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2006 Great Britain Stamp
Schedule
The Virtual Stamp Club
As of 21 November 2006
This schedule represents the latest information from Royal Mail supplemented by information from other sources. The information is subject to change, and no responsibility is taken for errors, omissions or changes. However, if you do notice any wrong links or errors, please email Ian Billings.
*Cancellation images: for all new stamp issues Royal Mail produces two First Day of Issue postmarks, the alternative to the Philatelic Bureau cancellation being shown here. In addition there are usually many sponsored postmarks for new issues, often of a pictorial nature reflecting the stamp designs. For each issue these can be seen by clicking on the Issue Title in column 2.
All images are Copyright Royal Mail and are reproduced with permission.
1998 Schedule :: 2005 Schedule
Effective 21 August 2006 Royal Mail will restructure inland mail to take account of the size as well as the weight of a package in a process called 'pricing in proportion'. Postal rates also rose in April in the traditional annual increase.
- domestic 1st (60g): 32p (+2p)
- domestic 2nd (60g): 23p (+2p)
- International (Air-Europe 20g): 44p (+2p)
- International (Air-Zone 1/2, 20g or surface 60g): 72p (+4p)
ALL DENOMINATIONS SHOWN ARE IN POUNDS STERLING (£)
*FACE VALUES SHOWN ARE INITIAL-ISSUE PRICES;
BRITAIN INCREASES SALE PRICE OF CLASS-DENOMINATED STAMPS AS RATES INCREASE
FORMAT FOR THE LISTING IS AS
FOLLOWS: Click any stamp links to see a picture of the stamp.
Dates in BOLD and RED indicate changed/new
information since last update; specifics are shown below the issue date.
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Issue Date & Picture |
Issue title & description |
Cancellation image |
Comments Scott Catalog Number(s) SG Catalogue Number(s)
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Tuesday 10 January |
Animal Tales - joint issue with USA Se-tenant pairs of 2nd class, 1st class, 42p & 68p stamps.  Discussion
Also: Generic Smilers sheet, Paddington Bear 1st class stamp. |
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All in sheets of 30 stamps
(15 pairs) of each value Smilers sheet of 20 stamps (1 design) and labels, 1st denom, £6.00* face value - initially sold for £6.55, after 1 April for £6.95 |
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Tuesday 7 February |
A British Journey - England Carding Mill Valley, Beachy Head Lighthouse, St Paul's Cathedral, Brancaster, Derwent Edge, Robin Hood's Bay, Buttermere, Chipping Campden, St Boniface Down, Chamberlain Square Birmingham Discussion
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Block of 10 x 1st class
stamps (ten designs se-tenant) All in sheets of 30. |
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Thursday 23 February |
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Birth Bicentenary set of 6, miniature sheet, and Prestige Book 1st class Royal Albert Bridge; 40p Box Tunnel; 42p Paddington Station; 47p PSS Great Eastern; 60p Clifton Suspension Bridge; 68p Maidenhead Bridge. Discussion |
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All in sheets of 24. Miniature sheet containing one of each stamp: face value £2.87 Prestige book face value £7.40 - click here for details. |
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Wednesday, 1st March |
Welsh Assembly Building Contains Wales country definitives: 1 x 2nd class, 2 x 1st class, 2 x 68p. |
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Miniature sheet - face value £2.17 when issued. |
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Tuesday, 7th March |
Fun Fruit & Veg Smilers Sheet containing two sets of 10 stamps depicting fruit and vegetables, and 20 'speech bubble' labels. |
No First Day Postmark |
Sheet 20 x 1st (2 of each
design) face value £6.00* sold for £6.55* |
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Tuesday, 21st March |
Ice Age Animals 1st class - sabre tooth cat, 42p - giant deer, 47p - woolly rhino, 68p - mammoth, £1.12 - cave bear Discussion |
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All in sheets of 25. |
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Tuesday, 28th March |
Machin and Country definitives 37p olive-green Machin (2nd class inland 100gr rate); 44p ultramarine (Europe 20gr letter rate); 49p rust Machin (1st class inland 100gr rate); 72p red (Worldwide 20gr letter rate) 44p (Oak tree) & 72p (rose) England 44p (Thistle) & 72p (Tartan) Scotland 44p (Daffodil) & 72p (Prince of Wales feathers) Wales 44p (lace) & 72p (Beleek porcelain) Northern Ireland Discussion
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5 official postmarks for |
All values in sheets of 200 |
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Tuesday, April 18th |
80th Birthday of HM Queen Elizabeth II se-tenant pairs of 2nd class, 1st class, 44p & 72p values - 8 designs, all monochrome photographs. Discussion |
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All in sheets of 30 |
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Thursday 25th May |
Washington 2006 Exhibition Smilers Sheet containing 20 'Hello' Greetings stamps, and 20 labels showing a US Mailbox. Discussion |
No First Day Postmark |
Sheet 20 x 1st face value £6.40* sold for £6.95* |
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Tuesday 6 June |
World Cup Winners 1st class - England, 42p - Italy, 44p - Argentina, 50p - Germany, 64p - France, 72p - Brazil. Also a Smilers Sheet for 40th Anniv. of England's 1966 win. Discussion |
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All issued in sheets of 25.
