Great Britain commemorative stamps 1990 - 1999

Commemorative stamps, postage stamp

Postage stamp

A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...

s issued to honor or commemorate a place, event or person, have been released by Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

since 1924. Several sets were released during the decade of the 1990s.

History

Postage stamps were first used in Great Britain

Great Britain

on 6 May 1840, with the introduction of the world's first adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black

Penny Black

The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. It was issued in Britain on 1 May 1840, for official use from 6 May of that year....

. Up until 1924, all British stamps depicted only the portrait of the reigning monarch

Monarch

A monarch is the person who heads a monarchy. This is a form of government in which a state or polity is ruled or controlled by an individual who typically inherits the throne by birth and occasionally rules for life or until abdication...

, with the exception of the 'High Value' stamps, the so-called "Sea Horses" design issued in 1913, which were twice the size of normal stamps with added pictorial design.

In 1924, the first 'Commemorative' stamp was issued for the British Empire Exhibition

British Empire Exhibition

The British Empire Exhibition was a colonial exhibition held at Wembley, Middlesex in 1924 and 1925.-History:It was opened by King George V on St George's Day, 23 April 1924. The British Empire contained 58 countries at that time, and only Gambia and Gibraltar did not take part...

. There were then occasional issues over the next thirty years, when the frequency of new issues became more regular. From the mid-sixties, in most years, six to nine sets of commemorative stamps have been issued every year. PHQ Cards, postcard sized reproductions of commemorative stamps, have also been issued to accompany every new set of stamps since the mid-seventies.

