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The postal history of Great Britain begins in the 12th century with King
Henry I of England, who appointed messengers to carry letters for the
government .Henry VIII created the Royal Mail in 1516,
In 1661, Charles II made Henry Bishop the first Postmaster General
(PMG).
The Great Post Office Reform of 1839 and 1840 to adopt a flat 4d per 1/2 oz rate
regardless of distance was
immediately successful and the Penny Black became the world's
first postage stamp in use. From 1841 onward, the stamps were printed in
a brick-red colour.
The Victorian age saw that the age of the
Penny Reds had come to an end and so the Penny
Lilac was issued in that year, inscribed "POSTAGE AND INLAND REVENUE". Later issues were
inscribed POSTAGE & REVENUE which became the more familiar POSTAGE
REVENUE.
The last major issue of Victoria was the "Jubilee issue" of 1887
.
When Edward VII succeeded to the throne, new
stamps became necessary. Edward's reign being short, there were no
major changes of design,
By contrast, the stamps of King George V were innovative from the very
first. The first issue made was of the halfpenny and penny values,
Britain's first commemorative stamps were issued for the British Empire
Exhibition in 1924. A second set of commemoratives was issued for
the 9th Congress of the Universal Postal Union (UPU)
George VI's coronation was marked with a commemorative and New
definitives featured a profile of the king on a solid colour background
Post-war issues included commemoratives for the return
of peace, the Silver Jubilee and the 1948 Summer Olympics in 1948, and
the 75th anniversary of the UPU, in 1949.
In 1950 the colours of all the low values were changed. 1951 saw a new
series of high values (2s 6d, 5s, 10s, £1), and two commemoratives for
the Festival of Britain.
When Elizabeth II succeeded
her father in 1952, new stamps were needed. The result was to be
known as the Wilding issues, based on a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II
used until 1967, when the Machin issues were introduced.
Beginning in 1958, regional issues were introduced in the Channel
Islands, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales. valid throughout the UK.
Around the turn of the 21st century, new original designs were produced
for each of the British home nations including,
England. Four values were issued for each country showing images
relating to each nation.
Great Britain has introduced postal services throughout the world and
has often made use of British definitives bearing local overprints. The
following is a full list of British postal services abroad and many of
these will become the subject of independent articles in due course:
British Post Abroad
British post offices in Africa, Baghdad ,Bangkok, Batum,
Beirut , British Post Offices in the Turkish Empire , British Postal
Agencies in Eastern Arabia , Bushire , Cameroons , China, Crete, East
Africa Forces, Egypt ,
Eritrea , German East Africa , Iraq, Japan, Long Island ,
Madagascar, Mafia Island, Malaya , Middle East Forces,
Morocco Agencies ,
North Borneo , Salonika , Sarawak, Somalia, Tangier,
Tripolitania.
United Kingdom
Alderney , Channel Islands , Great Britain , Great Britain (Regional
Issues),
Guernsey, Isle of Man , Jersey , Northern Ireland ,
Scotland , Wales,
Postoffices abroad .
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