Great British Queen Elizabeth II Stamps - Issued 1952 to Date
Queen Elizabeth II reign, spanning almost the complete second half of the twentieth Century and the start of the twenty first, has seen more inovation in stamps then any time before.
From changing printing methods, security designs to new products, the various areas available for stamp collectors is huge.
Each field is explained a little in the relevant sections.
One of the biggest changes in stamp design came in 1967, when for the first time intentionally since the two short lived stamps of the 10d and One Shilling values of the 1847 Embossed issues, a stamp or in this case a set of stamps were issued with No Watermark .
Until this point watermarks were classed as an inherent part of the security design of every British stamp issued.
Since then nearly every British Stamp issued has been on none watermarked paper.
In 1993 the first serious case of Forged Stamps came to light. They were of the Chestnut 24p machin issue. A large number of which were circlulated around the London area. They were soon discovered by Royal Mail, as they had no Phosphor Bands and so the automatic sorting machines started to throw them out, as without the bands the machines didn't recognize any postage having been paid.
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