Queen Elizabeth II 1952-1970

1952-1954. Wm Tudor Crown.

½d 1d 1½d Orange Ultramarine Green

2d 2½d 3d 4d 5d Red-Brown Carmine-Red Deep Lilac Ultramarine Brown

6d 7d 8d 9d 10d Reddish Purple © BrightGerard Green J McGouranMagenta Bronze 2018-Green Prussian Blue

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

11d 1s 1s 3d 1s 6d Brown-Purple Bistre-Brown Green Grey-Blue

3rd June 1953. Coronation. Wm Tudor Crown.

2½d 4d Red Blue

1s 3d 1s 6d Green Blue

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk © Gerard J McGouran 2018 Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 1 1955 Wm St. Edward’s Crown. Perf 11 x 12.

2s 6d 5s Brown Red

Carrickfergus Castle Caernarvon Castle

10s £1 Blue Black

Edinburgh Castle Windsor Castle

1955-1958.

Wm St. Edward’s Crown. © Gerard J McGouran 2018

½d 1d 1½d 2d 2d

Orange www.gbstampalbums.co.ukBlue Green Red-Brown Light Red-Brown © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

2½d 3d 4d 5d 6d Red Lilac Blue Brown Purple

7d 8d 9d 10d 11d Green Magenta Bronze-Green Blue Plum

1s 1s 3d 1s 6d Bistre Green Indigo

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 2 1st August 1957. World Scout Jubilee Jamboree. Wm St. Edward’s Crown.

2½d 4d 1s 3d Red Blue Green

Scout Badge and ‘Rolling Hitch’ ‘Scouts Coming to Britain’ Globe Within a Compass

12th September 1957. 46th Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference. Wm St. Edward’s Crown.

Blue

19th November 1957. Graphite-lined issue. © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard Wm St. Edward’s Crown.

Graphite Lines

½d 1d 1½d 2d Orange Blue Green Light Red-Brown

2½d 3d Red Lilac

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 3 18th July 1958. Sixth British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Cardiff. Wm St. Edward’s Crown.

3d 6d 1s 3d Lilac Mauve Green

Welsh Dragon Flag and Games Emblem Welsh Dragon

1958-1965. Wm Multiple Crowns.

½d 1d 1½d 2d 2½d

Orange Blue Green Light Red-Brown Red

3d www.gbstampalbums.co.uk4d 4½d 5d 6d

Lilac Blue Brown Brown Purple © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

7d 8d 9d 10d 1st Green Magenta Bronze-Green Blue Bistre

1s 3d 1s 6d Green Indigo

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 4 1958-1959. Graphite-lined issue. Wm Multiple Crowns.

½d 1d 1½d 2d Orange Blue Green Light Red-Brown

2½d 3d 4d 4½d Red Lilac Blue Brown

18th November 1959.

Phosphor-Graphite issue.

Wm Multiple Crowns

2d 2½d 3d 4d 4½d Light Red-Brown Red Lilac Blue Brown

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 5 1960-1967. Phosphor issue. Two phosphor bands unless stated. Wm Multiple Crowns.

left band two bands

½d 1d 1½d 2d 2d Orange Blue Green Light Red-Brown Light Red-Brown

two bands one band two bands right band centre band

2½d 2½d 3d 3d 3d Red Red Lilac Lilac Lilac

4d 4½d 5d 6d 7d Blue © GerardBrown J McGouranBrown Purple2018 Green

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

8d 9d 10d 1s 1s 3d Magenta Bronze-Green Blue Bistre Green

1s 6d Indigo

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 6 1959-1963. Wm Multiple Crowns. Perf 11 x 12.

2s 6d 5s Brown Red

Carrickfergus Castle Caernarvon Castle

10s £1 Blue Black

Edinburgh Castle Windsor Castle

7th July 1960. Tercentenary of Establishment of ‘General Letter Office’. © Gerard WmJ MultipleMcGouran Crowns. 2018

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

3d 1s 6d

Postboy of 1660

Posthorn of 1660

19th September 1960. First Anniversary of European Postal and Telecommunications Conference. Wm Multiple Crowns.

2d 4d

Conference Emblem Conference Emblem

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 7 28th August 1961. Centenary of Post Office Savings Bank. Wm Multiple Crowns.

3d 1s 6d

2½d

‘Growth of Savings’ Thrift Plant

Thrift Plant

18th September 1961. European Postal and Telecommunications Conference, Torquay. Wm Multiple Crowns.

