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.

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1920s1920192119221923192419251926192719281929
1940s1940194119421943194419451946194719481949
1950s1950195119521953195419551956195719581959
1960s1960196119621963196419651966196719681969
1970s1970197119721973197419751976197719781979
1980s1980198119821983198419851986198719881989
1990s1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
2000s2000200120022003200420052006200720082009
2010s2010201120122013201420152016201720182019
2020s202020212022

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Commemoratives
21st Jan Video Games
11th Feb Visions of the Universe
17th Mar James Bond
7th Apr Romantic Poets
8th May VE Day
28th May Coronation Street
18th Jun Roman Britain
9th Jul Queen
30th Jul Palace of Westminster
18th Aug Sherlock Holmes
3rd Sep Rupert Bear
1st Oct Brilliant Bugs
3rd Nov Christmas 2020
13th Nov Star Trek
Miniature Sheets
21st Jan Video Games
17th Mar James Bond
6th Apr Declaration of Arbroath
8th May VE Day
28th May Coronation Street
9th Jul Queen
30th Jul Palace of Westminster
18th Aug Sherlock Holmes
3rd Nov Christmas 2020
13th Nov Star Trek
Definitives - Elizabeth II
17th Mar £1.42, £1.63, £1.68, £2.42, £2.97, £3.66, £3.82 (EP)
Regionals & Country Pictorials
17th Mar England
17th Mar Northern Ireland
17th Mar Scotland
17th Mar Wales
23rd Dec Scotland
Prestige Stamp Books
11th Feb Visions of the Universe - Pane 4
13th Nov Star Trek - Pane 4
Stamp Books
21st Jan Video Games
17th Mar James Bond
28th May Coronation Street
9th Jul Queen
18th Aug Sherlock Holmes
13th Nov Star Trek
Generic Sheets
9th Jul Queen
9th Jul Queen
13th Nov Star Trek


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