United Kingdom commemorative stamps 2020–2029
This is a list of Great Britain commemorative stamps 2020–2029
List
2020
Issue number | Issue date | Issue title | Details of stamps in issue | Designer(s) |
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2020[1] | ||||
581 | 2020-01-21 | Video Games | 2nd Class X 2: Elite (1984) BBC Micro and Acorn Electron, Worms (1995) Commodore Amiga; 1st Class X 2: Lemmings (1991) Commodore Amiga, Sensible Soccer (1992) Commodore Amiga; £1.55 X 2: Micro Machines (1991) Sega Mega Drive, Wipeout (1995) Sony PlayStation; £1.60 X 2: Dizzy (1987) ZX Spectrum, Populous (1989) Commodore Amiga;[2]
Miniature Sheet 1st Class X 2: Atlantean Scion / Tomb Raider (1996), Ceremonial Dagger / Tomb Raider (2013); £1.55 X 2: Ora Dagger / Tomb Raider III - Adventures of Lara Croft (1998), Philosopher's Stone / Tomb Raider Chronicles (2000). |
Supple Studio & Bitmap Books |
582 | 2020-02-11 | Visions of the Universe | 2nd Class X 2: Cat’s Eye Nebula, Enceladus; 1st Class X 2: Pulsar, Black Hole; £1.55 X 2: Jupiter’s Aurora, Gravitational Lensing; £1.60 X 2: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Cygnus A Galaxy; | True North |
2020-03-17 | James Bond | 1st Class X 3: Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights (1987), Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye (1995), Daniel Craig in Casino Royale (2006). £1.60 X 3: Sean Connery in Goldfinger (1964), George Lazenby in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) and Roger Moore in Live and Let Die (1973).[3]
Miniature Sheet 1st Class X 2: Bell-Textron Jet pack in Thunderball, Aston Martin DB5 from Skyfall. £1.55 X 2: Little Nellie the autogyro featured in You Only Live Twice, Lotus Esprit submarine from The Spy Who Loved Me.[4] |
Interabang | |
2020-04-06 | Declaration of Arbroath | Miniature Sheet: 2nd Class X 1: The Saltire; 1st Class X 1: Lion Rampant of Scotland; £1.42 X 1: Thistle; £1.63 X 1: Tartan[5] | Tayburn | |
2020-04-07 | The Romantic Poets | 1st Class X 10: John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Blake, Walter Scott, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Wordsworth, Mary Robinson, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, John Keats, Lord Byron; | The Chase | |
2020-05-08 | End of the Second World War | 8 stamps: 1st Class X 2: Jubilant public, 1945, Evacuees return home, 1945, 2nd Class X 2: Serviceman welcomed home, 1945, Nurses celebrate, 1945, £1.42 X 2: Troops parade at end of war, 1945, Demobilised servicemen, 1945, £1.63 X 2: Allied POWs liberated, 1945 and Navy personnel celebrate, 1945.[6]
Miniature Sheet: 4 stamps: 1st class X 2: Hall of names, Runnymede Memorial, £1.63 X 2: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar.[7] |
hat-trick design | |
2020-05-28 | Coronation Street | 8 stamps: 2nd class X 2: Ena Sharples and Elsie Tanner, Stan and Hilda Ogden; 1st class X 2: Vera and Jack Duckworth, Deirdre and Ken Barlow; 2 X £1.42: Rita Sullivan and Norris Cole, Hayley and Roy Cropper; £1.63 X 2: Sunita and Dev Alahan, Tracy Barlow and Steve McDonald;[8]
Miniature Sheet: 4 stamps: 1st class X 2: Bet Lynch, Raquel Watts; 2 X £1.42: Liz McDonald, Gemma Winter |
The Chase | |
2020-06-18 | Roman Britain | 8 stamps: 2nd class X 2: Dover Lighthouse; Bignor Mosaic; 1st class X 2: Amffitheatr yng Nghaer Isca - Caerllion Amphitheatre at Isca Fortress, Ribchester Helmet, £1.63 X 2: Bridgeness distance slab, Warrior god - Cambridgeshire; £1.68 X 2: Gorgon’s head - Bath, Hadrian’s Wall; | Up | |
2020-07-09 | Queen | 8 stamps: 1st class X 4: Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, News of the World, £1.63 X 4: The Game, Greatest Hits, The Works and Innuendo.[9]
Miniature Sheet: 5 stamps: 1st class X 3: Queen 1974, Magic Tour, 1986, Hyde Park Concert, 1976, £1.63 X 2: A Night at the Opera Tour, 1975 and Magic Tour, 1986.[10] |
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2020-07-30 | The Palace of Westminster | 6 stamps: 1st class X 3: View from Old Palace Yard, River Thames view, Elizabeth Tower; £1.68 X 3: Commons Chamber, Central Lobby, Lords Chamber;
Miniature Sheet: 1st class X 2: Norman Porch, Chapel of St Mary Undercroft; £1.63 X 2: St Stephen’s Hall, Royal Gallery; |
Steers McGillan Eves | |
2020-08-18 | Sherlock | 6 stamps: 1st class X 2: The Reichenbach Fall, A Study in Pink; £1.42 X 2: The Great Game, The Empty Hearse; £1.68 X 2: A Scandal in Belgravia, The Final Problem;
Miniature Sheet: 1st class X 2: The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Red-Headed League; £1.68 X 2: The Adventure of the Second Stain, The Adventure of the Dancing Man; |
6/S: So Design Consultants - M/S: NB Studio | |
2020-09-03 | Rupert Bear | |||
2020-10-01 | Brilliant Bugs | |||
2020-11-03 | Christmas | |||
2020-11-13 | Star Trek |
Other periods
- Great Britain commemorative stamps 1924–69
- Great Britain commemorative stamps 1970–79
- Great Britain commemorative stamps 1980–89
- Great Britain commemorative stamps 1990–99
- Great Britain commemorative stamps 2000–09
- Great Britain commemorative stamps 2010–19
See also
- Stanley Gibbons
- Stamp collecting
- List of people on stamps
- Philately
- Stamps
- PHQ Cards
- The WikiBooks Worldwide Stamp Catalogue
References
- ^ "Royal Mail special stamps issues 2020". Royal Mail. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Royal Mail stamps celebrate Tomb Raider and other classic video games". BBC. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Royal Mail: James Bond stamps released for new movie". BBC. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "Royal Mail: James Bond stamps released for new movie". BBC. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "The Declaration of Arbroath - Special Stamp Issues". Royal Mail. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "New stamps mark 75th anniversary of the end of Second World War". 24 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "New stamps mark 75th anniversary of the end of Second World War". 24 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "The Royal Mail is releasing special Coronation Street stamps". Gazette. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "Queen and Freddie Mercury get their own official Royal Mail stamps". Smooth Radio. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "Queen and Freddie Mercury get their own official Royal Mail stamps". Smooth Radio. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.