British Commemorative stamps issued between 1990 and 1999.
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Issue Date	Issue details	Stamps in set	Designer(s)
1990
23 January 1990	150th Anniversary of Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals	Four
6 February 1990	Greetings Stamps "Smiles"	Ten
6 March 1990	Europa Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... & Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... 1990, European City of Culture	Four
10 April 1990	25th Anniversary of Queen's Award for Export & Technology	Two
3 May 1990	"Stamp World 90" International Stamp Exhibition, (Miniature Sheet)	One (MS)
5 June 1990	150th Anniversary of Kew Gardens	Four
10 July 1990	150th Birth anniversary of Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy, OM was an English novelist and poet. While his works typically belong to the Naturalism movement, several poems display elements of the previous Romantic and Enlightenment periods of literature, such as his fascination with the supernatural.While he regarded himself primarily as a... (Author)	One
2 August 1990	90th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II... the Queen Mother Queen mother Queen Mother is a title or position reserved for a widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch. The term has been used in English since at least 1577...	Four
11 September 1990	Gallantry Awards	Five
16 October 1990	Astronomy Astronomy Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...	Four	J. Fisher
13 November 1990	Christmas	Five
1991
8 January 1991	Dogs - Paintings by George Stubbs George Stubbs George Stubbs was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses.-Biography:Stubbs was born in Liverpool, the son of a currier and leather merchant. Information on his life up to age thirty-five is sparse, relying almost entirely on notes made by fellow artist Ozias Humphry towards the...	Five
5 February 1991	Greetings Stamps "Good Luck"	Ten
5 March 1991	Scientific Achievements	Four	J Harwood
26 March 1991	Greetings Stamps "Smiles", same set as issued 06/02/90 reprinted , inscribed "1st" instead of "20p"	Ten
23 April 1991	Europa Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... , Europe in Space	Four
11 June 1991	World Student Games, Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely... (22p, 26p & 31p) & Rugby World Cup Rugby World Cup The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board and held every four years since 1987.... , London (37p)	Four
16 July 1991	9th World Congress of Roses, Belfast Belfast Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...	Five
20 August 1991	150th Anniversary of Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of... 's Identification by Owen	Five	Bryan Kneale
17 September 1991	Bicentenary of Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey Ordnance Survey , an executive agency and non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom, is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, producing maps of Great Britain , and one of the world's largest producers of maps.The name reflects its creation together with... . Maps MAPS Maps is the plural of map, a visual representation of an area.As an acronym, MAPS may refer to:* Mail Abuse Prevention System, an organisation that provides anti-spam support... of Ham Street, Kent Kent Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...	Four	Howard Brown
12 November 1991	Christmas	Five
1992
14 January 1992	Wintertime	Five
28 January 1992	Greetings Stamps "Memories"	Ten
6 February 1992	40th Anniversary of Accession	Five
10 March 1992	Death Centenary of Alfred, Lord Tennyson	Four
7 April 1992	Europa Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... , International Events	Five
16 June 1992	350th Anniversary of the Civil War English Civil War The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...	Four
21 July 1992	150th Anniversary of Sir Arthur Sullivan	Five
15 September 1992	Protection of the Environment, Children's Paintings	Four
13 October 1992	Single European Market	One
10 November 1992	Christmas	Five
1993
19 January 1993	600th Anniversary of Abbotsbury Abbotsbury Abbotsbury is a large village and civil parish in the West Dorset district of Dorset, England; situated north-west of Weymouth. It is located from Upwey railway station and from Bournemouth International Airport. The main road running through the village is the B3157, connecting Abbotsbury to... Swannery	Five	David Gentleman David Gentleman David Gentleman is an English artist-designer. He studied illustration at the Royal College of Art under Edward Bawden and John Nash. He has worked in various media - watercolour, lithography, wood engraving - and at scales ranging from the platform-length murals for Charing Cross underground...
2 February 1993	Greetings Stamps " Gift Giving"	Ten
16 February 1993	300th Anniversary of John Harrison John Harrison John Harrison was a self-educated English clockmaker. He invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought device in solving the problem of establishing the East-West position or longitude of a ship at sea, thus revolutionising and extending the possibility of safe long distance sea travel in the Age... , inventor of the marine chronometer Marine chronometer A marine chronometer is a clock that is precise and accurate enough to be used as a portable time standard; it can therefore be used to determine longitude by means of celestial navigation...	Four
2 March 1993	£10 Definitive	One
16 March 1993	14th World Orchid Conference, Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...	Five
11 May 1993	Europa, Contemporary Art Contemporary art Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...	Four
15 June 1993	Roman Britain Roman Britain Roman Britain was the part of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire from AD 43 until ca. AD 410.The Romans referred to the imperial province as Britannia, which eventually comprised all of the island of Great Britain south of the fluid frontier with Caledonia...	Four
20 July 1993	Inland Waterways	Four
14 September 1993	The Four Seasons, Autumn	Five
12 October 1993	Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...	Five
9 November 1993	Christmas	Five
1994
18 January 1994	The Age of Steam	Five
1 February 1994	Greetings Stamps "Messages"	Ten
1 March 1994	25th Anniversary of Investiture of the Prince of Wales Paintings by Prince Charles	Five
12 April 1994	Centenary of Picture Postcards Postcard A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope....	Four
3 May 1994	Opening of Channel Tunnel Channel Tunnel The Channel Tunnel is a undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent in the United Kingdom with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. At its lowest point, it is deep...	Four
6 June 1994	50th anniversary of D-Day D-Day D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. "D-Day" often represents a variable, designating the day upon which some significant event will occur or has occurred; see Military designation of days and hours for similar...	Five	K Bassford
5 July 1994	Scottish Golf Golf Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes.... Courses	Five
2 August 1994	The Four Seasons, Summertime	Five
27 September 1994	Europa Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... , Medical Discoveries	Four
