Issue Date May 24, 2019
[from a Royal Mail press release]
Queen Victoria Bicentenary 
We mark two significant bicentenaries in 2019 – the birth of both Queen Victoria and of her husband Prince Albert. Queen Victoria’s reign was the second longest in British royal history and the era named after her saw dramatic social, political and economic change. We mark this anniversary with stamps that chart the life of Victoria from Princess to Empress, and the accompanying miniature sheet stamps celebrate the legacy of Prince Albert.
Products:
Stamps AS4583 £7.30
Miniature Sheet MZ141 £4.50
Presentation Pack AP460 £12.60
FDC – Stamps AF445 £9.35
FDC – Minisheet MF138 £6.00
FDC – PSB Pane HF087 £5.20
Stamp Souvenir AW111 £9.35
Stamp Sheet Souvenir AW112 £6.00
First Day Envelope AE400 £0.30
Prestige Stamp Book YB084 £17.20
Press Sheet PZ040 £74.25
Postcards AQ277 £4.95
BU £5 Coin Cover AN161 £19.95
Silver £5 Coin Cover AN162 £82.50
Gold £5 Coin Cover AN163 £1,995
Stamp Technical Details:
Number of stamps: Six
Design: Webb & Webb Design
Acknowledgements: Queen Victoria by Baron Heinrich von Angeli, Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019; Queen Victoria with Benjamin Disraeli by Theodore Blake Wirgman © The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York/Bridgeman Images; Queen Victoria on Horseback with John Brown by Charles Burton Barber © The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York/Bridgeman Images; Queen Victoria by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019; The Marriage of Queen Victoria by Sir George Hayter, Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019; Queen 
Victoria when a Girl by Richard Westall, Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
Stamp Format: Square
Stamp Size: 35mm x 35mm
Number per sheet: 30/60
Printer: International Security Printers
Print Process: Lithography
Perforations: 14.5 x 14.5
Phosphor: Bars as appropriate
Gum: PVA
Values / Descriptions:
1st Class Head and shoulders portrait of Queen Victoria by Heinrich Von Angeli in 1890.
1st Class A painting of Queen Victoria and Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli at Osborne House in 1878.
£1.35 Painting of Queen Victoria depicted on horseback with servant, John Brown, dated 1876.
£1.35 Portrait of Queen Victoria wearing the Robes of State dated 1859
£1.60 The marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert dated 1840
£1.60 Queen Victoria as a young girl with her terrier, Fanny, dated 1830
Minisheet Technical Details:
Number of stamps: Four
Design: Common Curiosity
Acknowledgements: Background image – Albert Prince Consort © Hulton Fine Art Collection/Getty Images; Model Lodge, Kennington, Private Collection/© Look and Learn/Illustrated Papers Collection/Bridgeman Images; Balmoral Castle, Scotland, Private Collection/© Look and Learn/Bridgeman Images; The New Crystal Palace, Sydenham © Science & Society Picture Library/Getty Images; Royal Albert Hall, London, Private Collection/© Look and Learn/Peter Jackson Collection/Bridgeman Images
Miniature sheet size: 146mm x 74mm
Stamp Format: Landscape
Stamp Size: 41mm x 30mm
Printer: International Security Printers
Print Process: Lithography
Perforations: 14.5 x 14
Phosphor: Bars as appropriate
Gum: PVA
Value / Description:
1st Class Model Lodge, Kennington
1st Class Balmoral Castle, Scotland
£1.55 The New Crystal Palace, Sydenham
£1.55 Royal Albert Hall, London
Background Image Albert Prince Consort
Presentation Pack (No. 571):
The Presentation Pack contains all six special stamps plus the Legacy of Prince Albert miniature sheet in a separate carrier. The pack includes an illustrated biography of Queen Victoria reflecting on her life on one side and her long period of mourning following the death of Prince Albert on the other.