2d 4d 10d © Gerard J McGouran 2018

C.E.P.T. Emblemwww.gbstampalbums.co.uk Doves and Emblem Doves and Emblem © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

25th September 1961. Seventh Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. Wm Multiple Crowns.

6d 1s 3d

Hammer Beam Roof, Westminster Hall

Palace of Westminster

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 8 14th November 1962. National Productivity Year. Wm Multiple Crowns.

ordinary

2½d 3d 1s 3d

‘Units of Productivity’ ‘National Productivity’ ‘Unified Productivity/

phosphor

2½d 3d 1s 3d

www.gbstampalbums.co.ukordinary © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

2½d 1s 3d

Campaign Emblem and Family Children of Three Races

phosphor

2½d 2s 3d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 9 7th May 1963. Paris Postal Conference Centenary. Wm Multiple Crowns. ordinary phosphor

6d 6d

‘Paris Conference’ ‘Paris Conference’

16th May 1963. National Nature Week. Wm Multiple Crowns

ordinary

3d 4½d

phosphor © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

3d 4½d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 31st May 1963. Ninth International Lifeboat Conference, Edinburgh. Wm Multiple Crowns.

ordinary

2½d 4d 1s 6d

Rescue at Sea 19th Century Lifeboat Lifeboatmen

phosphor

2½d 4d 1s 6d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk15th August 1963. Red Cross Centenary Congress.

3d 1s 3d 1s 6d

Red Cross Red Cross Red Cross

phosphor

3d 1s 3d 1s 6d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 3rd December 1963. Opening of COMPAC (Trans-Pacific Telephone Cable). Wm Multiple Crowns.

ordinary phosphor

1s 6d 1s 6d

‘Commonwealth Cable’ ‘Commonwealth Cable’

23rd April 1964. Shakespeare Festival. Wm Multiple Crowns. ordinary

3d 6d 1s 3d

(A Midsummer Night’swww.gbstampalbums.co.uk Dream) (Twelfth Night) (Romeo and Juliet) © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

1s 6d 2s 6d

‘Eve of Agincourt’ Hamlet Contemplating Yorick’s (Henry V) Skull (Hamlet) and QEII.

phosphor

3d 6d

1s 3d 1s 6d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 1st July 1964. International Geographical Congress, London. Wm Multiple Crowns. ordinary

2½d 4d

Flats near Richmond Park Shipbuilding Yards, Belfast (‘Urban Development’) (‘Industrial Activity’)

8d 1s 6d

Beddgelert Forest Park, Snowdonia Nuclear Reactor, Dounreay

(‘Forestry’) (‘Technological Development’)

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

2½d 4d

8d 1s 6d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 5th August 1964. Tenth International Botanical Congress. Edinburgh. Wm Multiple Crowns. ordinary

3d 6d

Spring Gentian Dog Rose

9d 1s 3d

Honeysuckle Fringed Water Lily

phosphor

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk3d 6d © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

9d 1s 3d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 4th September 1964. Opening of Forth Road Bridge. Wm Multiple Crowns.

ordinary

3d 6d

Forth Road Bridge Forth Road and Railway Bridges

phoshpor

3d 6d

www.gbstampalbums.co.ukordinary © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

4d 1s 3d

Sir Winston Churchill Sir Winston Churchill

phosphor

4d 1s 3d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 19th July 1965. Anniversary of Simon De Montfort’s Parliament. Wm Multiple Crowns.

ordinary

6d 2s 6d

Simon De Montfort’s Seal Parliament Buildings (after engraving by Hollar, 1647)

phosphor

www.gbstampalbums.co.ukordinary © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

3d 1s 6d

Bandsmen and Banner Three Salvationists

phosphor

3d 1s 6d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 1st September 1965. Centenary of Joseph Lister’s Discovery of Antiseptic Surgery. Wm Multiple Crowns.

ordinary

4d 1s

Lister’s Carbolic Spray Lister and Chemical Symbols

phosphor

4d 1s

6d 1s 6d

Trinidad Carnival Dancers Canadian Folk Dancers

phosphor

6d 1s 6d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 13th September 1965. 25th Anniversary of Battle of Britain. Wm Multiple Crowns.

ordinary

4d 4d 4d

Flight of Supermarine Spitfires Pilot in Hawker Hurricane Mk I Wingtips of Supermarine Spitfire and Messerschmitt Bf 109

