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Updated 14 October 2021

Our pages provide much more information that the stamp catalogues, though not always as much as we would like when not provided by official sources.

If you know when stamps were issued then finding the right page is a simple matter of scrolling to the right year and then to the right issue. If you don't know when a stamp was issued, but know the name of the issue, then the usual webpage search tool will find it - that's Ctrl+F on PCs and Cmnd+F on Macs.

If that doesn't find it, then it's down to browsing - or send us an email (see foot of page). I would love to be able to provide a fully comprehensive subject index - even better than that in Gibbons Great Britain Concise Catalogue, but that is a huge task which we don't have time to achieve.

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Norvic Philatelics: Great Britain new stamps & FDCs; world stamps & postal history

Stamp issues 1998 - 20th anniversary reconstruction

Lighthouses -24 March 1998
Lighthouse aerogrammes -24 March 1998

Stamp issues 2021 (All information and images are posted on the blog.)

National Parks - 14 January
United Kingdom: A Celebration - 26 January
Only Fools & Horses (TV) - 16 February
Legend of King Arthur - 16 March
2nd class Datamatrix definitive - 23 March
Retail Booklet: Queen, Music Giants - 29 March
Classic Science Fiction - 15 April
Queen's 95th Birthday Not a miniature sheet, nor a PSB pane, and not available mint! - 23 April
Wars of the Roses - 4 May
Music Giants V: Paul McCartney - 28 May
Prince Philip: Duke of Edinburgh - 24 June
Dennis & Gnasher (Comic) - 1 July
Wild Coasts - 22 July
Industrial Revolutions - 12 August
British Army Vehicles - 2 September
DC Comics: Batman Wonderwoman, etc - 17 September
Rugby Union - 19 October
Christmas - 2 November (Not yet available - link is to 2021 programme)

Stamp issues 2020 (All information and images are posted on the blog.)

Video Games - 21 January
Visions of the Universe (200th Anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society) - 11 February
London 2020 retail booklet - 10 March
James Bond - 17 March
New Tariff - Machin and Country definitives - 23 March
Declaration of Arbroath: Scottish Independence - 6 April
The Romantic Poets - 7 April
London2020 exhibition - 6 May
End of World War II - 8 May
Coronation Street (TV soap opera) - 28 May
Roman Britain - 18 June
Queen (Music Giants IV) - 9 July
Palace of Westminster (Royal Palaces series) - 30 July
Sherlock (TV series) - 18 August
Rupert Bear (launched November 1920) - 3 September
Brilliant Bugs - 1 October
Christmas - 3 November
Star Trek - 13 November
Definitives - new values - 23 December

Stamp issues 2019 (All information and images are posted on the blog.)

Stamp Classics: 150th Anniversary of Royal Philatelic Society of London -13 January 2019
Leonardo Da Vinci -13 February 2019
Marvel Comics -14 March 2019
New Tariff - Machin and Country definitives -25 March 2019
Birds of Prey - 4 April 2019
British Engineering -2 May 2019
Queen Victoria Bicentenary -24 May 2019
Stockholmia 2019 Exhibition Sheet - May 2019 [Not shown on our blog - link is to Commonwealth Stamps Opinion blog]
D-Day: World War II - 6 June 2019
Curious Customs - 9 July 2019
Forests -13 August 2019
Music Giants III: Elton John - 3 September 2019
Royal Navy Ships -19 September 2019
Cricket World Cup - 26 September 2019
Christmas - 5 November 2019
Star Wars (again) - 26 November 2019
Lunar New Year Smilers Sheet - November 2019

Stamp issues 2018 (All information and images are posted on the blog. )

Game of Thrones -23 January 2018
Post and Go: Mail by Sea -14 February 2018
Centenary of Women's Suffrage: Votes For Women -15 February 2018
Royal Air Force Centenary -20 March 2018
New Tariff - Machin and Country definitives -20 March 2018
Reintroduced Species -17 April 2018
Owls -11 May 2018
Royal Wedding -19 May 2018
150th Anniversary of Trades Union Congress Commemorative Sheet -1 June 2018
The Royal Academy -5 June 2018
Dad's Army -26 June 2018
Hampton Court Palace -31 July 2018
Captain Cook's Voyages -16 August 2018
The Old Vic -30 August 2018
Post and Go: Mail by Bike -12 September 2018
Centenary of the First World War -13 September 2018
United for Wildlife Commemorative Sheet -10 October 2018
Harry Potter -16 October 2018
Christmas - 1 November 2018
70th Birthday of the Prince of Wales - 14 November 2018
Lunar New Year of the Pig Smilers Sheet - November 2018

