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In 1924, the first [[commemorative stamp]] was issued for the [[British Empire Exhibition]]. There were then occasional issues over the next thirty years, when the frequency of new issues became more regular. From the mid-1960s, in most years, six to nine sets of commemorative stamps have been issued every year. The General Post Office introduced official [[First Day Covers]] and Presentation Packs in the mid-1960s and [[PHQ Cards]], postcard sized reproductions of commemorative stamps, have also been issued to accompany every new set of stamps since the mid-1970s.
 
All of the stamps introduced down to April 1967 were printed on watermarked paper, as were some introduced later that year; from October 1967, all stamps were on unwatermarked paper.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Issue dates of the early British Commemorative stamps, 1924–1969
|-
! Issue Datedate
! Commemorative Issue
! No. in set
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| 23 April 1924
| [[British Empire Exhibition]] (Dateddated 1924)
| Two (1d, {{frac|1|1|2}}d) {{small|Both with Watermark}}
| [[Harold Nelson (illustrator)|Harold Nelson]]<ref name="empire exhibition">{{cite web |url=http://postalheritage.org.uk/collections/archive/stamps/gbstamps/stamp-artwork-project/wembley-british-empire-exhibition-1 |title=George V Commemorative Issue: Wembley British Empire Exhibition |publisher=[[The British Postal Museum & Archive]] |accessdate=22 July 2009 }}</ref>
|-
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|-
| 9 May 1925
| British Empire Exhibition (Dateddated 1925)
| Two (1d, {{frac|1|1|2}}d) {{small|Both with Watermark}}
| Harold Nelson<ref name="empire exhibition"/>
|-
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| 10 May 1929
| 9th [[UPU Congress]], London
| Five ({{frac|1|2}}d, 1d, {{frac|1|1|2}}d, {{frac|2|1|2}}d, £1) {{small|All with Watermark}}
| F W Farleigh, Ernest Linzell, Harold Nelson<ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://postalheritagewww.orgpostalmuseum.ukorg/collections/archivehighlights/philatelic-collection/british-stamps/gbstamps/stampgeorge-artworkv-projectstamps/postal-union-congress-1/ |title=King George V Commemorative Issue: Postal Union Congress 1929 |publisher=[[The British Postal Museum & Archive]] |accessdate=221 JulyJanuary 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes2023 }}</ref>
|-
|-
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|-
| 7 May 1935
| [[Silver Jubilee]] of [[George V]]
| Four ({{frac|1|2}}d, 1d, {{frac|1|1|2}}d, {{frac|2|1|2}}d) {{small|All with Watermark}}
| [[Barnett Freedman]]<ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://postalheritagewww.orgpostalmuseum.ukorg/collections/archivehighlights/philatelic-collection/british-stamps/gbstamps/stampgeorge-artworkv-projectstamps/silver-jubilee-1910-1935-1/ |title=King George V Commemorative Issue: Silver Jubilee, 1910–1935 |publisher=[[The British Postal Museum & Archive]] |accessdate=221 JulyJanuary 20092023 }}</ref>
|-
|-
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| 13 May 1937
| [[Coronation of George VI]]
| One ({{frac|1|1|2}}d) {{small|With Watermark}}
|
|-
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| 6 May 1940
| Centenary of First Adhesive Postage Stamp
| Six ({{frac|1|2}}d, 1d, {{frac|1|1|2}}d, 2d, {{frac|2|1|2}}d, 3d) {{small|All with Watermark}}
|
|-
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| 11 June 1946
| Victory
| Two ({{frac|2|1|2}}d, 3d) {{small|Both with Watermark}}
|
|-
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| 26 April 1948
| Royal Silver Wedding
| Two ({{frac|2|1|2}}d, £1) {{small|Both with Watermark}}
|
|-
| 29 July 1948
| Olympic Games
| Four ({{frac|2|1|2}}d, 3d, 6d, 1s) {{small|All with Watermark}}
|
|-
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| 10 October 1949
| 75th Anniversary of [[Universal Postal Union]]
| Four ({{frac|2|1|2}}d, 3d, 6d, 1s) {{small|All with Watermark}}
|
|-
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| 3 May 1951
| [[Festival of Britain]]
| Two ({{frac|2|1|2}}d, 4d) {{small|Both with Watermark}}
|
|-
| 3 May 1951
| High Value Definitives George VIIVI {{small|(This set is not a Commemorative issue, it is the first set of 'Pictorial' High Value Definitives)}}
| Four (2s 6d, 5s, 10s, £1) {{small|All with Watermark}}
|
|-
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| 3 June 1953
| [[Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II]]
| Four ({{frac|2|1|2}}d, 4d, 1s 3d, 1s 6d) {{small|All with Watermark}}
|
|-
