Postmark illustrations
To view images of postmarks for a particular stamp issue, first select the year, and then the stamp issue.The numbers alongside each postmark refer to the catalogue entries in the latest edition of ‘Collecting British First Day Covers’ which can be purchased from this website.
Select Year
| 1920s | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 |
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| 1940s | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
| 1950s | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
| 1960s | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
| 1970s | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
| 1980s | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
| 1990s | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| 2000s | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 2010s | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
Select Postmark
| Commemoratives | |
|---|---|
| 20th Jan | Flowers |
| 24th Mar | Sir Isaac Newton |
| 12th May | British Architects in Europe |
| 16th Jun | St. John Ambulance |
| 21st Jul | Scottish Heraldry |
| 8th Sep | Victorian Britain |
| 13th Oct | Studio Pottery |
| 17th Nov | Christmas 1987 |
If your interested in seeing covers with a particular postmark:
Click to view covers by postmark locations.
Click to view covers by postmark types. ( Advanced Search )



