Great Britain Philatelic 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.

Most displays are also downloadable as a single file – listed in the "Files" column with the file format, typically PDF. (If a display is only available as a download, the page count is 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 (displays on normal size sheets may include the occasional larger sheet too).

Many of the 16-sheet displays were submitted as entries in one of the GBPS competitions.

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
One Penny Plate 1	Graham Wylde	9
1d Black Plate 5 Repairs	Kevin Maunder	16
The 1841 Provisional Black Printing and Repair Characteristics	Kevin Maunder	16
The Repaired Impressions of Die I Penny Red Plate 17	Kevin Maunder	16
The Repaired Impressions of Die I Penny Red Plates 12-40	Kevin Maunder	20
Penny Red Stars 1850-1864	Juan Farah	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 Victorian 5s Postage Stamps 1867-1901	Chris Symonds	16
Queen Victoria Essays, Proofs and Trials	Peter Young	149
From line engraved to surface printed – The 1879 and 1880 Tenders	Malcolm Suttill	16
From line engraved to surface printed – The old to the new 1880 stamps	Malcolm Suttill	16
The Penny Lilac	Peter Young	138
The Penny Lilacs – The Stamp	Malcolm Suttill	16
The Penny Lilacs – Usage and Interesting Items	Malcolm Suttill	16
Queen Victoria Penny Lilacs	Stephen Teuma	16
1883-84 Issue Lilacs and Greens	John Roe	16
The £5 Orange	John Horsey	80
The 2d Jubilee of Queen Victoria	Phil Waud	16
The 4d Jubilee of Queen Victoria	Phil Waud	16
Post in the Jubilee Years 1887-1902	Phil Waud	16
Queen Victoria Jubilee Stamps on Cover	Stephen Teuma	16

Postage Stamps – Four Kings

Title of display	Provided by	Pages	Files
King Edward VII Essays and Proofs	Graham Horton	128
King George V Downey Head – Selected Sheets from a Plating Study	Mike Jackson	12 w
Great Britain's First Commemorative Postage Stamp	David Ogden	16
British Empire Exhibition - A Study of the 1924 Stamps with Sheet Serial Numbers	David Ogden	16
George V Commemorative Stamp Issues	Mary Pugh	80
Introduction to the Silver Jubilee Stamp Booklets of 1935	Harvey Russell	16
Harrison Dummy Stamps of King George V	Glenn Morgan	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: Pre‑Release Covers	Robin Restall	24
The 1937 Coronation Stamp of King George VI: Cylinder 2	Robin Restall	36
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
The 1937 Coronation Stamp of King George VI: Cylinder 8	Robin Restall	18
The 1937 Coronation Stamp of King George VI: Cylinder 16	Robin Restall	22
The 1937 Coronation Stamp of King George VI: Cylinder 19	Robin Restall	12
The 1937 Coronation Stamp of King George VI: Cylinder 23	Robin Restall	38
The 1937 Coronation Stamp of King George VI: Cylinder 30	Robin Restall	25

Postage Stamps – Queen Elizabeth II (Machins)

Title of display	Provided by	Pages	Files
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
Wilding Low Values from Sheets	Frank Walton	120
Preparation of the First Queen Elizabeth High Values	Peter Shaw	56
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
The Wales 1st Class Dragon Definitive Since 1999	Mike Mood	16
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
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
Sheffield Postal History	Frank Walton	93
Suffolk Postal History	Tom Slemons	132
The Maltese Cross	Howard Hughes	264
Multiple Strikes of the Maltese Cross	Chris Hibbert	16
The Transition from Maltese Cross to Barred Numeral Obliterators	Chris Jones	16
Various Aspects of the Maltese Cross Obliterator	Mike Jackson	16
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
Machine Cancellations and Postmarks Produced in Great Britain During the Early Trial Period 1857-59	Tim Schofield	16
Experimental and Early Machine Postmarks of England 1857-1912	Jerry H. Miller	159
Meter Franking: First Type Meter Marks	Mike Jackson	60 w
British Empire Exhibition – The Cancellations	David Ogden	16
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

Title of display	Provided by	Pages	Files
Evolution of the British Franking System	Robert Galland	64 d
The Origins of Express Mail	Alan Holyoake	16
Aspects of Pre-1840 Postal History	Leon Barry	16
Barnet Penny Post Receiving House Numbers	Leon Barry	16
'Money Letters' and Other Inland Registration Forerunners	Maurice Buxton	64
Overseas Registration pre-1841	Maurice Buxton	16
Genesis	Nick Amor	16
Sir Rowland Hill's Postal Reform	Zhang Huadong	32
Mail from the UK to the Italian Peninsular from the Late 18th Century to the General Postal Union	Kenneth Burr	16
Pre-GPU Late Fee Mail To and Through France	Alan Kelsall	16
15 Decades of Mail from Britain to Canada 1850-1999	Dave Russum	16
Registration Labels in the UK: Forerunners and Introduction	Maurice Buxton	16
Inauguration of the Airmail Express Service between London and Paris 1919-20	René Paschke-Güstrow	16
Troubles and Transition – Ireland 1900 to 1930	Peter Wood	162
Postal Mechanisation	Steve McGill	112
"Red Cards": Mail Deemed Unacceptable at the Postcard Rate in the UK	Maurice Buxton	16
Insured Mail Irregularities	Maurice Buxton	16
Post Office Express Delivery Inland Mail from 1891	Austin Davis	96
British Empire Exhibition Registered Mail	David Ogden	16
Britons Adjust to Decimal Postage	Duncan Barber	16
The 1971 Postal Strike	Maurice Buxton	64
Development of British Postage Printed on Site to 2011	Glenn Morgan	16
The Basic Letter Rate to Europe 1986-2010	Mike Mood	16
Royal Household Mail – The Vidler Years 1990-2002	Glenn Morgan	12 w
The Ends of the whistl	George King	16
Digital Stamps	George King	16
C9 Zones! – Back to distance charging?	George King	16

Postal Stationery

(stamped stationery, and for convenience other printed private and Official stationery is included here)

Title of display	Provided by	Pages	Files
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
Queen Victoria ½d Pink Stamped to Order Postcards	Maurice Buxton	16
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
The 9th Postal Union Congress Official Stationery	Colin Davies	16
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
British Revenue Stamps 1671-1853	Chris Harman	96 w
Sample and Specimen Revenue Stamps from William III to Queen Victoria	David Leathart	16
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
Railway Pre-Paid Newspaper, Parcel and Railway Letter Stamps (Pre 1923)	James Muldoon	16

Used Abroad

Title of display	Provided by	Pages	Files
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
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
British Empire Exhibition – Promotional and Advertising Labels	David Ogden	80
British Empire Exhibition – Wembley Park 1924-25	David Ogden	128
British Philatelic Automation	Glenn Morgan	16 d
Celebrating the First UK Aerial Post	Mike Mood	16
Elections and the Post in the Great Reform Act Era	Maurice Buxton	8 d
Hand-Painted Covers	Paul Ramsay	244
The Jubilee Exhibitions of 1890	Stephen Teuma	16
A Jubilee Reminiscence	John Davies	128
'Passed by British Philatelic Association'	Maurice Buxton	112
The Pools and the Post	Maurice Buxton	16
The Post Office Savings Bank	Maurice Buxton	27
Stamp Dealer Mail	Edward Caesley	188
The Story of Advertising Through the Post	Colin Baker	192
The Story of a Wayward Cover – GB to Canada, 2015	Dave Russum	16
'Supermarket Philately'	Jean Alexander	148