Norvic Pages for Great Britain Stamp Issues 2008.

Issue Date & Picture

Issue title & description

Official FD Postmark image

Tuesday 8 January

Ian Fleming's James Bond
1st class, 54p & 72p stamps, 2 of each value.
Miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps, and Prestige Stamp Booklet.

All in sheets of 24/48 stamps of each value. Sheets and miniature sheet all with water-activated gum.
1st class initial selling price 34*p.
Uncut Press Sheet of 12 MS also issued.

Tuesday 15 January

Retail booklet: Love stamp
Retail booklet containing 6 x 1st class stamps, two of which will be the Love Greetings stamp, with Smilers(TM) label attached.

No First Day Postmark
as these designs
have been issued before.

Booklet of 6 x 1st class stamps, initial selling price £2.04*

Tuesday 15 January

Generic Smilers Sheet
Utilising three of the most popular stamps used for personalisation with new circular labels; self-adhesive

No First Day Postmark
as these designs
have been issued before.

Sheet of 20 x 1st class stamps, initial selling price £7.35; face value £6.80

Tuesday 5 February

Working Dogs
Set of 6 stamps: 1st class - Assistance Dog; 46p - Mountain Rescue dog; 48p - Police Dog; 54p - Customs (sniffer) dog; 69p - Sheepdog; 78p Guide Dog.

In sheets of 25/50.

Thursday, 28 February

Kings & Queens I
Houses of Lancaster & York
Set of 6 stamps: 1st class Henry IV, Henry V; 54p Henry VI, Edward IV; 69p Edward V, Richard III NOT se-tenant
Issue coincides with Spring Stampex

In sheets of 25/50

Thursday, 28 February

Kings & Queens I
Houses of Lancaster & York: Timeline
Miniature Sheet
Issue coincides with Spring Stampex

Initial selling price £2.24
Uncut Press Sheet of 21 MS also issued.

Thursday 28 February

Greetings Retail Booklet
Book of 6 self-adhesive stamps, now with elliptical perfs

Issue coincides with Spring Stampex

No First Day Postmark
as these designs
have been issued before.

Initial selling price £2.04*

Thursday, 11 March

Celebrating Northern Ireland
Miniature sheet of 4
1st class Carrickfergus Castle, 1st class Giant's Causeway, 78p St Patrick, 78p Queen's Bridge and Friendship Beacon. 

In sheets of 30 self-adhesive in se-tenant pairs; miniature sheet conventionally gummed..

Thursday, 11 March

Glorious Northern Ireland Smilers Sheet
The Northern Ireland 1st class is the final self-adhesive Country stamp, here in a sheet of 20 with 10 views of the province on attached labels. 

Sheet 20 x 1st, face value £6.80* sold for £7.35*

Thursday, 13 March

Mayday - Rescue at Sea
Set of 6 showing views of lifebats and helicopters. 1st class, 46p 48p 54p, 69p & 78p.

In sheets of 25/50.

Tuesday 1 April

Machin and Country definitives
15p shocking pink Machin (1st class make-up stamp); 56p sage green Machin (10gr Europe & postcard rate); 50p grey Machin (colour change only); 54p rust Machin (10gr & postcard worldwide air rate); 81p emerald (Worldwide 20gr letter rate)
50p (Oak tree) & 81p (rose) England
50p (Thistle) & 81p (Tartan) Scotland
50p (Daffodil) & 81p (Prince of Wales feathers) Wales
50p (lace) & 81p (Beleek porcelain) Northern Ireland

5 official postmarks for
Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff,
London and Windsor

All values in sheets of 200

The 9p orange is to be reissued; it will be from a new printing but is not regarded by Royal Mail as a new issue.

Tuesday 15 April

Endangered Species - Insects
1. Adonis Blue Butterfly; 2. Southern Damselfly; 3. Red Barbed Ant; 4. Barberry Carpet Moth; 5. Stag Beetle; 6. Hazel Pot Beetle; 7. Field Cricket; 8. Silver-spotted Skipper; 9. Purbeck Mason Wasp; 10. Noble Chafer Beetle

Initial selling price 36p* each.

