GREAT BRITAIN Stamps Issue programme for 2003 Links to stamp issues |
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14 January | Birds of Prey. A block of 10 stamps. 5 barn owl and 5 kestrel pictures. |
21 January | Flowers Greetings Stamps in 'Smilers' sheets of 20 with greetings labels. |
4 February | Special Occasions. 6 x 1st class stamps. Also available in 'Smilers' sheet. |
25 February | Medical Science - DNA & Genome. A set of 5 stamps and a Prestige Book |
4 March | (1) Self adhesive Hello! book
containing 2 x 1st class 'Hello' stamps and 4 x 1st class gold
definitives. (2) 1st Class Wales stamp reprint, now printed by De La Rue instead of Walsall. |
25 March | Fun Fruit & Veg set of 10 x 1st class |
27 March | New Universal stamps for letters between 20gr and 40gr. NVI Machin definitives with airmail chevrons included in the design. |
29 April | Extreme Endeavours . 50th anniversary of the conquest of Everest in 1953 by Edmund Hillary, plus Ernest Shackleton, Robert Falcon Scott, Freya Stark, Sir Francis Chichester, & Amy Johnson |
6 May | 34p lime green Machin definitive - this is for the 1st class inland 60-100gr rate. |
20 May | Wilding II Miniature sheet. Complimenting the one issued in December 2002. |
28 May | Wales 2nd class and Machin 1st class gold coil reprints. |
2 June | 50th Anniversary of the Coronation. 10 x 1st class stamps and a Prestige Book with Wilding definitives and a reprints of the 1953 1/3d Coronation stamp |
17 June | 21st Birthday of Prince William of Wales. A set of 4 stamps. |
1 July | Definitive High Values Reprints. The £1.50, £2, £3, £5 Machin definitives reprinted using gravure instead of intaglio process. 1st class gold definitive in gummed sheets printed by De La Rue. |
15 July | The Beauty of Scotland - 6 stamps. The first in a series of 10 regional, pictorial stamp sets under the title 'A British Journey'. 1st class stamp from this set also in a self-adhesive book with 1st class gold Machins. |
29 July | Cartoons 'Smilers' sheet - these 1996 stamps are now reissued in Smilers sheets of 20, rather than the previous sheets of 10. The labels have cross-word puzzles and the clues are in the bottom margin. |
12 August | Pub Signs - Europa - signs of Inns. The Station, Black Swan, The Cross Keys, The Mayflower, The Barley Sheaf. |
18 September | Transport - Toys. A set of 5 stamps and Miniature sheet continuing the transport theme, including a miniature sheet, and self-adhesive booklet. Meccano biplane, Wells Brimtoy tinplate bus, Hornby locomotive, Dinky Toy Ford Zephyr, and Mettoy Space Ship Eagle (Dan Dare). |
30 September | Christmas Smilers Sheet - the 2001 Robin 1st class self-adhesive stamp now available for personalisation and a generic sheet issued for collectors. |
7 October | 250th Anniversary of the British Museum. 6 stamps commemorating the death of Hans Sloane who bequeathed a collection to the nation, and to celebrate the founding this 'great storehouse of knowledge'. |
14 October | The 16 pictorial 'country' stamps issue for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales (2nd, 1st, E & 68p values) reissued with a white margin round each stamp to improve mechanised sorting. |
4 November |
Christmas - Ice sculpture 6 self-adhesive stamps and two self-adhesive booklets. Self-adhesive Smilers sheets were produced for 1st & 2nd class stamps. |
19 December |
England Winners - Rugby World Cup 2003 - Miniature sheet of four stamps. |
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