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Tuesday 13 January
Design Classics set of stamps.

Design Classics
1st class x 10 and Prestige Stamp Booklet.


Official Longbridge postmark for Design Classics stamps.


All in sheets of 30/60 stamps of each value. Sheets  all with water-activated gum.
1st class initial selling price 36*p.






Tuesday 13 January
Design Classics mini-car smilers sheet.
Design Classics Smilers Sheet - Min-car
Generic Smilers Sheet of 20 stamps and labels.
Initial selling price £7.74 (face value £7.20*)








Thursday 22 January
Robert Burns anniversary miniature sheet.

Robert Burns 250th Anniversary
Miniature sheet with 2 x 1st class stamps special stamps and the 4 Scotland Country stamps - 2nd, 1st, 50p, 81p


Alloway first day postmark, Robert Burns stamps.

Initial face value £2.66*










Thursday 12 February
set of 6 Charles Darwin stamps.

Charles Darwin Bicentenary
Set of 6 stamps: 1st, 48p, 50p, 56p, 72p, 81p.
Prestige stamp book

official Shrewsbury postmark .

Sheet stamps self-adhesive, PSB ordinary gum.

Initial selling price - 1st class 36p*





Thursday 12 February
Charles Darwin miniature sheet.
Charles Darwin Bicentenary
Miniature sheet 2 x 1st, 2 x 81p
Ordinary Gum.  Initial face value - MS £2.34*  








Tuesday, 17 February 

Machin definitive stamps with security features.

Machin definitives with security features
Introduction of security slits, 'invisible' overprint and non-soakable adhesive to a range of Machin definitives:

2nd, 1st, 2nd Large, 1st Large, 50p, £1, £1.50, £2, £3, and £5

official Windsor postmark .

In counter sheets of 50.

Initial selling prices: 2nd (27p), 1st (36p), 2nd Large (42p), 1st Large (52p).










Thursday, 26 February
Celebrating Wales stamp miniature sheet.

Celebrating Wales
Miniature Sheet of 2 x 1st class (existing Country stamp and Welsh flag) and 2 x 81p (St David and National Assembly Building) stamps.
Issue coincides with Spring Stampex

official St Davids postmark.

Initial face value £2.34










Monday, 2 March
Design Classics Concorde Smilers sheet.

Design Classics Smilers Sheet - Concorde
Generic Smilers Sheet of 20 stamps and labels.

No First Day Postmark as the 
stamp had been issued before (10 January)

Initial selling price £7.74 (face value £7.20*)










Tuesday, 10 March
Set of 8 stamps - Industrial Pioneers.

Pioneers of The Industrial Revolution
Set of 8 stamps, 2 each 1st class, 50p, 56p, 72p 


official Cinderford postmark.

In sheets of 30/60 in se-tenant pairs conventionally gummed.

1st class stamps initial selling price 36p*










Tuesday, 10 March
Design Classics retail book 1.

Design Classics Retail booklet 1
Self-adhesive booklet of 6 x 1st class stamps; 4 x gold Machin with security features; Design Classics Routemaster Bus & Phone Box.

No First Day Postmark as the 
stamps had been issued before (10 January, 17 February)

Initial face value £2.16*










Tueasday, 17 March
Castles of Northern ireland Smilers Sheet.

Castles of Northern Ireland Smilers
Self-adhesive sheet of 20 x 1st class stamps with labels showing Castles of the province.

No First Day Postmark as the 
stamp had been issued before

Initial selling price £7.74.  (Face value £7.20*)










Tuesday 31 March
17p, 22p, 62p & 90p Machin definitives, and 56p & 90p stamps for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England

Machin and Country definitives
17p olive Machin (2nd class letter to Large Letter make-up stamp); 22p stone Machin (1st class letter to Large Letter make-up stamp); 62p red Machin (10gr Europe & postcard rate);  90p ultramarine (Worldwide 20gr letter rate)
56p (Oak tree) & 90p (rose) England
56p (Thistle) & 90p (Tartan) Scotland
56p (Daffodil) & 90p (Prince of Wales feathers) Wales
56p (lace) & 90p (Beleek porcelain) Northern Ireland


5 official postmarks for
Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff,
London and Windsor

All values in sheets of 200 - coventionally gummed





Tuesday 31 March

Machin definitives with security features
Machin definitives in booklets and business sheets.

