CONTENTS

TECHNICAL NOTE AND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

KEY TO INDEX ENTRIES

POSTAGE STAMPS INDEX

QUEEN VICTORIA – Line-Engraved

1840 2d Blue (Plates 1, 2)

1841 1d Red (Die 1)

1841–57 2d Blue (Plates 3, 4, 5, 6)

1855 1d Red (Die 2)

1858 2d Blue (Plates 7–9, 12–15)

1860 1½d Rosy Mauve

1864 1d Red Plate Numbers

1870 ½d Rose-Red

QUEEN VICTORIA – Embossed

QUEEN VICTORIA – Surface Printed

1855–83 Surface Printed

1883–84 High Values

1883–84 ‘Lilac and Green’ Issue

1887–1900 ‘Jubilee’ Issue

KING EDWARD VII

1911–12 Downey Head

1912–22 Royal Cypher

1924–26 Block Cypher

1934–36 Photogravure

1913–34 Seahorse High Values

1924–25 Wembley Exhibition

1929 Postal Union Congress

1935 Silver Jubilee

KING EDWARD VIII

Low Value Definitives

1941–42 Light Colours

1950–52 Changed Colours

‘Arms’ High Values

‘Festival’ High Values

1937 Coronation

1948 Silver Wedding

1949 Universal Postal Union

1951 Festival of Britain

QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Wilding Definitives

1955–1968 Castle High Values

Machin Definitives

1969–1987 Machin High Values

1988–1997 Machin Castle High Values

Special and Commemorative Issues

Booklets and Booklet Stamps see also Postage Stamp Index

Computers & Philately

Departmental Officials

Essays & Designs

Exhibitions, Philatelic

Newspaper Stamps

Overprinted for Use Abroad

Postal Reforms 1839-40

Postal Stationery see also Air Letters

Rolls of Stamps

Security Endorsements

Shipping Companies

Stamp Committee

Techniques of Philately

Telegraph Stamps

Vending Machines see also Rolls of Stamps

Watermarks (see Paper)

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