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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).
William Butler Ogden (1944) Railroad tycoon, first Mayor of Chicago [ 84] James Edward Oglethorpe (1933) Georgia founder. Eugene O’Neill on a 1967 stamp. Georgia O'Keeffe (1996, 2013) Painter [ 34][ 37][ 44] Frederick Law Olmsted (1999) Landscape architect [ 3] Eugene O'Neill (1973) Playwright.
The Machin series / ˈmeɪtʃɪn / of postage stamps was the main definitive stamp series in the United Kingdom for most of the reign of Elizabeth II, from 1967 until her death in 2022. Introduced on 5 June 1967, it was the second series of her reign, replacing the Wilding series. The last issue was on 4 April 2022, four months before the Queen ...
The first stamps issued by Guernsey were forced upon the island by the shortage of British stamps in 1941 during the German occupation of the Channel Islands. Guernsey Post has issued postage stamps in the Bailiwick of Guernsey since its creation in 1969 when the postal service was separated from the Royal Mail.
Live from Death Row. Live from Death Row, published in May 1995, is a memoir by Mumia Abu-Jamal, an American journalist and activist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is known for having been convicted of the murder of a city police officer and sentenced to death in 1982, in a trial that Amnesty International suspected of lacking impartiality.
1929–1950s. 1943 stamp Douglas Hyde commemorating the Gaelic League. Commodore John Barry. 1929 Daniel O'Connell. 1937 Saint Patrick. 1938 Father Mathew. 1939 George Washington. 1943 Sir William Rowan Hamilton. 1943 Douglas Hyde.
Stamp, the eldest of five children, was born on 22 July 1938 in Stepney, London, England, the son of Ethel Esther (née Perrott; 1914–1985) and Thomas Stamp (1913–1982), who was a tugboat stoker. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] His early years were spent in Canal Road, Bow , [ 8 ] in the East End , [ 9 ] but later in his childhood the family moved to Plaistow ...
All barcoded stamps are self-adhesive. Existing definitive stamps issued from 15 February 1971 to 31 January 2022 remain valid until 31 January 2023: since 31 March 2022, they can be indefinitely exchanged for the barcoded series. [18] The 2022 issue was the last release in the Machin series prior to the death of Elizabeth II.