Booklets 6 x 1st, 12 x 2nd, 12 x 1sr, 4 x 2nd Large & 4 x 1st Large
Business Sheets:  100 each 1st & 2nd; 50 each 1st & 2nd Large


No First Day Postmark as the 
stamp had been issued before.

Initial selling prices: 2nd (27p), 1st (36p), 2nd Large (42p), 1st Large (52p).








Tuesday 21 April
Set of 6 stamps - the House of Tudor.

The House of Tudor (Kings & Queens)
2 each 1st class - Henry VII & Henry VIII; 62p Edward VI  & Lady Jane Grey; 81p Mary & Elizabeth I


London SE10 postmark.

Initial selling price of 1st class 39p* each.





Tuesday 21 April
MIniature sheet of 4 stamps - Tudors Timeline.

The House of Tudor (Kings & Queens) MS
2 each 1st class & 90p
Initial face value £2.58*








Tuesday 21 April
Design Classics Retail Book 2 - mini-cars.

Design Classics Retail booklet 2
Self-adhesive booklet of 6 x 1st class stamps; 4 x gold Machin with security features; 2 x Design Classics Mini-car

No First Day Postmark as the 
stamp had been issued before

Initial face value £2.34*










Thursday 23rd April
Castles of England Smilers Sheet.

Castles of England Smilers
Self-adhesive sheet of 20 x 1st class St George's Flag stamps with labels showing Castles of the country.

No First Day Postmark as the 
stamp had been issued before

Initial selling price £8.35, face value £7.80*










Thursday 30th April
Set of 4 Smilers for Kids sheets.

Smilers for Kids II
Four self-adhesive Generic sheets of 20 Smilers stamps & labels. The subjects are designed to appeal to Children. 

No First Day Postmark
as the stamps have 
been issued before.

Each sheet initial selling price £8.50. Face value £7.80 *










Tuesday 19 May
Set of 10 Endangered Plants stamps.

Action for Species 3: Endangered Plants  
Set of 10 x 1st class stamps depicting plants.

Kew First Day of Issue postmark.

Sheets of 30/60 - initial face value £3.90*





Tuesday 19 May
Miniature Sheet - Kew Gardens.

250th Anniversary of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 
Miniature sheet containing 2 each 1st class and 90p stamps.
Initial face value £2.58*



Thursday 21 May
Flowers retail stamp book - NAFAS.

National Association of Flower Arranging Societies Retail Book
Booklet of 6 x 1st class self-adhesive stamps. 4 gold Machin definitives and 2 depicting flowers.

No First Day Postmark
as the stamps have 
been issued before.
Initial face value £2.34*








Tuesday 16 June
Set of 6 Mythical CreaturesStamps.

Mythical Creatures
Set of 6 stamps - 2 each 1st class, 62p, 90pp

Dragonby, Scunthorpe First Day of Issue postmark.

Sheets of 25/50 - initial face value £3.82*







Monday, 3 August
Thaipex 2009 Smilers Sheet.

Thaipex 2009 Stamp Exhibition
Generic Smilers Sheet with 20 x 1st class "Hello" stamps and labels in 2 sets depicting 10 Thai taxis

No First Day Postmark expected
as the stamp design
has been issued before.

Initial selling price £8.35, face value £7.80*


Tuesday, 18 August
Postboxes miniature sheet.

Post boxes
Miniature sheet of 4 stamps - 1st, 56p 81p 90p

Wakefield first day of issue Postmark.

Initial face value £2.66*

Tuesday, 18 August
Postboxes Smilers Generic Sheet.

Post boxes
Generic Smilers sheet of 20 x 1st class stamps (from the MS) with 20 different labels depicting postboxes.
Initial selling price £8.35, face value £7.80*

Tuesday, 18 August

Treasures of the Archive Prestige Book
Containing Postboxes  MS stamps in block of 4, pane of 4 x 20p Lord Mayor's Show stamps, 4 x 20p & 4 x 1st class Penny Black 150th anniversary stamps, and 17p, 22p & 62p Machins
Initial face value £7.93 *

Tuesday, 18 August
Design Classics retail book 3 - Concorde stamps.

Design Classics Retail booklet 3
Self-adhesive booklet of 6 x 1st class stamps; 4 x gold Machin with security features; 2 x Design Classics Concorde

No First Day Postmark
as the stamps have 
been issued before.
Initial face value £2.34*

Tuesday, 1 September
Set of 6 Fire and Rescue stamps.

