2025 Great Britain Stamp Program

May 1, Valour and Victory: Stories of the Second World War. Ten nondenominated first-class (£1.70) stamps in two se-tenant strips of five, first strip, George Arthur Roberts (1891-1970), London firefighter during German Blitz (Scott 4638); Mary Morris (1921-97), nurse who published her diaries of treating World War II soldiers (4639); Colonel Tommy Macpherson (1920-2014), commando and prisoner of war who escaped (4640); Violette Szabo (1921-45), volunteer for Special Operations Executive who was captured and executed by Nazis (4641); John Harrison (1914-2020), ordnance officer on HMS Belfast and HMS Atherstone (4642); in sheets of 50; second strip, Bhanbhagta Gurung (1921-2008), recipient of Victoria Cross for bravery in Burma campaign (4643); Thomas Peirson Frank (1881-1951), civil engineer who established Thames Flood Prevention Emergency Repairs Unit (4644); Mahinder Singh Pujji (1918-2010), pilot involved in campaigns in Europe, Middle East and Southeast Asia (4645); William Tutte (1917-2002), mathematician and codebreaker (4646); Lilian Bader (1918-2015), instrument repairer for Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (4647); in sheets of 50; souvenir sheet (4648) with four first-class stamps showing Dame Vera Lynn, wearing military cap, with soldiers holding coffee cups, singing to soldiers, near microphone; prestige stamp booklet (BK1252), includes the stamps from this issue, plus a pane of five King Charles III definitives, one 20p, two 50p and two £1 stamps; pane of 10 stamps with 10 se-tenant labels (4649). Linn’s, May 19, page 10.

May 7, Union Flag definitive. Pane of 10 nondenominated first-class (£1.70) stamps with 10 se-tenant labels (4650). Linn’s, May 19, page 10.

May 22, The Chronicles of Narnia. Eight nondenominated first-class (£1.70) stamps in two se-tenant strips of four, first strip, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Lucy and Tumnus on snowy path) (Scott 4651), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (sword battle) (4652), Prince Caspian (4653), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (4654); second strip, The Silver Chair (4655), The Horse and His Boy (4656), The Magician’s Nephew (4657), The Last Battle (4658); in separate sheets of 48; souvenir sheet (4659) with four first-class stamps, Mr Beaver leads the children to his house, The children and the beavers call for Edmund, The White Witch takes Edmund captive, The battle between Aslan and the White Witch; pane of eight stamps with eight se-tenant labels (4660). Linn’s, June 9, page 8.

July 24, Peanuts. Eight nondenominated first-class (£1.70) stamps in two se-tenant strips of four, first strip, Snoopy on pillar box, Woodstock in flight (Scott 4678), Lucy and Linus looking at sand castle (4679), Snoopy and Woodstock wearing bearskin hats (4680), Lucy, Snoopy and Charlie Brown watching Schroeder play piano (4681), in sheets of 48; second strip, Charlie Brown and Franklin playing soccer (4682), Charlie Brown holding umbrella over Snoopy (4683), Woodstock, Snoopy and Charlie Brown at birthday party (4684), Peppermint Patty, Marcie, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Sally, Lucy, Linus and Woodstock under tree (4685), in sheets of 48; pane of eight stamps with eight se-tenant labels (4686). Linn’s, Aug. 4, page 4. 

Aug. 14, Monty Python. Three se-tenant pairs of nondenominated first-class (£1.70) stamps, Terry Gilliam as Man with a Stoat Through His Head (Scott 4687), Eric Idle as Upper Class Twit (4688), in sheets of 60; John Cleese as a Gumby Brain Specialist (4689), Graham Chapman (1941-89) as the Colonel (4690), in sheets of 60; Michael Palin as the Lumberjack (4691), Terry Jones (1942-2020) as Spam Waitress (4692), in sheets of 60; souvenir sheet (4693) with four first-class stamps, “ ‘Tis but a scratch!” “Run away! Run Away!” “That is your purpose, Arthur — the quest for the Holy Grail,” “You’re lucky you’re not next to him”; pane of six stamps with six se-tenant labels (4694). Linn’s, Aug. 25, page 8.

