Postmark illustrations
To view images of postmarks for a particular stamp issue, first select the year, and then the stamp issue.The numbers alongside each postmark refer to the catalogue entries in the latest edition of ‘Collecting British First Day Covers’ which can be purchased from this website.
Select Year
| 1920s | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 |
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| 1940s | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
| 1950s | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
| 1960s | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
| 1970s | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
| 1980s | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
| 1990s | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| 2000s | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 2010s | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| 2020s | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Select Postmark
| Commemoratives | |
|---|---|
| 14th Jan | 4 Seasons |
| 28th Jan | Memories (Greetings) |
| 6th Feb | Happy & Glorious |
| 10th Mar | Tennyson |
| 7th Apr | Europa 1992 |
| 16th Jun | English Civil War |
| 21st Jul | Gilbert & Sullivan |
| 15th Sep | Green Issue |
| 13th Oct | Single European Market |
| 10th Nov | Christmas 1992 |
If your interested in seeing covers with a particular postmark:
Click to view covers by postmark locations.
Click to view covers by postmark types. ( Advanced Search )