Great Britain Pre-Decimal Stamps

Queen Elizabeth II pre-decimal commemorative and definitive postage stamps of Great Britain. Your handy quick-access index. Click here for a visual index.

1952-54
Tudor Crown Wilding Definitives

1953
03/06 Coronation

1955-58
St Edward's Crown Castle Definitives
St Edward's Crown Wilding Definitives

1957
01/08 Scout Jamboree
12/09 Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference
19/11 Graphite-Lined Wilding Definitives

1958
18/07 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

1958-65
Multiple Crown Wilding Definitives

1958-61
Graphite-Lined Wilding Definitives

1959-68
Multiple Crowns Castle Definitives

1959
Phosphor-Graphite Wilding Definitives

1960-67
Phosphor Wilding Definitives

1960
07/07 Establishment of General Letter Office
19/09 CEPT Anniversary

1961
28/08 Post Office Savings Bank Centenary
18/09 CEPT Conference, Torquay
25/09 Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference

1962
14/11 National Productivity Year

1963
21/03 Freedom From Hunger
07/05 Paris Postal Conference Centenary
16/05 National Nature Week
31/05 Lifeboat Conference
15/08 Red Cross Centenary Congress
03/12 Opening of COMPAC

1964
23/04 Shakespeare Festival
01/07 International Geographical Congress
05/08 International Botanical Congress
04/09 Opening of Forth Road Bridge

1965
08/07 Churchill Commemoration
19/07 Anniversary of Simon de Montfort's Parliament
09/08 Salvation Army Centenary
01/09 Joseph Lister Centenary
01/09 Commonwealth Art Festival
13/09 Battle of Britain Anniversary
08/10 Opening of Post Office Tower
25/10 United Nations Anniversary
15/11 ITU Centenary

1966
25/01 Burns Commemoration
28/02 Westminster Abbey Anniversary
02/05 Landscapes
01/06 World Cup Football Championship
08/08 British Birds
18/08 England Winners
19/09 British Technology
14/10 Battle of Hastings Anniversary
01/12 Christmas

1967-68
Non-Watermark Castle Definitives

1967-70
Pre-Decimal Machin Definitives

1967
20/02 European Free Trade Association
24/04 British Wild Flowers
10/07 British Paintings
24/07 Sir Francis Chichester's World Voyage
19/09 British Discovery & Invention
18/10 Christmas

1968
29/04 British Bridges
29/05 Anniversaries
12/08 British Paintings
25/11 Christmas

1969

15/01 British Ships
03/03 First Flight of Concorde
05/03 Large-Format Machin Definitives
02/04 Anniversaries
28/05 British Architecture, Cathedrals

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