Design and Colour on British Stamps 1840-1970
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This page looks at some design aspects of British definitive stamps 1840-1970, it is not exhaustive, but I hope it will interest philatelists and inspire a graphic design student to study the early development of British stamp design. This may lead to them designing a commemorative stamp.
- Wyon City Medal - 1837
- The 1840 Rainbow Colour Trials
- Penny Black Colour change to Red 1841
- Design change of the Penny Red 1864 - letters in all four corners
- New ½d and 1½d Values and designs 1870
- Change in colour of 1½d
- Values on the line-engraved stamps ½d, 1d, 1½d and 2d
- Embossed stamps 1847-54
- Colour changes in surface-printed stamps 1856-83
- 4d colour trials plate 15 in 1876
- High Value Colour Trials 1878
- Halfpenny 1880-1900 similarity of design
- Surcharged values of 1883 (3d on 3d, 6d on 6d)
- 1881 Penny lilac the first postage and inland revenue stamp
- 1883 High values new designs except for the 10s
- 1d stamp design used for letter postage 1840-1918
- 2d stamp design 1840-1912
- Colour changes in British stamps, one colour, two colour, multi-colour (big file).
- Jubilee issue in two colours and coloured paper
- The Jubilee issue and the KEVII compared
- New design for King Edward VII definitives
- Downey Heads 1911
- King George V stamps grouped by design
- Seahorses 1913 re-engraved in 1934
- KGV Photogravure 1934
- King Edward VIII definitives 1936
- King George VI definitive stamps 1937-47
- Lighter colours 1941-42
- Colour changes 1950-52
- Queen Elizabeth definitive stamps 1952-67
- Wildings grouped by design 1952-67
- Castle high values 1955-69
- Machins 1967-70
- Machin High Values 1969
- Decimal High Values 1970
A tribute to the stamp designer Edmund Dulac