Tuesday 13th May

Cathedrals
Set of 6 impressively detailed stamps. 1st class (Lichfield), 48p (Belfast), 50p (Gloucester), 56p (St David's), 72p (Westminster), 81p (St Magnus, Kirkwall)

Sheets of 25/50;
1st class initial selling price 36p*.

Tuesday 13th May

Cathedrals MS
Miniature sheet of 4 colourful stamps. 2 x 1st class, 2 x 81p showing the interior of St Paul's Cathedral.

Initial selling price £2.34*

Tuesday 20th May

'Beside the Seaside' self-adhesive retail booklet
Booklet of 6 x 1st class stamps, 4 x gold Machin and 2 x Ice Cream

No First Day Postmark
as this design
has been issued before.

Retail booklet:
original face value £2.16*

Tuesday 10 June

Classic Films - Carry On and Hammer
Set of 6 stamps: 1st class - Carry On Sergeant; 48p - Dracula; 50p - Carry On Cleo; 56p - The Curse of Frankenstein; 72p - Carry on Screaming; 81p - The Mummy
On the same day a retail book of 6 x 1st class gold Machin definitives advertising this stamp issue.

Sheets of 25/50
initial face value £3.43*

Tuesday 17 July

Air Displays
Set of 6 stamps 1st class, 48p, 50p, 56p, 72p, 81p

Sheets of 25/50
initial face value £3.43*

Tuesday 17 July

Air Displays Smilers Sheet
Smilers sheet of 20 stamps & labels.

Initial selling price £7.75*, face value £7.20*

5 August

Beijing 2008 International Olympic Stamp Exhibition
Generic Smilers Sheet with 20 labels in 2 sets depicting 10 Chinese lanterns

No First Day Postmark expected
as the stamp design
has been issued before.

Initial selling price £7.75*, face value £7.20*

22 August

Olympics Handover
- Joint Issue with China
Miniature sheet of 4 x 1st class stamps
Beijing Olympic Stadium, The London Eye, The Tower of London, Corner Tower Forbidden City, Beijing

Initial selling price £1.44*

Thursday 18 September

British Military Uniforms II
Royal Air Force
3 x 1st class stamps, se-tenant;
3 x 81p stamps, se-tenant.
A Prestige Stamp Book accompanies this issue.
Issue coincides with Autumn Stampex

Initial selling price £3.51*

Tuesday 29 September

50th Anniversary of Regional stamps
Miniature sheet of 9 x 1st class stamps

Initial selling price £3.24*

Tuesday 29 September

Glorious United Kingdom Smilers Sheet
Sheet of 20 self-adhesive Country 1st class Stamps, 5 each from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with illustrated labels attached.

No special FD postmarks as the stamps had been issued before.

Initial selling price £7.75, face value £7.20*

Tuesday 14 October

Women of Distinction
Set of 6 stamps: 1st class Millicent Garrett Fawcett,
48p Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
50p Marie Stopes
56p Eleanor Rathbone
72p Claudia Jones
81p Barbara Castle

Sheets of 25/50
Initial selling price £3.43*

Tuesday 4 November

Christmas - Pantomime
2008 Christmas stamps, miniature sheet and Smilers sheet.
2nd class, 1st class, 2nd class Large Letter, 1st class Large Letter, 50p & 81p, plus a miniature sheet containing all values.
The 2007 Madonna stamps (2nd class & 1st class) will be reissued.

Issued in self-adhesive sheets of 25.
1st & 2nd class also sold in booklets of 12 (£4.32* and £3.24* respectively)
The set also issued in a conventionally gummed miniature sheet, selling price £2.88*
Smilers Sheet contains 8 x 1st class, 8 x 2nd class, 4 x 81p airmail rate, selling price £8.85 (face value £8.28*)

Thursday 6 November

"Lest We Forget" 2008
Miniature sheet with a new 1st class Poppy stamp and 4 x 81p country stamps.
Also: - a 'Smilers'-type remembrance sheet of 20 Poppy stamps with attached labels.

Initial selling prices
MS - £3.58*;
'Smilers'-style sheet £7.75 (face value £7.20*)

Thursday 6 November

"Lest We Forget" 2008
1st class Poppy stamps from the 2006-2008 miniature sheets issued in se-tenant strip of 3.

Initial selling price £0.36 x3 = £1.08*.
Printed in sheets of 30/60
Stamps are available to purchase individually.

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