Stamp issues 2017

Ancient Britain - 17 January 2017
65th Anniversary of the Accession - 5 February 2017
Windsor Castle (incl Europa stamp) - 15 February 2017
Post and Go Mail by Rail - 15 February 2017
Music Giants: David Bowie - 14 March 2017
Opening of the Postal Museum - 20 March 2017
Racehorse Legends - 6 April 2017
New Tariff - Machin and Country definitives - 21 March 2017
Songbirds - 4 May 2017
FIP Exhibition Sheet Finlandia - 24 May 2017
Lisbon Lions Commemorative sheet - 25 May 2017
Machin Anniversary including Post and Go - 5 June 2017
Princess Royal Commemorative sheet - 13 June 2017
Windmills and Watermills - 20 June 2017
Canada 150th Anniversary - 30 June 2017
Landmark Buildings - 13 July 2017
World War I - 31 July 2017
Classic Toys - 22 August 2017
Post and Go Mail by Air - 13 September 2017
Ladybird Books - 14 September 2017
Star Wars - 20 October 2017
Christmas - 7 November 2017
Lunar New Year of the Dog - 16 November 2017 [Not shown on our blog - link is to Commonwealth Stamps Opinion blog]
70th (Platinum) Wedding anniversary of HM The Queen and Prince Philip - 20 November 2017

Stamp issues 2016

Shackleton and the Endurance - 7 January 2016
Duke of Edinburgh Awards 60th Anniv Commemorative Sheet - 12 January 2016
Royal Mail 500 set and MS - 17 February 2016
Post and Go Royal Mail Hertage: Transport - 17 February 2016
Royal Mail 500 PSB, 175th Ann of Penny Read book and Generic Sheet - 18 February 2016
British Humanitarians - 15 March 2016
New tariff: £1.05 Machin & country definitives - 22 March 2016
William Shakespeare - 5 April 2016
90th Birthday of HM The Queen - 21 April 2016
ANZAC World War I Commemorative Sheet - 25 April 2016
Animail - 17 May 2016
New York 2016 Exhibition and Post and Stamps - 28 May 2016
First World War 1916 - 21 June 2016
Music Giants: Pink Floyd - 7 July 2016
Beatrix Potter - 28 July 2016
Landscape Gardens (Capability Brown) - 16 August 2016
Great Fire of London - 2 September 2016
Post and Go Ladybirds - 14 September 2016
Agatha Christie - 15 September 2016
Battle of Hastings 950 Years Commemorative Sheet - 14 October 2016
Mr Men & Little Misses - 20 October 2016
Christmas - 8 November 2016
Post and Go Hibernating Animals - 14 November 2016
Lunar New Year of the Rooster - 15 November 2016

Stamp issues 2015

Alice in Wonderland - 6 January 2015
New Greetings/Smilers stamps - 20 January 2015
Post and Go Faststamps Working Sail - 18 February 2015
Inventive Britain set and PSB - 19 February 2015
British Bridges - 5 March 2015
New Machin definitives and Country stamps for rate change - 24 March 2015
Comedy Greats - 1 April 2015
175th Anniversary of Penny Black - 6 May 2015
Post and Go Faststamps: Heraldic Beasts - 13 May 2015
Europhilex Souvenir Sheet - 13 May 2015
Europhilex Exhibition Sheet - 13 May 2015
Centenary of World War 1 - 14 May 2015
Magna Carta 800th Anniversary - 2 June 2015
Battle of Waterloo Bicentenary - 18 June 2015
Battle of Britain 75th Anniversary - 16 July 2015
Bees of Britain - 18 August 2015
>The Gurkhas - 200 Years of Service Commemorative Sheet - 20 August 2015
Long To Reign Over Us - 9 September 2015
Post and Go Faststamps: Sea Travel - 17 September 2015
Rugby World Cup - 18 September 2015
Star Wars - 20 October 2015
Christmas - 4 November 2015
Lunar New Year of the Monkey - 14 November 2015
Post and Go Faststamps: Winter Fur and Feathers -16 November 2015
Sea Travel Post and Go - Hong Kong - 20 November 2015
Star Wars PSB - 17 December 2015

