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The 2 pence Mulready stationery issued in 1840. Rowland Hill expected the Mulready stationery to be more popular than the postage stamps but the postage stamp prevailed. The design was so elaborate and misunderstood that it generated widespread ridicule and lampooning, and in addition was perceived in some areas as a covert government attempt to control the supply of envelopes, and hence ...
This is a list of British postage stamps issued by the Royal Mail postal service of the United Kingdom, normally referred to in philatelic circles as Great Britain.This list should be consistent with printed publications, [1] [2] and cite sources of any deviation (e.g., magazine issue listing newly found variations).
Surface-printed stamps first appeared in the form of a 4d stamp in 1855, printed by De La Rue, and subsequently became the standard type. 1 ⁄ 2 d ( halfpenny ) and 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 d (penny halfpenny – pronounced pennyhaypny or threehaypence) engraved stamps issued in 1870 were the last engraved types of Queen Victoria; the next would not appear ...
Most postal stationery pieces are collected as entires, that is, the whole card, sheet, or envelope. In the 19th century, it was common to collect "cut squares" (or cut-outs in the UK), [7] which involved clipping the embossed or otherwise pre-printed indicia from postal stationery entires. [4] This destroyed the envelope.
All of the stamps introduced down to April 1967 were printed on watermarked paper, as were some introduced later that year; from October 1967, all stamps were on unwatermarked paper. Issue dates of the early British Commemorative stamps, 1924–1969
Previously, postage had depended on distance and the number of sheets of paper; now, one penny would assure delivery of an envelope and the letter it enclosed anywhere in the country provided together they satisfied the weight condition. This was a lower rate than before, when the cost of postage was usually more than 4d (four pence).
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The first UK commemorative stamp issue to include the head of the new monarch, Charles III: Charlie Smith Design 631 2023-04-13 The Legend of Robin Hood: 10 stamps: 1st class ×10 Godfrey Design Illustration, from illustrations by Jon McCoy 632 2023-05-06 His Majesty King Charles III: A New Reign Atelier Works 633 2023-05-17 Blackadder: True ...