Great Britain commemorative stamps 2020–2029

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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)
2020[1]
581 2020-01-21 Video Games 8 stamps: 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 4 stamps: 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 8 stamps: 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
583 2020-03-17 James Bond 6 stamps: 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 4 stamps: 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 4 stamps: 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
584 2020-04-07 The Romantic Poets 10 stamps: 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
585 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
586 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
587 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
588 2020-07-09 Music Giants: 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]

Royal Mail Group Ltd.
589 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
590 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
591 2020-09-03 Rupert Bear 8 stamps: 2nd class X 2: Rupert's Rainy Adventure; 1st class X 2: Rupert and the Mare's Nest; £1.45 X 2: Rupert and the Lost Cuckoo; £1.70 X 2: Rupert's Christmas Tree; Rose
592 2020-10-01 Brilliant Bugs 6 stamps: 2 X 1st class: Common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum), Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus); 2 X £1.45: Longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata), Elephant hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor); 2 X £1.70: Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui); Ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita agg.); Royal Mail Group Ltd.
593 2020-11-03 Christmas 8 Stamps: 2nd class: St Andrew’s Church - Lexham Road, East Lexham, PE32 2QL - east window (c.1859); 2nd class large: St Andrew’s Church - Lexham Road, East Lexham, PE32 2QL - east window (c.1859); 1st class: St Andrew’s Church, Coln Rogers, Coln Rogers, Cheltenham, GL54 3LB - east window (c.1865); 1st class large: St Andrew’s Church, Coln Rogers, Cheltenham, GL54 3LB - east window (c.1865); £1.45 stamp: Church of St James, Church Hill, Hollowell, Northampton, NN6 8RR - chancel apse southeast window (1863); £1.70 stamp: All Saints’ Church, Kirkgate, Otley LS21 3HW - south transept window (1862); £2.50 stamp: St Columba’s Church, Church Street, Topcliffe, Thirsk, YO7 3PA - chancel south window (c.1860); £2.55 Stamp: Christ Church, 30 London Rd, Coalville, LE67 3JA - chancel north window (1976); Royal Mail Group and Up
594 2020-11-13 Star Trek 12 stamps: 12 X 1st class: James T Kirk, Jean-Luc Picard, Benjamin Sisko, Kathryn Janeway, Jonathan Archer, Gabriel Lorca, Spock, Deanna Troi, Julian Bashir, Malcom Reid, Michael Burnam, Ash Tyler;

Minitaure Sheet: 6 stamps: 6 X 1st class: Montgomery Scott, Shinzon, Tolian Soran, Klingon Chancellor Gorkon, Carol Marcus, Krall

Interabang

2021[]

Issue number Issue date Issue title Details of stamps in issue Designer(s)
2021
596 2021-01-14 National Parks 10 stamps: 1st Class X 10: Peak District, Lake District, Snowdonia, Dartmoor, North York Moors, The Broads, New Forest, South Downs, Pembrokeshire Coast, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs[11][12] Studio Mean
M26 2021-01-26 United Kingdom: A Celebration 4 stamps: 1st Class X 2: Great Sport, Great Creativity. £1.70 X 2: Great Community, Great Industry and Innovation. hat-trick design
597 2021-02-16 Only Fools and Horses 8 stamps: 1st class X 4: A Losing Streak, Sleeping Dogs Lie, Yuppy Love, A Touch of Glass. £1.70 X 4: The Jolly Boys' Outing, The Unlucky Winner Is..., Three Men, a Woman and a Baby, Time on Our Hands.[13][14]

Miniature Sheet: 4 stamps with catchphrases: 1st class X 2: Del Boy, Rodney. £1.70 X 2: Grandad, Uncle Albert

Interabang
598 2021-03-16 The Legend of King Arthur 10 stamps: 1st class X 5: Merlin and the baby Arthur, Arthur draws the sword from the stone, Arthur takes Excalibur, Arthur marries Guinevere, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. £1.70 X 5: Knights of the Round Table, Sir Lancelot defeats the dragon, Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail, Arthur and Mordred's final battle, The death of King Arthur Godfrey Design
599 2021-04-15 Classic Science Fiction 6 stamps: 1st class X 2: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Time Machine by HG Wells. £1.70 X 2: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. £2.55 X 2: Childhoods End by Arthur C. Clarke, Shikasta by Doris Lessing[15] Webb & Webb Design Limited
600 2021-05-04 The Wars of the Roses 8 stamps: 2nd class X 2: Battle of Bosworth, 1485, Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471. 1st class X 2: Battle of Barnet, 1471, Battle of Edgecote Moor, 1469. £1.70 X 2: Battle of Towton, 1461, Battle of Wakefield, 1460. £2.55 X 2: Battle of Northampton, 1460, First Battle of St Albans, 1455.[16] Royal Mail Group Ltd.
601 2021-05-28 Paul McCartney 8 stamps: 1st class X 4: McCartney (1970), RAM (1971), Venus and Mars (Wings, 1975), McCartney II (1980). £1.70 X 4: Tug of War (1982), Flaming Pie (1997), Egypt Station (2018), McCartney III (2020)

