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Commemorative stamps, postage stamps issued to honor or commemorate a place, event or person, have been released by Great Britain since 1970. Several sets were released during the decade of the 1970s. ==History== Postage Stamps were first used in Great Britain on 6 May 1840, with the introduction of the world's first Adhesive Postage Stamp known as the Penny Black. Until 1924, all British stamps depicted only the portrait of the reigning Monarch, with the exception of the 'High Value' stamps (also known as the "Sea Horses" design) issued in 1913, which were twice the size of normal stamps with added pictorial design. 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. PHQ Cards, postcard sized reproductions of commemorative stamps, have also been issued to accompany every new set of stamps since the mid-seventies. | |- | 5 October 1977 | British Wildlife | Five (5 X 9p) | |- | 23 November 1977 | Christmas | Six (5 X 7p, 9p) | David Gentleman〔 |- ! colspan=4 | 1978 |- | 25 January 1978 | Energy Resources | Four (9p, 10p, 11p, 13p) | |- | 1 March 1978 | British Architecture | Four + Miniature Sheet (9p, 10p, 11p, 13p) |Stamps: Ronald Maddox; Mini-sheet: Jeffery Matthews |- | 31 May 1978 | 25th Anniversary of Coronation | Four | |- | 5 July 1978 | Horses | Four | |- | 2 August 1978 | Centenaries of Cyclists' Touring Club and British Cycling Federation | Four | |- | 22 November 1978 | Christmas | Four | |- ! colspan=4 | 1979 |- | 7 February 1979 | Dogs | Four | |- | 21 March 1979 | Spring Wild Flowers | Four | |- | 9 May 1979 | First Direct Elections to European assembly | Four | |- | 6 June 1979 | Horse Racing paintings | Four | |- | 11 July 1979 | International Year of the Child | Four | |- | 22 August 1979 | Death Centenary of Sir Roland Hill | Four | |- | 26 September 1979 | 150th Anniversary of Metropolitan Police | Four | |- | 24 October 1979 | Death Centenary of Sir Roland Hill | Miniature Sheet | |- | 21 November 1979 | Christmas | Five | |- |} 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Great Britain commemorative stamps 1970–79」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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