Stamp issues 2014

Classic Children's Television - 7 January 2014
Working Horses - 4 February 2014
Spring Blooms Faststamps (Post and Go) - 19 February 2014
Classic Locomotives of Wales, and ...of UK PSB - 20 February 2014
Football Heroes Retail Book 2 - 20 February 2014
Middlesex County Cricket Club Commemorative Sheet - 25 February 2014
Remarkable Lives - 25 March 2014
New Machin definitives and Country stamps for rate change - 26 March 2014
By Sea, By Land: 350th Ann of Royal Marines Commemorative Sheet - 25 March 2014
Buckingham Palace - 15 April 2014
Great British Films - 13 May 2014
Sustainable Fish - 5 June 2014
20th Commonwealth Games Glasgow - 17 July 2014
The Great War (World War 1) - 28 July 2014
New retail booklets and business sheets - 31 July 2014
Post and Go PhilaKorea overprints - 7 August 2014
Symbolic Flowers Faststamps - 17 September 2014
Piers, Proms and Pavilions (Seaside Architecture) - 18 September 2014
Prime Ministers - 14 October 2014
Christmas - 4 November 2014
Commemorative Sheet - 1914 Christmas truce - 11 November 2014
Winter Greenery Faststamps - 13 November 2014
Lunar New Year of the Sheep/Ram - 19 November 2014
Exhibition Generic Sheet Kuala Lumpur - 1 December 2014

Stamp issues 2013

Machin Definitives in new colours - 3 January 2013
London Underground 150th Anniversary - 9 January 2013
Year of the Snake (Generic Smiler sheet - 7 February 2013
2nd class Machin Faststamp - 20 February 2013
Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice - 21 February 2013
Freshwater Pond Life Pictorial Faststamps - 22 February 2013
Classic Television - 50 Years of Dr Who - 26 March 2013
New Machin definitives and Country stamps for rate change - March 2013
Great Britons - 16 April 2013
Football Heroes: 150th Ann of Football Association - 9 May 2013
Australia 2013 Stamp Exhibition Generic Smiler sheet - 10 May 2013
HM The Queen (60th Ann of Coronation) - 30 May 2013
Classic Locomotives of Northern Ireland MS - 18 June 2013
Freshwater Lakes Pictorial Faststamps - 25 June 2013
Butterflies - 11 July 2013
British Auto Legends - 13 August 2013
Merchant Navy & Arctic Convoys - 19 September 2013
Freshwater Life: Rivers Pictorial Faststamps 20 September 2013
Dinosaurs - 10 October 2013
Christmas - 5 November 2013

Stamp issues 2012

Olympic & Paralympic Games Defnitive stamps (sheets & bookets) - 5 January 2012

Year of the Drafgon Generic Smiler Sheet - 20 January 2012
The House of Saxe-Coburg Gotha and Windsor (set & MS) - 2 February 2012
HM The Queen's Diamond Jubilee (MS, definitive, booklet, business sheet) - 6 February 2012
Britons of Distinction (Set of 10) - 23 February 2012
Sheep Pictorial Faststamps - 24 February 2012
Classic Locomotives of Scotland (MS) - 8 March 2012
World of Comics (set) - 20 March 2012
New Machin definitive & Country stamps for rate change - 27 April 2012
A-Z of the UK part 2 (set of 14) - 10 April 2012
Pigs Pictorial Faststamps - 24 April 2012
Commemorative Sheet: James Bond - 1 May 2012
Great British Fashion Design Classics - 15 May 2012
Union Flag Faststamp - 24 May 2012
HM The Queen's Diamond Jubilee (set, retail book, PSB) - 31 May 2012
Charles Dickens - 19 June 2012
Olympic Games Welcome - 27 July 2012
Paralympic Games Welcome - 29 August 2012
Olympics and Paralympics (Memories) - 27 September 2012
Cattle Pictorial Faststamps - 28 September 2012
World of Dinosaurs - 16 October 2012
Space Science - 30 October 2012
Christmas - 8 November

