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Queen Victoria |
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| 1878
Sc75, SG129
£1 brown-lilac
£36,000 / £2,750 |
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The 1882 SG132 (£48k / £6k) and SG136 (£50k / £5k5) are watermark and paper variants.
Image from a Cavendish auction catalogue. |
| 1884
Sc110, SG185
£1 brown-lilac
£20,000 / £1,900 |
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The 1888 SG186 (£40k / £3k25) is a watermark variant.
Image of an SG186 from a Cavendish auction catalogue. |
| 1891
Sc124, SG212
£1 green
£1,400 / £500 |
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This is the same design as SG185 and SG186 but. clearly, a new colour and almost affordable. Image from eBay. |
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Edward VII |
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| 1902
Sc142, SG266
£1 dull blue-green
£1,400 / £500 |
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The 1911 SG320 (£1,300 / £550) is a watermark variant. Image from eBay. |
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George V |
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| 1913
Sc176, SG403
£1 green
£1,400 / £850 |
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SG404, same stamp, same issue date, same price, dull blue-green. Image from a Cavendish auction catalogue. |
| 1929
Sc209, SG438
£1 black
£750 / £550 |
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Issued for the 9th UPU Congress in London, one of the finest stamps in the firmament, but beyond my wallet.
Image from an eBay sale, final price £435 |
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Edward VIII - none |
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George VI |
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| 1948
Sc275, SG478b
£1 brown
£7 / £26 |
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At last, one I can afford. |
| 1948
Sc268, SG494
£1 blue
£40 / £40 |
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Royal Silver Wedding |
| 1951
Sc289, SG512
£1 brown
£48 / £20 |
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QE2 |
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| 1955
Sc312, SG539
£1 black
£130 / £35 |
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Two variants (with another on the way in 2005), the 1959 SG598 (£95 / £12) and the 1967 SG762 (£5 / £7), all three from different printers.
See also 2005 |
| 1969
Sc, SG790
£1 black
£2.75 / £2 |
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| 1969
Sc, SG831b
£1 black
£5 / 80p |
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The only difference between SG790 and SG831b is the font on the '£1'. What's the point of that?
The first £1 stamp cataloguing at less than the face value - in my comfort zone at last. |
| 1977
Sc, SG1026
£1 green and olive
£2.75 / 20p |
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| 1988
Sc1230, SG1410
£1 deep green
£3.25 / 60p |
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The 1992 SG1611 (£6 / £1) has a golden queen's head, an elliptical perforation and a font variation depending on the printer. There was another printing in 1999 of the higher values (£1.50, £2, £3, £5), but not the £1.
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| 1995
Sc, SG-Y1725
£1 violet
£1.50 / £1.60 |
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This is the stamp currently on sale (Feb 2005). |
| 2000
SG1459a, SG-MS2147
£1 slate green
£21 for the sheet |
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This miniature sheet of 'Her Majesty's Stamps' was issued at London's 2000 International Stamp Show. The same £1 stamp appears in a 2004 prestige booklet which catalogues for an absurd £55. The design is based on the Dulac 1953 1s3d coronation stamp, SG534.
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| 22nd March 2005
Sc, SG
£1 colour
£10 / £10 |
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To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first QE2 castles issue. Two £1 and two 50p stamps on a miniature sheet. |
| 2007
Sc, SG-Y1725b
£1 magenta
£1.50 / £1.60 |
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The 2007 miniature sheet MS2743, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Machin, includes both the Y1725 and Y1725b definitives. |
| 2010
Sc, SG-MS3065
£1 brown
£3 / £3 |
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MS for the centenary of George V's accession, including a £1 stamp (SG3069) recalling the early and late GV stamp images, as shown on the penny stamps. |
| 2010
Sc, SG-MS3072
£1 greens and blues
£6 / £6 |
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MS for the Festival of Stamps reproducing the 1924 British Empire Exhibition 1d and 1½d issues ( SG430,431) on first class stamps and the 1913 seahorses (10/- SG402 and £1 SG403, above) on the £1 stamps (SG3070 and SG3071). |
The two miniature sheets in 2010 showed the way things are going in GB stamps - far too many issues cynically designed to lighten collectors' wallets. Those were included because the subject-matter has some philatelic interest. The 2011 pound stamps are a different matter as they are cropping up in some of the routine commemorative issues. The individual stamps will be shown until boredom sets in, but attention will concentrate on definitives.
