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
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
6th Jan	Flower Paintings (Greetings)
21st Jan	The Great Tudor
11th Mar	Missions of Faith
13th May	Tales of Terror
10th Jun	Architects of the Air
8th Jul	All the Queen's Horses
12th Aug	Sub-Post Offices
9th Sep	Enid Blyton
27th Oct	Christmas 1997
13th Nov	Golden Wedding

If your interested in seeing covers with a particular postmark:
Click to view covers by postmark locations.
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