Great Britain Displays

This section contains scans of displays on a wide range of subjects within Great Britain philately, supplied as a resource for members of the GBPS. The introduction pages may be read by anyone, but to view the displays themselves you must be logged in. The page images are resized to fit roughly into the height of the average screen, but if you click on one it will open the full size image, whatever size that may be. You can page through the display by clicking the arrows in the sidebar or by using the left and right arrow keys.
Many displays are in addition available for download in a single file – these are listed in the "Files" column with an icon giving the file format, typically PDF. (If a display is only available as a download, the page count will be shown in grey italics.)
A letter "w" or "d" after the number of sheets indicates that the display is on "wide" or "double" size sheets respectively (although some displays on normal size sheets may include the occasional double width or larger sheet too).
The examples here obviously represent only a selection of possible material; further scanned displays are actively solicited. Please see the 'how to provide a display' page for details, or contact the for further information.
Copyright for these displays is retained by the original owners.
Postage Stamps - Queen Victoria
Title of display | Provided by | Pages | Files |
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The Repaired Impressions of Die I Penny Red Plate 17 | Kevin Maunder | 16 | ![]() |
Evolution of British Stamp Perforation 1840 to 1880 | Ray Simpson | 80 | ![]() |
Low Value Surface Printed Stamps (2½d to 2s) 1855 to 1884 | Robert Galland | 128 | ![]() |
The Penny Lilac | Peter Young | 138 | ![]() |
Queen Victoria Essays, Proofs and Trials | Peter Young | 149 | ![]() |
The £5 Orange | John Horsey | 80 | ![]() |
The 4d QV Jubilee | Phil Waud | 16 | ![]() |
Postage Stamps - Four Kings
Title of display | Provided by | Pages | Files |
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King Edward VII Essays and Proofs | Graham Horton | 128 | ![]() |
King George V Downey Head — Selected Sheets from a Plating Study | Mike Jackson | 12 w | ![]() |
Harrison Dummy Stamps of King George V | Glenn Morgan | 16 | ![]() |
George V Commemorative Stamp Issues | Mary Pugh | 80 | ![]() |
Introduction to the Silver Jubilee Stamp Booklets of 1935 | Harvey Russell | 16 | ![]() |
King Edward VIII: A Study of the ½d Green Cylinder 15 | Robin Restall | 32 | ![]() |
King Edward VIII 1½d Red-Brown, Control A/36, Cylinder 2: The Case of the Curious Coif | Robin Restall | 24 | ![]() |
King Edward VIII 2½d Blue: The Study of an Incomplete Collection | Robin Restall | 64 | ![]() |
The 1937 Coronation Stamp of King George VI: Cylinder 4 | Robin Restall | 27 | ![]() |
The 1937 Coronation Stamp of King George VI: Cylinder 6 | Robin Restall | 70 | ![]() |
The 1937 Coronation Stamp of King George VI: Cylinder 7 | Robin Restall | 112 | ![]() |
Postage Stamps - Queen Elizabeth II (Machins)
Title of display | Provided by | Pages | Files |
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Pre-Decimal Machins | Tony Walker | 375 | ![]() |
Pre-Decimal Machins (Spring Stampex 2017 Special Display) | Tony Walker | 128 | ![]() |
'Britain's Marvelous Machins' - Varieties of the Denominated Printings 1967-2017 | Steve McGill | 128 | ![]() |
NVI Machins 1989-2017 | Steve McGill | 128 | ![]() |
Machin Definitives - Testing and Trialling | Scott Kibby | 16 | ![]() |
Machin Definitives - When Production Goes Wrong | Scott Kibby | 16 | ![]() |
Machin Dummy Books | Glenn Morgan | 64 | ![]() |
Machin Greetings Card Sheets ('Boots' Sheets) | Glenn Morgan | 16 | ![]() |
Postage Stamps - Queen Elizabeth II (Other)
Title of display | Provided by | Pages | Files |
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Wilding Low Values from Sheets | Frank Walton | 120 | ![]() |
Wilding Castles | Peter Shaw | 128 | ![]() |
Unadopted Designs by Robert Sellar | Glenn Morgan | 16 | ![]() |
Encapsulated Stamp Cards | Glenn Morgan | 16 | ![]() |
The Decimal Castle High Values 1988-1999 | Peter Shaw | 96 | ![]() |
An Olympic Effort - The Story of Royal Mail's overnight Gold Medal Winner postage stamps | Glenn Morgan | 12 w | ![]() |
Postage Stamps - Multiple Reigns
Title of display | Provided by | Pages | Files |