Fire and Rescue Services
Set of 6, 1st class, 54p, 56p, 62p, 81p, 90p

Official Melton Mowbray FDI postmark.

Initial face value £3.82*


Thursday, 17 September
Set of 6 Royal Navy Uniforms stamps.

British Military Uniforms II
Royal Navy

Set of 3 x 1st class & 3 x 90p stamps.    A prestige stamp book was also issued containing the Uniforms stamps, 4 x 1st class Royal Navy flag stamps, and a pane of 1p, 17p & 90p Machin definitives.  Issued to coincide with Autumn Stampex.

Portsmouth first day of issue Postmark.

Initial face value of set £3.87*

Thursday, 17 September
Design Classics retail book 4 - Mini-skirt.

Design Classics Retail booklet 4
Self-adhesive booklet of 6 x 1st class stamps; 4 x gold Machin with security features; 2 x Design Classics Mini-skirt

No First Day Postmark
as the stamps have 
been issued before.
Initial face value £2.34*

Thursday 8 October
Set of 10 stamps - Eminent Britons.

Eminent Britons - Europa
Set of 10 x 1st class stamps in two strips of 5 se-tenant (separate sheets).

Britannia First day of issue postmark

Initial face value £3.90*  
Two separate sheets of 25/50


Wednesday, 21 October
Italia 2009 Smilers Sheet.

Italia 2009 Stamp Exhibition
Generic Smilers Sheet with 20 x 1st class "Hello" stamps and labels in 2 sets depicting 10 different buidings in Rome, in two formats

No First Day Postmark expected
as the stamp design
has been issued before.

Initial selling price £8.35, face value £7.80*


Thursday, 22 October
3 of the 10 Olympics-Paralympics stamps issued 22-10-2009.

Olympics/Paralympics
Set of 10 x 1st class stamps in two strips of 5 se-tenant (separate sheets).

Badminton first day postmark.

Initial face value £3.90* Two separate sheets of 25/50






Tuesday 3 November
GB 2009 Christmas stamps set of 7.

Christmas - Madonna & Child
2008 Christmas stamps, miniature sheet and Smilers sheet.
2nd class, 1st class, 2nd class Large Letter, 1st class Large Letter, 56p, 90p & £1.35, plus a miniature sheet containing all values.
(The 2007 Madonna stamps (2nd class & 1st class) were also reissued.)

GB Bethlehem FDI postmark image for 2009 Christmas stamps.

Issued in self-adhesive sheets of 50.   Initial face value 2nd (30p), 1st (39p), 2nd Large (47p) & 1st Large (61p).


1st & 2nd class also sold in booklets of 12 (£4.68* and £3.60* respectively)
The set also issued in a conventionally gummed miniature sheet, 
face value £4.58*
The Smilers® Sheet contains 20 stamps: 8 x 1st class, 8 x 2nd class and 2 each of the 56p & 90p stamps, 56p & 90p, initial selling price £9.00


Tuesday 17 November
Machin NVI definitives 1st class recorded signed for service.

Machin definitive stamps Recorded Signed For
Two self-adhesive Machin stamps with security features for the basic Letter (39p) and Large Letter (61p) rates plus Recorded Signed For premium (at the time of issue, 75p).  


GB Windsor FDI postmark.

Initial face values 1st class £1.14, 1st class Large £1.36


Monday, 30 November
Castles of Scotland generic smilers sheet.

Castles of Scotland Smilers
Self-adhesive sheet of 20 x 1st class St Andrew's Flag stamps with labels showing Castles of the country.



No First Day Postmark as the 
stamp had been issued before

Initial selling price £8.35, face value £7.80*


Monday, 30 November
Monaco Phil stamp exhibition Smilers sheet.
MonacoPhil Stamp Exhibition
Generic Smilers Sheet with 20 x 1st class "Hello" stamps and an overall image of the Monte Carlo bay, with portions on each of the 20 labels.
No First Day Postmark as the 
stamp had been issued before
Initial selling price £8.35, face value £7.80*

During the year four Commemorative Sheets containing 10 x 1st class stamps and labels were produced and sold for £13.50 per sheet.

21 July - 40th anniversary of Moon Landing
18 September - Big Ben 150th Anniversary
7 October - Cambridge University 800th anniversary
22 October - Olympics & Paralympics

Links to stamp issues for 2_0_0_3 . 2_0_0_4 . 2_0_0_5
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