Stamp issues 2011

Gerry Anderson Supermarionation - 11 January 2011 : Set & Miniature Sheet
Pictorial Faststamps: Birds 2 - 24 January 2011
Classic Locomotives of England MS - 1 February 2011
Indipex Stamp Exhibition Generic Smilers Sheet - 12 February 2011 - see blog
West End Stage Musicals - 24 February
British Heart Foundation retail booklet - 24 February
Magical Realms - 8 March
Machin low-value definitives, self-adhesive - 8 March
World Wide Fund for Nature - 22 March
Retail booklets, 1st & 2nd Large - 22 March - see blog
New Machin definitive & Country stamps for rate change - 29 March
50th Anniversary Jaguar E-Type Commemorative Sheet - 30 March - see blog
Royal Shakespeare Company, set & MS - 12 April
Royal Wedding MS - 21 April
Wm Morris & Co, set & PSB - 5 May
Pictorial Faststamps Birds 3 - 19 May
Thomas the Tank Engine, Rev W Awdry, set MS & retail book - 14 June
Prince Philip 90th birthday Commemorative Sheet - 14 June
Olympics, Paralympics III, set & retail booklet - 27 July
Philanippon Exhibition Generic Smilers Sheet - 28 July
The Crown Jewels - 23 August
Classic Locomotives of England retail booklet - 23 August
World's First Scheduled Airmail MS & PSB - 9 September
Kings & Queens, House of Hanover set & MS - 15 September
Olympics, Paralympics retail booklet - 15 September
Pictorial Faststamps Birds 4 - 16 September
A-Z of the United Kingdom - 12 October
Christmas: King James Bible 400th Anniversary - 8 November

Stamp issues 2010

Design Classics: Classic Album Covers - 7 January 2010 : Set, Souvenir Sheet & PSB
Olympics/Paralympics Retail book 1 - 7 January 2010
Smilers Stamps - miniature sheet & generic sheet - 26 January 2010
Girl Guiding Centenary - 2 February 2010
350th Anniv. of the Royal Society - 25 February 2010
Olympics/Paralympics retail book 2 - 25 February 2010
Castles of Wales Smilers Sheet - 1 March 2010
150th anniv Battersea Dogs & Cats Home - 11 March 2010
Kings & Queens: House of Stewart - 23 March 2010
Festival of Stamps Retail Booklet - 30 March 2010
New Machin definitive & Country stamps for rate change - 30 March 2010
Endangered Mammals - 13 April 2010
Accession of King George V (London 2010 issue) - 6 May 2010
The King's Stamps (1st day of London Festival of Stamps) - 8 May 2010
Other products for London Festival of Stamps) - 8-15 May 2010
Britain Alone (commemoration of events of 1940) - 13 May 2010
Halley's Comet Commemorative Sheet - 18 May 2010
Kings & Queens: House of Stuart - 15 June 2010
Endangered Mammals retail booklet - 15 June 2010
British Grand Prix Commemorative Sheet - 8 July 2010
Olympics/Paralympics II - 27 July 2010
Olympics/Paralympics retail book 3 - 27 July 2010
London Eye Commemorative sheet - 10 August 2010
Great British Railways - 19 August 2010
Battle of Britain Generic Sheet and retail booklet: Spitfire - 15 September 2010
Medical Breakthroughs - 16 September 2010
Bird Pictorial Faststamps - 17 September 2010
Children's Books: Winnie-the-Pooh -12 October 2010
Olympics/Paralympics retail book 4 - 12 October 2010
Machin Definitives - Special Delivery (2) - 26 October 2010
Remembrance: National Arboretum Commemorative Sheet - 28 October 2010 - see blog
Wallace and Gromit at Christmas - 2 November 2010

