2024 Great Britain Stamp Program

Jan 15, 2025, 10 AM

Great Britain’s Royal Mail issued a definitive stamp April 4 to meet the new international standard rate for letters, which increased from £2.20 to £2.50 on April 2.

Jan. 11, Spice Girls. Ten nondenominated first-class (£1.25) stamps in two strips of five showing concert photos, first strip, group at 1997 BRIT Awards (Scott 4448), Melanie Chisholm at 1998 BRIT Awards (4449), group at closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games (4450), Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice) at 1997 (4451), group in San Jose, Calif., 2007 (4452), second strip, Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) at Wembley Arena, London, 1998 (4453), group in Istanbul, Turkey, 1997 (4454), Victoria Beckham (Posh Spice) in New York, 2008 (4455), group in Dublin, Ireland, 1998 (4456), Melanie Brown (Scary Spice) at BRIT Awards, 1997 (4457) in separate sheets of 50, and in a pane of 10 stamps with 10 se-tenant labels (4459), souvenir sheet (4458) with five first-class stamps, Posh Spice, Scary Spice, Baby Spice, Ginger Spice, Sporty Spice; prestige stamp booklet (BK1245), includes the stamps from this issue, plus a pane of four King Charles III definitives, 10 pence, 20p, £1, £2. Linn’s, Jan. 29, page 18.

Feb. 1, Weather Forecasting 170-year history of the Meteorological Office. Se-tenant pair of second-class (75p) stamps, Luke Howard, cloud classifier (Scott 4460), Robert FitzRoy’s storm barometer (4461), in sheets of 60; se-tenant pair of first-class (£1.25) stamps, members of Terra Nova Expedition studying extreme weather in 1910-12 with weather balloon (4462), marine buoy, map of British isles (4463), in sheets of 60; se-tenant pair of £2 stamps, weather observer using Stevenson Screen in 1941 (4464), weather radar system, computer map, radar data (4465), in sheets of 60; se-tenant pair of £2.20 stamps, meteorologist Barbara Edwards with a television forecast map (4466), weather satellite, computer image of weather data (4467), in sheets of 60. Linn’s, Feb. 26, page 18.

Feb. 20, Viking Britain. Se-tenant pair of £1 stamps, Silver penannular brooch found in Penrith (Scott 4468), Lindisfarne Priory, Northumberland (4469), in sheets of 60; se-tenant pair of nondenominated first-class (£1.25) stamps, iron, silver and copper sword, London (4470), Olaf Guthfrithsson silver penny minted in York (4471), in sheets of 60; se-tenant pair of £2 stamps, Norse settlement remains, Jarlshof, Shetland Islands (4472), antler comb and case found in Coppergate (4473), in sheets of 60; se-tenant pair of £2.20 stamps, gilded bronze brooch found in Pitney (4474), hogback gravestone from Govan Old churchyard, Glasgow (4475), in sheets of 60. Linn’s, March 11, page 1.

March 12, The Age of the Dinosaurs. Two se-tenant pairs of nondenominated first-class (£1.25) stamps, tyrannosaurus (Scott 4476), triceratops (4477), in sheets of 60; coloborhynchus (4478), iguanodon (4479), in sheets of 60; two se-tenant pairs of £2 stamps, stegosaurus (4480), diplodocus (4481), in sheets of 60; megalosaurus (4482), cryptoclidus (4483), in sheets of 60; souvenir sheet (4484) with four first-class stamps, Mary Anning, Ichthyosaurus communis, Dapedium politum, Plesiosaurus macrocephalus. Linn’s, April 1, page 14.

April 4, King Charles III definitive. £2.50 gooseberry green. Linn’s, June 3, page 12.

April 16, 100 Years of Commemorative Stamps. Two se-tenant strips of five nondenominated first-class (£1.25) stamps showing stamp-on-stamp designs of previous Great Britain stamps, in separate sheets of 60, and in a pane of 10 stamps with 10 se-tenant labels. Linn’s, April 29, page 12.

May 16, Peppa Pig. Se-tenant strip of four nondenominated first-class (£1.23) stamps, Peppa and George, Suzy Sheep and Danny Dog, George and Daddy Pig, and Mummy Pig and Peppa, in sheets of 48; se-tenant strip of four £2 stamps, Grandpa Pig and Polly Parrot, Granny Pig and her chickens, Mr. Bull and Madame Gazelle, and Mr. Zebra and Miss Rabbit, in sheets of 48; souvenir sheet with four stamps, two first-class stamps, Peppa, George, and two £2 stamps, Zoe Zebra, Suzy Sheep. Linn’s, May 27, page 1.

June 6, Dogs. Se-tenant strip of five nondenominated second-class (85p) stamps, Dalmatian, Jack Russell-type Terrier, Labrador Retriever, Border Collie, and Whippet; se-tenant strip of five nondenominated first-class (£1.35) stamps, Siberian Husky, Chihuahua, Cocker Spaniel, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, and Pug in separate sheets of 50, and in a pane of 10 stamps with 10 se-tenant labels. Linn’s, June 24, page 1.

June 20, Red Arrows: 60 Seasons. Two se-tenant pairs of nondenominated first-class (£1.35) stamps, Red 1, Diamond Nine formation, in sheets of 60; Gnats looping, Gnat with Hawks, in sheets of 60; two se-tenant pairs of £2 stamps, Synchro Pair inverted pass, Vixen Break maneuver, in sheets of 60; last flight with Vulcan XH558, coronation flypast, in sheets of 60; souvenir sheet with four stamps, two first-class stamps, Niagara Falls, Akrotiri coast; and two £2.50 stamps, Paris, France, Giza pyramid complex, Egypt; prestige stamp booklet, includes the stamps from this issue, plus a pane of two King Charles III definitives, £2. Linn’s, July 8, page 1.

