Great Britain Displays

The pages in this section link to scans of displays on various subjects of Great Britain philately, which have been submitted as a resource for members of the GBPS. The introduction page for each display may be read by anyone, but to view the displays themselves you must be logged in. The page images themselves are resized to fit approximately into the height of the average screen, but if you click on one of them it will open the full size image, whatever size that may be.

There may be additional "displays" in a single from time to time -- these will be shown with an icon giving the file format, typically Word doc or PDF.

The examples here obviously represent only a small introductory selection of material to show what can be done; further scanned displays are actively solicited. Please see the 'how to' page or contact the for further details.

Copyright for these displays is retained by the original owners.

Postage Stamps

Title of display Frames Provided by
Evolution of British Stamp Perforation 1840 to 1880 5 Ray Simpson
An Introduction to the Silver Jubilee Stamp Booklets of 1935 1 Harvey Russell
Wilding Castles 8 Peter Shaw
'Britain's Marvelous Machins' 10 Steve McGill
A Comparison between the Stamps of two Crown Peculiars Robin Tibbenham

Postal History

Title of display Frames Provided by
The Maltese Cross 5 Howard Hughes
Post Office Express Delivery Inland Mail from 1891 6 Austin Davis
Royal Mail Special Delivery from 1971 2 Austin Davis
Overseas Registration pre-1841 1 Maurice Buxton
The 1971 Postal Strike 4 Maurice Buxton
'On the Cards' 1 anon

Other Subjects

Title of display Frames Provided by
British Revenue Stamps 1671-1853 8 Chris Harman
Embossed Adhesive Revenue Stamps Overprinted "Inland Revenue" 1860-74 1 Chris Harman
'Passed by British Philatelic Association' 3 Maurice Buxton
The Post Office Savings Bank 2 anon