Stamp issues 2009

Design Classics - 13 January 2009 : Set, PSB & Smilers

Robert Burns - 22 January 2009 : Miniature Sheet

Charles Darwin Bicentenary - 12 February 2009 : Set, Mini-sheet & PSB

Machin Definitives with security features - 17 February 2009 : sheets, booklets,

Celebrating Wales - 13 January 2009 : Set, PSB & Smilers

Design Classics - 2 March 2009 : Concorde Smilers

Pioneers of the Industrial Revolution - 10 March 2009 : set of 8
Design Classics Retail booklet 1 (phone box & bus) - 10 March 2009
Castles of Northern Ireland Generic Smilers Sheet - 17 March 2009

Tariff increase Machin & Country definitives - 31 March 2009
Machin Definitives with security features - 31 March 2009 : booklets & business sheets

The Tudors - 21 April 2009 : Set and MS
Design Classics 2 (Austin-mini) - 21 April 2009
Castles of England Generic Smilers Sheet - 23 April 2009

Smilers for Kids II - 30 April 2009 : pcks of 10 and sheets of 20
Endangered Plants & 250th Ann of Kew Gardens - 21 May 2009 : Set & MS

Flowers Retail booklet - 21 May 2009
Mythical Creatures - 16 June 2009 : set

Commemorative Sheet: 40th Anniversary of Moon Landing
Olympic Disciplines? - July? 2009 : set

Thaipex Stamp Exhibition Smilers Sheet - 3 August 2009
Wall-mounted post boxes - 18 August 2009 : MS

Treasures of the Philatelic Archive - 18 August 2009 : PSB

Design Classics 3 (Concorde) - 18 August 2009
The Fire & Rescue Service - 1 September 2009 : set

Uniforms of the Royal Navy - 17 September 2009 : set & PSB

Design Classics 4 (Mary Quant/mini-skirt) - 17 September 2009
Commemorative Sheet - 150th Anniversary of Big Ben
Commemorative Sheet - 800th Anniversary of Cambridge University
Eminent Britons - 8 October 2009 : 10 x 1st

Italia 2009 Stamp Exhibition Smilers Sheet - 21 October 2009
Christmas - 3 November 2009 : set, MS & Smilers
>Machin Definitives - Recorded Signed For (2) - 17 November 2009
>Castles of Scotland Generic Smilers Sheet - 30 November 2009
>MonacoPhil 2009 Exhibition Smilers Sheet - 4 December 2009