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|-
| September 1955
| [[Castle series stamps|Castles]] {{small|(Not a Commemorative issue, the 2nd set of 'Pictorial' [[High Value Definitives]])}}
| Four (10s and £1 first issued 1 September, 2s 6d and 5s first issued 23 September) {{small|All with Watermark}}
|
|-
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| 1 August 1957
| [[9th World Scout Jamboree|World Scout Jubilee Jamboree]]
| Three ({{frac|2|1|2}}d, 4d, 1s 3d) {{small|All with Watermark}}
|
|-
| 12 September 1957
| 46th [[Inter-Parliamentary Union]] Conference
| One (4d) {{small|With Watermark}}
|
|-
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| 18 July 1958
| 6th British Empire & Commonwealth Games
| Three (3d, 6d, 1s 3d) {{small|All with Watermark}}
|
|-
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National Productivity Year
| Three ({{frac|2|1|2}}d, 3d, 1s 3d) ''{{small|Also issued in Phosphor set.}}''
| [[David Gentleman]]<ref name="gentleman103stamps">{{cite web |url=http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/page/gentleman-1962-1969 |title=David Gentleman’sGentleman's 103 Issued Stamps - 1962–1969|publisher=[[The British Postal Museum & Archive]] |accessdate=2009-07-22 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608200021/http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/page/gentleman-1962-1969 | archivedate=2012-06-08 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|-
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| Christmas
| Two (3d, 1s 6d)'' {{small|Also issued in Phosphor set.}}''
| Tasveer Shemza and James Berry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://postalheritage.org.uk/exhibitions/onlineexhibitions/christmas?slide=6 |title=First Christmas Stamps – The Post of Christmas Past |publisher=[[The British Postal Museum & Archive]] |accessdateaccess-date=22 July 2009 }}</ref> Shemza and Berry were six-year-old children whose stamp designs won a [[Blue Peter]] competition. Shemza was the daughter of the artist [[Anwar Shemza]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://rmspecialstamps.com/collections/christmas-1966/ | title=Christmas 1966 − Stamp name: King of the Orient | website=rmspecialstamps.com | accessdate=20 October 2020 | publisher=[[Royal Mail]] | year=2016 | archive-date=26 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926083205/https://rmspecialstamps.com/collections/christmas-1966/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
|-
|-
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| 20 February 1967
| European Free Trade Association ([[EFTA]])
| Two {{small|(Both with Watermark)}}
| Two
|
|-
| 24 April 1967
| British Wild Flowers
| Six {{small|(All with Watermark)}}
| Six
| {{Plainlist|
|
* [[Mary Grierson]] (Two)
* [[W. Keble Martin]] (Four)
}} <ref>{{cite web |title=British Flora |url=https://rmspecialstamps.com/collections/british-flora/ |publisher=[[Royal Mail]] |access-date=21 February 2021 }}</ref>
|-
| 10 July 1967
| British Paintings
| Three {{small|(No watermark)}}
|
|-
| 24 July 1967
| [[Sir Francis Chichester]]'s World Voyage
| One {{small|(No watermark)}}
| One
|
|-
| 19 September 1967
| British Discovery and Invention
| Four {{small|(All with Watermark)}}
| Four
|
|-
| 18 October 1967
| Christmas (4d value)
| One {{small|(No watermark)}}
| One
|
|-
| 27 November 1967
| Christmas (3d & 1s 6d values)
| Two {{small|(No watermark)}}
| Two
|
|-
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From 1965 onwards, in most years, there were between six and ten sets issued every year. The listings for the years after 1969 are set out in decades.
 
* [[GreatUnited BritainKingdom commemorative stamps 1970–791970–1979]]
* [[GreatUnited BritainKingdom commemorative stamps 1980–891980–1989]]
* [[GreatUnited BritainKingdom commemorative stamps 1990–991990–1999]]
* [[GreatUnited BritainKingdom commemorative stamps 2000–092000–2009]]
* [[GreatUnited BritainKingdom commemorative stamps 2010–192010–2019]]
* [[GreatUnited BritainKingdom commemorative stamps 2020–292020–2029]]
 
==See also==
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* [http://www.royalmail.com Royal Mail]
* [http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/collections/archive/stamps/gbstamps/stamp-artwork-project Stamp Artwork Project] – stamps from the era of [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]], [[Edward VIII]], [[George VI]] and [[Elizabeth II]] on [[The British Postal Museum & Archive]] website
* [https://postagestampsgalore.co.uk PSG Postage Stamps Galore]
 
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