Aug. 14, Scotland country definitives. Nondenominated second-class (87p), flag of Scotland (Scott 61), and first-class (£1.70), lion rampant (62), stamps in sheets of 25.  Linn’s, Sept. 1, page 12.

Sept. 11, Ducks. Se-tenant strip of five nondenominated second-class (87p) stamps, Goosander duck (Scott 4695), Indian Runner ducks (4696), Mallard duckling (4697), Mandarin duck (4698), and Call ducks (4699); se-tenant strip of five nondenominated first-class (£1.70) stamps, Aylesbury ducks (4700), Pintail duck (4701), Silver appleyard ducks (4702), Shelduck (4703), and Eider (4704) in separate sheets of 50, and in a pane of 10 stamps with 10 se-tenant labels (4705). Linn’s, Sept. 22, page 11.

Sept. 25, Steam Locomotives. Three se-tenant pairs of nondenominated first-class (£1.70) stamps, Rocket, 1829 (Scott 4706); Duchess of Hamilton, 1939 (4707), in sheets of 60; City of Truro, 1904 (4708), Evening Star, 1960 (4709), in sheets of 60; Locomotion No. 1, 1825 (4710), Mallard, 1938 (4711), in sheets of 60; souvenir sheet (4712) with four first-class stamps, Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825, Locomotion No. 1 at Darlington circa 1890, Centenary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1925, Replica Locomotion No. 1 in 1975. Linn’s, Oct. 13, page 8.

Sept. 30, King Charles III definitive. £3.40 dark green (Scott KC20). Linn’s, Oct. 13, page 10.

Oct. 16, Monopoly. Ten nondenominated first-class (£1.70) stamps in two se-tenant strips of five, first strip, Car game piece on Go space, hotel on Mayfair space (Scott 4713), House on Old Kent Road space (4714), Dog game piece on Pentonville Road space, house on Euston Road space (4715), Hat game piece on Whitehall space, house on Northumberland Avenue space (4716), Free Parking space, house on Vine Street space (4717), in sheets of 50; second strip, Pair of dice, Monopoly money, hotels on Park Lane and Mayfair spaces (4718), Shoe game piece on Liverpool Street Station space, property card (4719), Iron game piece and two houses on Oxford Street space, two houses on Regent Street space, property cards (4720), Ship game piece on Coventry Street space (4721), Pair of dice, Chance space, house on Vine Street space (4722), in sheets of 50; pane of 10 stamps with 10 se-tenant labels (4723). Linn’s, Nov. 3, page 7. 

Nov. 4, Christmas. Five stamps, four of which are nondenominated, second-class (87p), Archangel Gabriel, second-class for large mail (£1.55), Joseph and Mary, first-class (£1.70), Mary and Jesus, first-class for large mail (£3.15), Shepherds, £3.40, Wise Men; souvenir sheet contains the five stamps. Linn’s, Nov. 24, page 12.

Nov. 27, The Stamps of Queen Victoria. Eight nondenominated first-class (£1.70) stamps in two se-tenant strips of four, first strip, Penny Black, Twopenny Blue, 6d Embossed and 4d first letterpress; in sheets of 48; second strip, 1s Small Letters, Penny Red, Penny Lilac and 4d Jubilee; in sheets of 48; souvenir sheet with four first-class stamps showing Queen Victoria in various years, alone in 1854, with Prince Albert in 1854, in 1896 and in 1885; stamp booklet with four first-class Penny Black stamps; prestige stamp booklet, includes the stamps from this issue, plus a pane of four King Charles III definitives, two 1p, one 2p and one £3.40 stamps; pane of 10 stamps with 10 se-tenant labels. Linn’s, Dec. 15, page 18.