1 November 1994	Christmas	Five
1995
17 January 1995	Cats	Five
14 March 1995	Springtime	Five
21 March 1995	Greetings Stamps 'Greetings in Art'	Ten
11th April 1995	Centenary of the National Trust National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...	Five
2 May 1995	Europa Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... , Peace & Freedom	Five
6 June 1995	Science Fiction, Novels by H.G. Wells	Four
8 August 1995	Reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Globe Theatre The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613...	Five
5 September 1995	Pioneers of Communication	Four
3 October 1995	Centenary of Rugby League Rugby league Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...	Five
30 October 1995	Christmas	Five
1996
25 January 1996	Death Bicentenary of Robert Burns Robert Burns Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...	Four
25 February 1996	Greetings Stamps, Cartoons	Ten
12 March 1996	50th Anniversary of Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust	Five
16 April 1996	Centenary of Cinema Film A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...	Five
14 May 1996	European Football Championship UEFA European Football Championship The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA . Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current...	Five	H Brown
9 July 1996	Olympic & Paralympic Games Paralympic Games The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their... , Atlanta	Five
6 August 1996	Europa Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... , Famous Women	Five
3 September 1996	50th Anniversary oc Children's Television	Five
1 October 1996	Classic Sports Cars	Five
28 October 1996	Christmas	Five
28 October 1996	Greetings Stamps, 19th century Flower Paintings	Ten
1997
21 January 1997	450th Death Anniversary of King Henry VIII Henry VIII of England Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...	Seven
11 March 1997	Religious Anniversaries	Four
21 April 1997	Royal Golden Wedding Gold Definitives, 26p & 1st values	Two
13 May 1997	Europa, Horror Stories	Four
10 June 1997	British Aircraft Designers	Five	Turner Duckworth
8 July 1997	"All the Queen's Horses", 50th Anniversary of the British Horse Society British Horse Society The British Horse Society is a membership-based equine charity, with a stated vision of "a society which provides a strong voice for horses and people and which spreads awareness through support, training and education"...	Four
12 August 1997	Sub-Post Offices	Four
9 September 1997	Birth Centenary of Enid Blyton Enid Blyton Enid Blyton was an English children's writer also known as Mary Pollock.Noted for numerous series of books based on recurring characters and designed for different age groups,her books have enjoyed huge success in many parts of the world, and have sold over 600 million copies.One of Blyton's most...	Five
27 October 1997	Christmas, 150th Anniversary of the Christmas Cracker Christmas cracker Christmas crackers or bon-bons are an integral part of Christmas celebrations in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. They are also popular in Ireland. A cracker consists of a cardboard tube wrapped in a brightly decorated twist of...	Five
13 November 1997	Royal Golden Wedding	Four
1998
20 January 1998	Endangered Species	Six	Robert Maude
3 February 1998	Diana, Princess of Wales Diana, Princess of Wales Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981, and an international charity and fundraising figure, as well as a preeminent celebrity of the late 20th century... Commemoration	Five
24 February 1998	The Queen's Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,... Beasts (650th Anniversary of the Order of the Garter Order of the Garter The Most Noble Order of the Garter, founded in 1348, is the highest order of chivalry, or knighthood, existing in England. The order is dedicated to the image and arms of St... )	Five	Jeffrey Matthews FSCD
24 March 1998	Lighthouses Lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....	Five	Dick Davis
23 April 1988	Comedians	Five	Gerald Scarfe Gerald Scarfe Gerald Anthony Scarfe, CBE, RDI, is an English cartoonist and illustrator. He worked as editorial cartoonist for The Sunday Times and illustrator for The New Yorker...
23 June 1998	Health (50 Years of the NHS National Health Service The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom... )	Four	Vince Frost
21 July 1998	Magical Worlds (Classic Fantasy Books for Children)	Five	Peter Malone
25 August 1998	Europa. Carnival (Notting Hill Carnival Notting Hill Carnival The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event which since 1964 has taken place on the streets of Notting Hill, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea , London, UK each August, over two days... )	Four	Tim Hazael
29 September 1998	Speed (Great British Land Speed Record Land speed record The land speed record is the highest speed achieved by a wheeled vehicle on land. There is no single body for validation and regulation; in practice the Category C flying start regulations are used, officiated by regional or national organizations under the auspices of the Fédération... s)	Five	Roundel
2 November 1998	Christmas Christmas Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days... (Angels)	Five	Irene von Treskow
1999
12 January 1999	The Millennium Millennium A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years —from the Latin phrase , thousand, and , year—often but not necessarily related numerically to a particular dating system.... Series. The Inventor's Tale	Four	David Gentleman
2 February 1999	The Millennium Millennium A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years —from the Latin phrase , thousand, and , year—often but not necessarily related numerically to a particular dating system.... Series. The Traveller's Tale	Four
2 March 1999	The Millennium Series. The Patient's Tale	Four
6 April 1999	The Millennium Series. The Settler's Tale	Four
4 May 1999	The Millennium Series. The Worker's Tale	Four
1 June 1999	The Millennium Series. The Entertainer's Tale	Four
15 June 1999	The Wedding of Prince Edward Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex KG GCVO is the third son and fourth child of Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh... and Sophie Rhys-Jones	Two	John Swannell John Swannell John Swannell, born 1946, is an English photographer.After leaving school at 16, he worked first as an assistant at Vogue Studios and then assisted David Bailey for four years before setting up his own studio....
6 July 1999	The Millennium Series. The Citizen's Tale	Four
3 August 1999	The Millennium Millennium A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years —from the Latin phrase , thousand, and , year—often but not necessarily related numerically to a particular dating system.... Series. The Scientist's Tale	Four
11 August 1999	Solar Eclipse
7 September 1999	The Millennium Series. The Farmer's Tale	Four
21 September 1999	World Changers
5 October 1999	The Millennium Series. The Soldier's Tale	Four
2 November 1999	The Millennium Series. The Christian's Tale	Four	Clare Melinsky
7 December 1999	The Millennium Series. The Artist's Tale	Four
14 December 1999	The Millennium Series. Millennium Timekeeper	One	David Gentleman

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