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High Values - Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II | Max Melrose | 215 | ![]() |
Controls Used on Cover | James Heal | 84 | ![]() |
Mixed Frankings of the 20th Century | Maurice Buxton | 192 | ![]() |
A Study of GB Low Value Definitives 1934 to 1971 | John Gowland | 80 | ![]() |
Postal Markings
Title of display | Provided by | Pages | Files |
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Sheffield Postal History | Frank Walton | 93 | ![]() |
Suffolk Postal History | Tom Slemons | 132 | ![]() |
The Maltese Cross | Howard Hughes | 264 | ![]() |
Cancellation of the Imperforate Line Engraved Issues (1840–1854) | Chris Jones | 80 | ![]() |
District Office Cancels | Dave Simmons | 130 | ![]() |
Spoon Cancellations of Great Britain and Ireland | Graham Booth | 139 | ![]() |
The Sideways Experimental Duplex 1854-1858 | Ray Barton | 116 | ![]() |
Experimental and Early Machine Postmarks of England 1857-1912 | Jerry H. Miller | 159 | ![]() |
Meter Franking: First Type Meter Marks | Mike Jackson | 60 w | ![]() |
Field Post Offices of the British Expeditionary Force 1939-40 | Ingo Egerlandt | 80 | ![]() |
Printed Postage Impressions - The 2003 Series | George King | 16 | ![]() |
The New Modern Meter Mail | George King | 16 | ![]() |
Postal History
Postal Stationery
(stamped stationery, and for convenience other printed private and Official stationery is included here)
Title of display | Provided by | Pages | Files |
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The Mulready and its Advertisements | Tom Slemons | 16 | ![]() |
The Post Magazine Address Panel and its Decorative Border | Phil Cheetham | 16 | ![]() |
Propaganda Envelopes of the 19th Century | Richard Hobbs | 80 | ![]() |
The Furniss Envelope | John Davies | 60 | ![]() |
Elliot's Imitation of the Jubilee Envelope | John Davies | 16 | ![]() |
King George V Postal Stationery in "Postcard Format" | Maurice Buxton | 80 | ![]() |
King George VI Stamped to Order Postal Stationery | Maurice Buxton | 32 d | ![]() |
First Recorded / Only Known Copy or What? | George King | 15 | ![]() |
Not all Crown Official Paid is boring black! | George King | 16 | ![]() |
QEII Registered Envelopes of the Tudor Rose Design | Frank Walton | 60 w | ![]() |
'Back of the Book'
Title of display | Provided by | Pages | Files |
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British Revenue Stamps 1671-1853 | Chris Harman | 96 w | |
Embossed Duty Stamps - Cypher Labels | Denis Noe | 32 | ![]() |
Bank Note Duty - Congreve Compound Plate Printing | Chris Harman | 12 w | ![]() |
Embossed Adhesive Revenue Stamps Overprinted "Inland Revenue" 1860-74 | Chris Harman | 12 w | |
Protective Overprints and Underprints | Andy Donaldson | 180 | |
The Post Office Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain 1875-1881 | Ian Pinwill | 312 | ![]() |
Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain and the British Empire | Chuichi Ota | 80 |
Used Abroad
Title of display | Provided by | Pages | Files |
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British Postal Service in the Levant 1857-1923 | Alexios Papadopoulos | 128 | ![]() |
British Post Offices in the Levant - Victorian and Edwardian Periods | Tony Stanford | 112 | ![]() |
British Post Offices in the Levant - The Georgian Period | Tony Stanford | 107 | ![]() |
Crown Dependencies
Title of display | Provided by | Pages | Files |
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Jersey Stamp Issues, 1975-79 - An Issue is Born | Glenn Morgan | 48 | ![]() |
A Comparison between the Stamps of two Crown Peculiars | Robin Tibbenham | 74 | ![]() |
General Subjects
Title of display | Provided by | Pages | Files |
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'Supermarket Philately' | Jean Alexander | 148 | |
The Story of Advertising Through the Post | Colin Baker | 192 | ![]() |
Elections and the Post in the Great Reform Act Era | Maurice Buxton | 8 d | ![]() |
'Passed by British Philatelic Association' | Maurice Buxton | 112 | ![]() |
The Post Office Savings Bank | Maurice Buxton | 27 | ![]() |
Stamp Dealer Mail | Edward Caesley | 188 | ![]() |
A Jubilee Reminiscence | John Davies | 128 | ![]() |
British Philatelic Automation | Glenn Morgan | 16 d | ![]() |
Hand-Painted Covers | Paul Ramsay | 244 | ![]() |