4d 4d 4d

Supermarine Spitfires Attacking Supermarine Spitfire Attacking Hawker Hurricanes Mk I Over Heinkel HE111 H Bomber Junkers Ju 87B ‘Stuka’ Dive Wreck of Dornier D0-17Z Bomber

Bomber

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

Anti-Aircraft Artillery in Action Air Battle over St Paul’s Cathedral

phosphor

4d 4d 4d

9d 1s 3d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 8th October 1965. Opening of Post Office Tower. Wm Multiple Crowns.

ordinary

3d 1s 3d

Tower and Georgian Buildings

Tower and Nash Terrace, Regent’s Park

phosphor

1s 3d

3d © Gerard J McGouran 2018

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

25th October 1965. 20th Anniversary of UNO and International Co-operation Year. Wm Multiple Crowns.

ordinary

3d 1s 6d

U.N. Emblem I.C.Y. Emblem

phosphor

3d 1s 6d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 15th November 1965. I.T.U. Centenary. Wm Multiple Crowns.

ordinary

9d 1s 6d

Telecommunications Network Radio Waves and Switchboard

phosphor

9d 1s 6d

www.gbstampalbums.co.ukordinary © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

4d 1s 3d

Robert Burns Robert Burns (after Skirving chalk drawing) (after Nasmyth portrait)

phosphor

4d 1s 3d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 28th February 1966. 900th Anniversary of Westminster Abbey. Wm Multiple Crowns.

ordinary

2s 6d 3d

Westminster Abbey Fan Vaulting, Henry VII Chapel

phosphor

www.gbstampalbums.co.ukordinary © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

4d 6d

View Near Hassocks, Sussex Antrim, Northern Ireland

1s 3d 1s 6d

Harlech Castle, Wales Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland

phosphor

4d 6d

1s 3d 1s 6d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 1st June 1966. World Cup Football Championship. Wm Multiple Crowns.

ordinary

6d 1s 3d

Goalmouth Melee Goalkeeper Saving Goal

Players With Ball

phosphor

6d 1s 3d

4d © Gerard J McGouran 2018

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

18th August 1966. England’s World Cup Football Victory. Wm Multiple Crowns.

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 8th August 1966. British Birds. Wm Multiple Crowns

ordinary

4d 4d

Black-Headed Gull Blue Tit

4d 4d

European Robin Blackbird

phosphor © Gerard J McGouran 2018

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk4d 4d © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

4d 4d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 19th September 1966. British Technology. Wm Multiple Crowns

ordinary

4d 6d

Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope British Motor Cars

1s 3d 1s 6d

SR N6 Hovercraft Windscale Reactor

phosphor

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk4d 6d © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

1s 3d 1s 6d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 14th October 1966. 900th Anniversary of Battle of Hastings. Scenes from Bayeux Tapestry. Wm Multiple Crowns.

ordinary

4d 4d 4d

6d 1s 3d

Normanwww.gbstampalbums.co.uk Ship Norman Horseman Attacking Harold’ s Troops © Gerard J McGouran McGouran 2018 ©J Gerard

phosphor

4d 4d 4d

6d 1s 3d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 1st December 1966. Christmas. Wm Multiple Crowns.

ordinary phosphor

3d 1s 6d 3d 1s 6d

King of the Orient Snowman

20 February 1967. European Free Trade Association. Wm Multiple Crowns.

ordinary

phosphor

9d 1s 6d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 24th April 1967. British Wild Flowers. Wm Multiple Crowns.

ordinary

4d 4d 4d

Hawthorn and Bramble Larger Bindweed and Viper’s Bugloss Ox-Eye Daisy, Coltsfoot and Buttercup

4d 9d 1s 9d

Bluebell, Red Campion and Wood Dog Violet Primroses

Anemone

4d 9d 1s 9d

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 1967-1969. Two phosphor bands unless stated. (Note: Type II values closer to left of stamp)

centre band type I type II

½d 1d 1d 2d 2d Orange-Brown Light Olive Yellowish Olive Lake Brown Lake Brown

Type II. centre band centre band centre band

2d 3d 3d 4d 4d Lake Brown Violet Violet Deep Sepia Deep Olive-Brown

centre band left band right band

6d 6d 6d 7d 8d Purple Bright Magenta Claret Bright Emerald Bright Vermillion

8d 9d 10d 1s 1s 6d Turquoise-Blue Green Drab Light Bluish Violet Blue & Deep Blue

phosphor paper

1s 6d 1s 9d Blue & Deep Blue Orange & Black

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 10th July 1967. British Paintings.

