King George VI
- Low value definitives (original dark colours)
- Low value definitives (pale colours)
- Low value definitives (changed colours)
- High value definitives (original square format)
- High value definitives (rectangular format) 1951
- Coronation 13 May 1937 (first issue to include the Queen's portrait as well as the King's)
- Centenary of the postage stamp 6 May 1940
- Victory 11 June 1946
- Silver wedding 26 April 1948 (first issue to commemorate a personal Royal occasion rather than a state event, £1 value was the first British stamp designed by a woman and the issue is notable for the omission of the words 'postage' and 'revenue').
- Channel Islands Liberation 10 May 1948
- Olympic Games 29 July 1948
- Universal Postal Union (UPU) 10 October 1949
- Festival of Britain 3 May 1951
Details available on http://www.kg6gb.org
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