Miniature sheet: 4 stamps: Paul McCartney in the Studio: 1st class X 2: McCartney, 1970, RAM, 1971. £1.70 X 2: McCartney II, 1980, Flaming Pie, 1997.[17]

Baxter & Bailey
602 2021-06-24 In Memoriam, HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 4 stamps: 2nd class X 1: HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh taken by the photographer Baron. 1st class X 1: HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh attending the passing out parade of Prince Andrew at Dartmouth Naval College, Devon. £1.70 X 1: HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. £2.55 X 1: HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh taken by the photographer Terry O’Neill.[18] Kate Stephens and Royal Mail Group Ltd.
603 2021-07-01 Dennis and Gnasher 6 stamps: 1st class X 3: Dennis’s first comic strip (1951), Dennis adopts Gnasher (1968), Dennis’s front cover debut (1974). £1.70 X 3: Dennis adopts Rasher the Pig (1979), Dennis meets his sister Bea (1998), Dennis reveals dad was Dennis (2015).

Miniature sheet: 4 stamps: 1st class X 2: Dennis, Gnasher, £1.70 X 2: Minnie the Minx, Family Portrait.[19]

The Chase
604 2021-07-22 Wild Coasts 10 stamps: 1st class X 10: Northern Gannet, Common Cuttlefish, Grey Seal, Bottlenose Dolphin, Spiny Spider Crab, Long-snouted seahorse, Orca, Fried-egg Anemone, Cuckoo wrasse, Cold-water Coral Reef.[20]

Miniature sheet: 4 stamps: Marine Food Chain - 1st class X 2: Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, £1.70 X 2: Atlantic Herring and Harbour Porpoise.

Steers McGillan Eves
605 2021-08-12 Industrial Revolutions Common Curiosity
606 2021-09-02 British Army Vehicles Royal Mail Group Ltd.
607 2021-09-17 DC Collection 12 stamps: 1st class X 12: Batman, Batwoman, Robin, Batgirl, Alfred, Nightwing, The Joker, Harley Quinn, The Penguin, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, The Riddler.

Miniature sheet: 1st class X 6: Batman, Green Lantern and The Flash, Wonder Woman, Superman, Cyborg and Aquaman and Supergirl and Shazam!.

Interbang
608 2021-10-19 Rugby Union True North
609 2021-11-02 Christmas 2021 Supple Studio

2022[]

Issue number Issue date Issue title Details of stamps in issue Designer(s)
2022[21]
611 2022-01-20 Music Giants VI - The Rolling Stones 8 stamps: 1st class X 4: London, UK, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA 2019, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1995, Tokyo, Japan 1995, £1.70 X 4: New York City, USA 1972, Oslo, Norway 2014, Hertfordshire, UK 1976 Dusseldorf, Germany 2017.

Miniature sheet: 1st class X 2: The Rollong Stones, £1.70 X 2: Posters: Urban Jungle and Tour of the Americas, Posters: UK Tour 1971 and American Tour 1981.[22]

Baxter & Bailey
612 2022-02-04 Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee 8 stamps: 1st class X 4: February 2020, London, October 1957, Washington, £1.70 X 4: Kate Stephens
613 2022-02-18 The Stamp Designs of David Gentleman
614 2022-03-08 The FA Cup
615 2022-03-23 Heroes of the Covid Pandemic
616 2022-04-07 Migratory Birds
617 2022-05-05 Unsung Heroes: Women of World War II
618 2022-06-09 Cats
619 2022-07-01 TBA
620 2022-07-28 Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
621 2022-09-01 TBA

Other periods[]

See also[]

References[]

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  4. ^ "Royal Mail: James Bond stamps released for new movie". BBC. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
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  7. ^ "New stamps mark 75th anniversary of the end of Second World War". 24 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  8. ^ "The Royal Mail is releasing special Coronation Street stamps". Gazette. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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  12. ^ "Special stamps issues. Our stamp calendar for 2021". Royal Mail. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Lovely jubbly! Royal Mail celebrates 40th anniversary of Only Fools And Horses with new stamps". ITV. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Only Fools and Horses stamps mark TV show's 40th anniversary". Sky News. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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  16. ^ "Royal Mail: Row over Wars of the Roses battle spelling". BBC News. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Sir Paul McCartney honoured by Royal Mail stamps". BBC News. May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  18. ^ "Prince Philip: Royal Mail issues four new stamps in memory of Duke of Edinburgh". Sky News. May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  19. ^ "Dennis the Menace: Royal Mail stamps mark 70 years of Beano character". BBC. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  20. ^ "Wild Coasts". Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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