9d 4d 1s 6d

‘Mares and Foals in a Landscape’ ‘Children Coming out of School’ George Stubbs L.S. Lowry ‘Master Lambton’ Sir Thomas Lawrence

24th July 1967. Sir Francis Chichester’s World Voyage.

19th September 1967. British Discovery and Invention. Wm Multiple Crowns

4d 1s 1s 6d

Radar Screen Penicillium Notatum Vickers VC-10 Jet Engines

1s 9d

Television Equipment

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 18th October 1967. Christmas.

3d 1s 6d 4d

‘The Adoration of the Shepherds’ ‘The Adoration of the Shepherds’ Louis le Nain ‘Madonna and Child’ School of Seville Murillo

1967-1968.

No Wm. Perf 11 x 12.

10s £1

Edinburgh Castle Windsor Castle

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 29th April 1968. British Bridges.

4d 9d

Tarr Steps, Exmoor Aberfeldy Bridge

1s 6d 1s 9d

Menai Bridge M4 Viaduct

‘TUC’ and Trades Unionists Mrs Emmeline Parkhurst (statue)

1s 1s 9d

Sopwith Camel and English Captain Cook’s Endeavour and Electric Lightning Fighters Signature

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 12th August 1968. British Paintings.

4d 9d 1s 6d

‘Queen Elizabeth I’ ‘Pinkie’ ‘Ruins of St Mary Le Port’ Unknown Artist Lawrence John Piper

1s 9d

25th November 1968. Christmas.

9d 1s 6d

Girl and Boy With Rocking Horse

Girl With Doll’s House Boy With Train Set

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 15th January 1969. British Ships.

Queen Elizabeth 2

9d 9d 9d

Elizabethan Galleon East Indiaman Cutty Sark

1s 1s

3rd March 1969. First Flight of Concorde.

4d 9d 1s 6d

Concorde in Flight Plan and Elevation Views Concorde’s Nose and Tail

5th March 1969.

2s 6d 5s 10s £1

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 2nd April 1969. Anniversaries.

5d 9d 1s

Page from the Dail Mail and Europa and C.E.P.T. Emblems I.L.O. Emblem Vickers FB-27 Vimy Aircraft

1s 6d 1s 9d

Flags of N.A.T.O. Countries Vickers FB-27 Aircraft and Globe

showing Flight

5d 5d 5d

Durham Cathedral York Minster St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

5d 9d 1s 6d

Canterbury Cathedral St Paul’s Cathedral Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 1st July 1969. Investiture of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.

5d 5d 5d

The King’s Gate The Eagle Tower Queen Elanor’s Gate Caernarvon Castle Caernarvon Castle Caernarvon Castle

9d 1s

13th August 1969. Gandhi Centenary Year.

1s 6d

Mahatma Gandhi

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 1st October 1969. Post Office Technology Commemoration.

5d 9d

National Giro Telecommunications - International Subscriber Dialling

1s 1s 6d

Telecommunications - Pulse Code Postal Mechanisation - Automatic

Modulation Sorting

Herald Angel The Three Shepherds The Three Kings

11th February 1970. British Rural Architecture.

5d 9d

Fife Harling Cotswold Limestone

1s 1s 6d

Welsh Stucco Ulster Thatch

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 1st April 1970. Anniversaries.

5d 9d 1s

Signing the Declaration of Arbroath Florence Nightingale Attending Signing of International Patients

1s 6d 1s 9d

Pilgrims and Mayflower Sir William Herschel, Francis Baily,

Sir John Herschel and Telescope

5d 5d 5d

‘Mr Pickwick and Sam’ ‘Mr and Mrs Micawber’ ‘David Copperfield and Pickwick Papers David Copperfield Betsy Trotwood’ David Copperfield

5d 1s 6d

‘Oliver asking for more’ ‘Grasmere’ Oliver Twist (from engraving by J. Farrington, R.A.)

www.gbstampalbums.co.uk Queen Elizabeth II. Pre-Decimal 15th July 1970. Ninth British Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh.

5d 1s 6d 1s 9d

Runners Swimmers Cyclists

1st September 1970. ‘Philympia 70’ Stamp Exhibition.

5d 9d 1s 6d

25th November 1970. Christmas.

4d 5d 1s 6d

Shepherds and Apparition of Mary, Joseph and Christ in The Wise Men bearing Gifts the Angel Manger