Great Britain Stamps - Beautiful Designs, Beautiful Colours and Full of History



Some of our favourite stamps are those that have been issued by Great Britain (the United Kingdom). GB stamps are almost always beautifully designed and show high-quality printing.

Even the Machins (one of our favourite all-time stamp sets), which all use the same design - the head of Queen Elizabeth II - are striking in appearance because of the jewel-tone colours that are used. These British definitive stamps make quite a vivid stamp display when mounted together on stamp album pages.

And British commemorative stamps are full of history. World War 2 and the Battle of Britain is just one of the topics that are so beautifully illustrated on GB commemoratives. And topical stamps! Pictured at the top of this article are two of our favourite animal theme stamp sets, one featuring dogs, the other birds.

All in all, the stamps of Great Britain make a wonderful stamp collection, full of history but vibrant.