Header Image

BRITISH STAMPS
1976

line

SG NI 21 and NI 25
Regional Definitive
Northern Ireland

Issued: 14th Jan 1976 and designed by: After a plaster cast by Arnold Machin.

SG NI 21
6½p
Greenish blue.
SG NI 25
8½p
Yellow green.


line

SG S23 and S27
Regional Definitive
Scotland

Issued: 14th Jan 1976 and designed by: After a plaster cast by Arnold Machin

SG S23
6½p
Greenish blue.
SG S27
8½p
Yellow green.


line

SG W22 and W26
Regional Definitive
Wales

Issued: 14th Jan 1976 and designed by: After a plaster cast by Arnold Machin

SG W22
6½p
Greenish blue.
SG W26
8½p
Yellow green.


line

SG X883, X884, X886, X890, X892 and X915
Definitive

Issued: 25th Feb 1976 and designed by: After a plaster cast by Arnold Machin

SG X883
9p
Deep Violet.
SG X884
9½p
Purple.
SG X886
10p
Orange brown.
SG X890
10½p
Yellow.

image
image
SG X892
11p
Brown red.
SG X915
20p
Dull purple.


line

SG 997 to 1000
Centenary of the Telephone

Designed by: P. Sharland and issued: 10th Mar 1976, Set of 4 Stamps on 'all over' phosphor paper, P15 x 14. There is also a First Day Cover and a Presentation Pack (No.78). The post office issued a special postmark to accompany this issue depicting the dialer of a telephone with the inscription "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE PHILATELIC BUREAU EDINBURGH - 10 MAR 76".

SG 997
8½p
Housewife.
SG 998
10p
Policeman.
SG 999
11p
District Nurse.
SG 1000
13p
Industrialist.


line

SG 1001 to 1004
Social Reformers

Designed by: D. Gentleman and issued: 28th Apr 1976, Set of 4 Stamps on 'all over' phosphor paper, P15 x 14. There is also a First Day Cover, a Presentation Pack (No.79) and a PHQ card based on SG1001. The post office issued a special postmark to accompany this issue depicting the links of a chain with the inscription "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE PHILATELIC BUREAU EDINBURGH - 28 APRIL 1976".

SG 1001
8½p
Hewing Coal (Thomas Hepburn).
SG 1002
10p
Machinery (Robert Owen).
SG 1003
11p
Chimney Cleaning (Lord Shaftesbury).
SG 1004
13p
Hands clutching prison bars (Elizabeth Fry).


line

SG 1005
The Bicentennial of American Revolution
1776-1976

Designed by: P. Sharland and issued: 2nd Jun 1976, Set of 1 Stamps on 'all over' phosphor paper, P14 x 15. There is also a First Day Cover and a Presentation Pack (No.80) and a PHQ Card. The post office issued a special postmark to accompany this issue depicting the Liberty Bell with the inscription "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE PHILATELIC BUREAU EDINBURGH - 2 JUNE 76".

SG 1005
11p
Benjamin Franklin
(bust by Jean-Jaques Caffieri).


line

SG 1006 to 1009
Centenary of Royal National Rose Society

Designed by: Kristin Rosenberg and issued: 30th Jun 1976, Set of 4 Stamps on 'all over' phosphor paper, P14 x 15. There is also a First Day Cover and a Presentation Pack (No.81) and a set of 4 PHQ Cards. The post office issued a special postmark to accompany this issue depicting a rose head with the inscription "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE PHILATELIC BUREAU EDINBURGH - 30 JUNE 1976".

SG 1006
8½p
'Elizabeth of Glamis'.
SG 1007
10p
'Grandpa Dickson'.
SG 1008
11p
'Rosa Mundi'.
SG 1009
13p
'Sweet Briar'.


line

SG 1010 to 1013
British Cultural Traditions

Designed by: Marjorie Saynor and issued: 4th Aug 1976, Set of 4 Stamps on 'all over' phosphor paper, P14 x 15. There is also a First Day Cover and a Presentation Pack (No.81) and a set of 4 PHQ Cards. The post office issued two special postmarks to accompany this issue, the first depicts a harp with the inscription "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE PHILATELIC BUREAU EDINBURGH - 4 AUGUST 1976" and the second showing a Welsh dragon and the inscription "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE CARDIGAN DYFED DYDD CYHOEDIAD CYNTAF - 4 AUG 1976".

SG 1010
8½p
Archdruid.
SG 1011
10p
Morris Dancing.
SG 1012
11p
Scots Piper.
SG 1013
13p
Welsh Harpist.


line

SG 1014 to 1017
500th Anniversary of British Printing

Designed by: R. Gay and issued: 29th Sep 1976, Set of 4 Stamps on 'all over' phosphor paper, P14 x 15. There is also a First Day Cover and a Presentation Pack (No.83) and a set of 4 PHQ Cards. The post office issued two identical special postmarks to accompany this issue with the inscriptions "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE PHILATELIC BUREAU EDINBURGH - 29 SEPTEMBER 1976" and "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE LONDON SW1 - 29 SEPTEMBER '76".

SG 1014
8½p
The Canterbury Tales.
SG 1015
10p
The Tretyse of Love.
SG 1016
11p
Game and Playe of chesse.
SG 1017
13p
Early Printing Press.


line

SG NI 27 and NI 30
Regional Definitive
Northern Ireland

Issued: 20th Oct 1976 and designed by: After a plaster cast by Arnold Machin.

SG NI 27
10p
Orange brown.
SG NI 30
11p
Scarlet.


line

SG S29 and S32
Regional Definitive
Scotland

Issued 20th Oct 1976 and designed by: After a plaster cast by Arnold Machin

SG S29
10p
Orange brown.
SG S32
11p
Scarlet.


line

SG W28 and W31
Regional Definitive
Wales

Issued: 20th Oct 1976 and designed by: After a plaster cast by Arnold Machin

SG W28
10p
Orange brown.
SG W31
11p
Scarlet.


line

SG 1018 to 1021
Christmas
English Medieval Embroidery

Designed by: Enid Marx and issued: 24th Nov 1976, Set of 4 Stamps on 'all over' phosphor paper except SG1018 (one phosphor band), P15 x 14. There is also a First Day Cover and a Presentation Pack (No.87) and a set of 4 PHQ Cards. The post office issued two identical special postmarks to accompany this issue with the inscriptions "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE PHILATELIC BUREAU EDINBURGH - 24 NOV 76" and "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE DYDD CYHOEDDIAD CYNTAP BETHLEHEM LLANDEILO CARMS - 24 NOV 76".

SG 1018
6½p
Virgin and Child.
SG 1019
8½p
Angel with Crown.
SG 1020
11p
Angel appearing to Shepherds.
SG 1021
13p
The Three Kings.


line
The 1976 Collectors Pack (CP1021a) was released on 24th Nov 1976 and comprises SG997 to SG1021.

image
image


line

This page was last updated
18-Jun-2020 02:28