July 25, Dungeons & Dragons. Se-tenant strip of four nondenominated first-class (£1.35) stamps, Red Dragon, Owlbear, Vecna, and Gelatinous Cube; se-tenant strip of four £2.50 stamps, Mind Flayer, Mimic, Displacer Beast, and Beholder; in separate sheets of 48, and in a pane of 10 stamps with 10 se-tenant labels; souvenir sheet with six first-class stamps, Tiefling Rogue, Human Bard, Halfling Cleric, Elf Fighter, Dragonborn Wizard, and Dwarf Paladin; prestige stamp booklet, includes the stamps from this issue, plus a pane of four King Charles III definitives, 2p, 10p, and two £1 stamps. Linn’s, Aug. 5, page 14.

Aug. 13, Tower of London. Se-tenant pair of first-class (£1.35) stamps, the White Tower, Yeoman Warders, in sheets of 60; se-tenant pair of £2 stamps, Tower Green and the King’s House, Traitor’s Gate, in sheets of 60; se-tenant pair of £2.50 stamps, St. John’s Chapel, a Raven of the Tower, in sheets of 60; souvenir sheet with four stamps, two first-class stamps, Princes Edward and Richard, Anne Boleyn, and two £2.50 stamps, Lady Jane Grey, Sir Walter Raleigh. Linn’s, Sept. 2, page 12.

Aug. 13, Union Flag definitive. Nondenominated first-class (£1.35) stamps in sheets of 50. Linn’s, Sept. 2, page 17.

Sept. 3, Porridge. Se-tenant pair of second-class (85p) stamps, “I read a book once, green it was,” “I treat you all with equal contempt,” in sheets of 60; se-tenant pair of first-class (£1.35) stamps, “Born free, till somebody caught me,” “There is a thief among us,” in sheets of 60; se-tenant pair of £2 stamps, “Little victories – you told me that,” “Free range? More like half a dozen there mate,” in sheets of 60; se-tenant pair of £2.50 stamps, “What, from here?” “I sometimes wish I was in here with you lot,” in sheets of 60; pane of 10 stamps with 10 se-tenant labels. Linn’s, Sept. 23, page 16.

Sept. 26, Spiders. Five se-tenant nondenominated second-class (85p) stamps, sand bear spider, cucumber spider, woodland jumping spider, four-spotted orbweb spider, nurseryweb spider in sheets of 50; five se-tenant nondenominated first-class (£1.35) stamps, ladybird spider, candy-striped spider, wasp spider, zebra spider, heather crab spider in sheets of 50. Linn’s, Oct. 7, page 14.

Oct. 1, King Charles III definitive. £2.80 slate blue. Linn’s, Oct. 21, page 13.

Oct. 17, The Who. Four se-tenant nondenominated first-class (£1.65) stamps showing album covers, My Generation, Tommy, Who’s Next, Quadrophenia in sheets of 48 and in a self-adhesive booklet of four; four se-tenant £2 stamps showing album covers, Who Are You, Face Dances, Endless Wire, Who in sheets of 48; in a pane of 10 stamps with 10 se-tenant labels; souvenir sheet with four stamps, two first-class stamps, 1968 color publicity photograph, 1967 black and white photograph from Marquee Club in London, and two £2 stamps, 1973 black and white photograph from Kings Hall in Manchester, 1965 color publicity photograph; prestige booklet includes all of the stamps from this issue, plus a pane of two £2 King Charles III definitives with barcodes. Linn’s, Oct. 28, page 14.

Nov. 5, Christmas/Cathedrals. Five stamps, four of which are nondenominated, second-class (85p), St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh, second-class for large mail (£1.55), Church of Ireland St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Armagh, first-class (£1.65), Liverpool Cathedral, first-class for large mail (£2.60), St. Deiniol’s Cathedral in Wales, £2.80, Westminster Cathedral in London; souvenir sheet contains the five stamps. Linn’s, Dec. 2, page 12.

Nov. 14, Wales country definitive. Nondenominated second-class (85p), Leek, and first-class (£1.65), Dragon, stamps in sheets of 25. Linn’s, Dec. 2, page 13.

Nov. 30, Winston Churchill 150th Birth Anniversary. Se-tenant pair of second-class (85p) stamps, “I have mostly acted in politics as I felt I wanted to act,” “I have faith in my star...that I am intended to do something in the world,” in sheets of 60; se-tenant pair of first-class (£1.65) stamps, “We shall fight on the beaches,” “You ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory,” in sheets of 60; se-tenant pair of £1 stamps, “We may content ourselves with a joy ride in a paint-box,” “I married and lived happily ever afterwards,” in sheets of 60; se-tenant pair of £2 stamps, “The greatest tie of all is language...Words are the only things that last forever,” “I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar,” in sheets of 60; prestige stamp booklet, includes the stamps from this issue, plus a pane of four King Charles III definitives, two 50p and two £1 stamps; pane of 10 stamps with 10 se-tenant labels. Linn’s, Dec. 16, page 20.

Details of each issue listed in this program are given in the cited issues of Linn’s. Stamps are self-adhesive unless otherwise noted.

PURCHASING GREAT BRITAIN STAMPS

Great Britain’s stamps and first-day covers are available at the Royal Mail website (www.royalmail.com/shop), and by mail order from Royal Mail, Tallents House, 21 S. Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, EH12 9PB, Scotland.