Smilers Sheet 20 x 1st face value £6.40* sold for £6.95* |
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Tuesday 20 June |
Modern Architecture 1st class - London, 42p - Dundee, 44p - Birmingham, 50p - Chichester, 64p - Tiree, 72p - Hull. Discussion |
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All issued in sheets of 25. |
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Tuesday 4 July |
Life's Special Moments Smilers Sheet 1st class stamps in 6 designs first issued October 2005. Discussion |
No First Day Postmark |
Sheet 20 x 1st face value £6.40* sold for £6.95* |
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Tuesday 18 July |
National Portrait Gallery 150th Anniversary 10 x 1st class se-tenant block: Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Joshua Reynolds, T. S. Elliot, Emmeline Pankhurst, Virginia Woolf, Sir Walter Scott, Mary Seacole, William Shakespeare, Dame Cicely Saunders, & Charles Darwin Discussion |
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All issued in sheets of 30 (three blocks). Initial cost of stamps 32p*. |
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Tuesday 1 August |
New definitive stamps - Pricing in Proportion 1st & 2nd class Large Letter, 1st & 2nd class (standard) letter, 12p & 14p make-up rate stamps. All conventionally gummed. Discussion |
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Small stamps issued in
sheets of 2000, large stamps in sheets of 100. Initial selling prices: 1st Large - 44p, 2nd Large - 37p; 1st - 32p, 2nd - 23p. 12p & 14p stamps are to make up 'standard' stamps to 'Large' rates. |
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Tuesday 15 August |
New definitive stamps - Pricing in Proportion 1st & 2nd class Large Letter stamps in self-adhesive booklets of 4. 2nd class (standard) letter stamp in coils (conventionally gummed). Discussion |
No First Day Postmark |
Large Letter stamps in
booklets of 4 of each value. Coils contain 500 stamps. Initial selling prices: 1st Large - 44p, 2nd Large - 37p; 2nd - 23p. |
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Tuesday 31 August |
Year of the Three Kings (1936) Miniature sheet containing a £3 Machin stamp and images of 1935-7 1d red stamps. Discussion |
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The sheet has pictures of
three 1d red stamps from the reigns of King George V (issued 1934), King
Edward VIII (1936) and King George VI (1937). Selling price £3 (face value). |
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Tuesday 12 September |
New definitive stamps - Pricing in Proportion 1st & 2nd class (standard) Letter stamps in self-adhesive booklets of 4 and business sheets of 100. Discussion |
No First Day Postmark |
(Standard) Letter stamps in
booklets of 12 of each value, and 6 x 1st class. Both values in SA Business
Sheets of 100. Initial selling prices: 1st Large - 32p; 2nd - 23p. |
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Thursday 21 September |
Victoria Cross 150th Anniversary Set of 6 stamps in se-tenant pairs: 1st class, 64p & 72p. Also miniature sheet containing a these stamps in a block plus a single 1990 20p Medal stamp, and a Prestige Stamp Book. Discussion |
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Main sheets of 30 stamps
se-tenant horizontally. In the miniature sheet each value is se-tenant
vertically, with an additional 20p Victoria Cross stamp at the left (face
value of sheet £3.56). Click for details of the Prestige Book. Uncut Press Sheets of 10 miniature sheets were also sold at double face value £71.20 |
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Tuesday 3 October |
Sounds of Britain (Europa) Five stamps for the Europa theme of Cultural Diversity 1st class - "Bollywood and Bhangra", 42p "Africa and the Caribbean", 50p - "Celtic", 72p "Jazz and Blues", £1.19 - Latin America. Discussion |
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Sheets of 25 stamps. |
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Tuesday 3 October |
New definitive stamps - Pricing in Proportion 1st & 2nd class (standard) Letter stamps in conventionally-gummed coils of 1000. Discussion |
No First Day Postmark |
(Standard) Letter stamps in
coils of 1000, vertical delivery. Initial selling prices: 1st - 32p; 2nd - 23p. |
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Tuesday 17 October |
Extra Special Moments Booklet and Smilers Sheet A second booklet of 6 x 1st class stamps (6 designs) and associated Smilers Sheet of 20 stamps. Discussion |
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Booklet 6 x 1st face value
£1.92*. Smilers Sheet 20 x 1st - face value £6.40* sold for £6.95* |
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Tuesday 7 November |
Christmas 2006 Christmas stamps, miniature sheet and Smilers sheet. 1st class Santa, 2nd class Snowman, a 72p reindeer and £1.19 Christmas Tree. 1st & 2nd class stamps are also in 'Large Letter' versions. Conventionally gummed MS with all values. Smilers sheet contains 10 each 1st & 2nd. Discussion |
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Sheets of 50 self-adhesive
with kiss die-cut 'perforations'. Initial selling prices: 2nd (23p), 1st
(32p), Large 2nd (37p), Large 1st (44p). Miniature sheet face value £3.27*. Smilers sheet face value £5.50*, selling price £6.00*. |
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Thursday 9 November |
"Lest We
Forget" - Miniature sheet One new 1st class stamp in Poppy design, and a block of 4x72p se-tenant country stamps of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales in a miniature sheet. Also a generic Smilers sheet of 20 x 1st class stamps showing war memorials. Discussion |
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Miniature sheet of 5
stamps, face value £3.70*. Smilers sheet (the first not available for personalisation) face value £6.40* initially sold for £6.95*. |
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Tuesday 14 November |
Belgica
2006 Philatelic Exhibition Smilers sheet Smilers sheet of 20 x 1st class 'Hello' stamps with labels showing stamp collecting themes. Discussion |
No First Day Postmark |
Smilers sheet face value £6.40* initially sold for £6.95*. |
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Thursday 30 November |
Celebrating Scotland - Miniature sheet A miniature sheet containing 2 x 1st class and 2 x 72p stamps: 1st Lion (existing design); 1st Scottish flag (modification of existing 2nd class); 72p St Andrew (patron saint); 72p Edinburgh (capital city). Discussion |
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Miniature sheet of 4 stamps, face value £2.08*. |
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