Stamp issues 2008

Ian Fleming's James Bond - 8 January 2008 : Set, MS & PSB

'Love' retail booklet - 15 January 2008

New Smilers Sheets - 15 January 2008

Working Dogs - 5 February 2008 : Set

Kings & Queens I - 28 February 2008 : Set, MS & PSB

Greetings Booklet - 28 February 2008

Celebrating Northern Ireland - 11 March 2008 MS & Smilers

Rescue at Sea - 13 March 2008 : Set

New definitives and country stamps - 1 April 2008

Territorial Army Centenary Commemorative Sheet - 1 April 2008

Endangered Insects - 15 April 2008 : Set

Cathedrals - 13 May 2008 : Set, MS

Retail booklet, summer - 13 May 2008

Classic Films - 10 June 2008 : Set, retail booklet

1908 London Olympics commemorative sheet

Airshows - 17 July 2008 : Set & Smilers sheet

Beijing Olympic Expo Smilers Sheet - 5 August 2008

Olympics Handover Joint Issue with China - 22 August 2008 : Miniature sheet

RAF Uniforms - 18 September 2008 : Set & PSB

Country Definitives - 29 September 2008 : MS & PSB

Glorious UK Smilers sheet - 29 September 2008

Women of Achievement - 14 October 2008 : Set

Smilers For Kids - 28 October 2008: 4 x A5 sheets

Christmas - 4 November 2008

Lest We Forget - 6 November 2008 : MS, Generic Sheet, se-tenant strip

Stamp issues 2007

The Beatles - 9 January 2007 : Set & MS

'Love' retail booklet - 16 January 2007

Sealife of the British Coast - 1 February 2007 : Set

The Sky at Night (Nebulae) - 13 February 2007 : Set

World of Invention - 1 March 2007: Set, MS & PSB

Wales Smiler Sheet - 1 March 2007

Abolition of the Slave Trade - 22 March 2007 : Set

Celebrating England - 23 April 2007: MS & Smilers Sheet

Beside the Seaside - 15 May 2007 : Set

Opening of Wembley Stadium - 17 May 2007: MS & SMilers

40th Anniv. of Machin definitive - 5 June 2007: MS, Smilers, PSB

Grand Prix Motor Racing - 3 July 2007 : Set

Harry Potter Books - 17 July 2007 : Set, MS & Smilers

Centenary of Scouting (Europa) - 26 July 2007 : Set

Endangered Species: Birds - 4 September 2007 : Set

British Army Uniforms - 20 Septmber 2007: Set MS & PSB

Queen's 60th Wedding Anniversary - 16 October 2007 : Set & MS

Christmas - 6 November 2007 : Set, MS, Smilers

Lest We Forget - 8 November 2007 : MS & Smilers

Glorious Scotland Smilers Sheet - 30 November 2007

Stamp issues 2006

Animal Tales: Illustrations from Children's Literature; Joint issue with USA - 10 January 2006: Norvic limited edition and other Animal Tales First Day Covers.

British Journey: England - 7 February 2006

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, stamps miniature sheet & prestige book - 23 February 2006

Welsh Assembly Building - 1 March 2006

Fun Fruit 'n' Veg Smilers - 7 March 2006

Ice Age Animals - 21 March 2006

80th Birthday of HM The Queen - 18 April 2006

Washington 2006 International Stamp Exhibition - Smilers - 25 May 2006

World Cup (Soccer) - 6 June 2006

Modern Architecture - 20 June 2006

Generic Smilers: small-size pictorial greetings/definitives - 4 July 2006

150th ann National Portrait Gallery - 18 July 2006

Pricing in Proportion definitives - 1 August 2006

Year of the Three Kings (1936) MS - 31 August 2006

Victoria Cross, stamps miniature sheet & prestige book - 21 September 2006

Sounds of Britain (Europa) - 3 October 2006

Christmas - 7 November 2006

"Lest We Forget" MS, remembering especially The Somme - 9 November 2006

Belgica 2006 International Stamp Exhibition Smilers Sheet - 14 November 2006

Celebrating Scotland - 30 November 2006

Wembley Stadium - Miniature sheet & Smilers - postponed: until spring 2007

Stamp issues 2005

Great Britain stamp programme for 2005

Stamp issues 2004

Great Britain stamp programme for 2004

Stamp issues 2003

Great Britain stamp programme 2003

Stamp issues before 2003

If you have any questions on earlier years please email us.

Postmarks - permanent, short-term, one day, thematic, topical

Great Britain Special one-day and short-term postmarks - now provided online at the Royal Mail link shown on this page

Great Britain - Permanent Postmarks Not updated since 2018 when Postmark Bulletin was made available as free download.

The Philately and Postal History of the Countries of the Former Soviet Union

Introduction page.
Belarus page 1
Belarus page 2
Belarus page 3
Belarus page 4
Belarus page 5

Articles

The Millennium Definitive of January 2000
Great Britain - Profile on Print 'Invisible' stamp

Great Britain - Maximum Cards: The Beatles

Great Britain - Royal Mail Smartstamps

Great Britain - Royal Mail Horizon Postage Labels

Great Britain - Royal Mail Golden Machin Horizon Postage Labels
Great Britain - Royal Mail Post & Go Postage Labels 2008

Great Britain: Scout Christmas Posts - Sheffield and others

Missing Gold error on Prestige Book Victoria Cross stamps

Duplicate pages in Machin Anniversary Prestige Book

Duplicate pages in Regional Stamps Anniversary Prestige Book

Duplicate pages in Charles Darwin Prestige Book
Great Britain Union Flag stamp coil strip

Army Uniforms First Day Ceremony at Stampex

Universal Mail (United Kingdom) - the first private stamps accepted by Royal Mail

Other Links

Norfolk & Norwich Philatelic Society

Norfolk & Norwich Philatelic Society Stamp Fairs Spring and Summer

Arun Stamps Stamp Fairs in Norwich - 6 times a year

Arun Stamps Stamp Fairs in King's Lynn - 6 times a year

Contact:
Norvic Philatelics PO Box 119, Dereham, NR20 3YN
Tel (UK): 08450 090939. Email from any of these pages.