1 rubyTo replace violet £1 on occasion of 40th (ruby) anniversary of design |
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In sheets of 200 |
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Tuesday 5 June
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2nd class Machin definitive
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In sheets of 200, initially sold for 24p |
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Tuesday 3 July
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Grand Prix
(Formula 1) |
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Sheets of 25 |
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Tuesday 17 July
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Harry
Potter |
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Sheets of 28 (4 rows of 7) |
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Tuesday 17 July
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Harry Potter |
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Initial selling price £1.70* |
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Thursday 26 July
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Scouting Centenary:
Europa Issue
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Sheets of 25 |
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Tuesday 4 September
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Endangered Species - Birds
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Sheets of 30 |
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Thursday 20 September
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British Army Uniforms,
Part 1
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Sheets of 30 (5 rows of 6) of each value |
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Tuesday 16 October
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Queen Elizabeth II 60th
Wedding Anniversary
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Sheets of 30 in se-tenant pairs. Both 16 October postmarks available for the set and the MS |
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Tuesday 16 October
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Queen Elizabeth II 60th Wedding
Anniversary
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Initial selling price £2.15*; Both 16 October postmarks available for the set and the MS |
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Tuesday 6 November |
Christmas
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Issued in self-adhesive sheets of 25. The Angels stamps also issued in a conventionally gummed miniature sheet, selling price £3.48* Smilers Sheet contains 8 x 1st class, 8 x 2nd class, 4 x 78p airmail rate, selling price £8.30 |
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Thursday 8 November
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"Lest We Forget" - Miniature sheet Miniature sheet containing a 1st class Poppy stamp and 4 x 78p country stamps. Also issued: a 'Smilers'-type remembrance sheet of 20 Poppy stamps with attached labels. |
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Initial selling price £3.46*; 'Smilers'-style sheet initial selling price £7.35 (face value £6.80*) |
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Friday 30 November
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Glorious Scotland Smilers sheet Sheet of 20 Scotland 1st class stamps with pictorial labels, against a background of St Andrew's flag. |
No First Day postmark as the 1st class stamp has been previously issued, though not in self-adhesive form |
Sold for £7.35, face value £6.80* |
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