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1953 3 June 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II: Four (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 d, 4d, 1s 3d, 1s 6d) 1955 September 1955 Castles (Not a Commemorative issue, the 2nd set of 'Pictorial' High Value Definitives) Four (10s and £1 first issued 1 September, 2s 6d and 5s first issued 23 September) 1957 1 August 1957 World Scout Jubilee Jamboree: Three (2 + 1 ...
As Elizabeth II had been the British monarch for over half a century and hers is to date the last event so commemorated, there are no recent "Coronation issue" stamps as envisioned here. However, other monarchies also issue stamps honouring the accession of a new monarch and these stamps could obviously be defined as "coronation issues" as well.
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).
1953 Heart-shaped waterfall stamp. The first Queen Elizabeth issue was for the 1953 Coronation, followed by a pictorial definitive issued 1 month later. Issues were mainly commemorative or omnibus. On 12 October 1961, four Tristan da Cunha stamps were overprinted "ST. HELENA/Tristan Relief" with a surcharge.
The images of the stamps include a second class stamp featuring a photograph taken by Dorothy Wilding in 1952 to mark the queen’s accession and coronation, a first class stamp with a picture of ...
The coronation of Elizabeth II as queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London. [1] Elizabeth acceded to the throne at the age of 25 upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952, being proclaimed queen by her privy and executive councils shortly afterwards.