UK COMMEMORATIVES PRICE LIST

Robert Murray Stamp Shop, Edinburgh
Price List
of
U.K. Commemorative Stamps
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(Any prices quoted in grey indicate that we are out of stock.)
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1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
See our separate list of year sets of mint commemoratives, first day covers, and presentation packs.
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Year	Issue	No. in set	u.m.	FDC	Pres.pack	PHQ mint	PHQ FD (front)	PHQ FD (back)
1980	Birds	4	£0.60	£0.50	£0.80	£1.00	£2.00	£1.25
	Liverpool and Manchester Railway	5	£0.70	£0.50	£0.90	£1.00	£1.50	£1.25
	London 1980	1	£0.65	£0.50	£0.80	£0.20	£1.10	£0.90
	London 1980 miniature sheet	(1)	£0.65	£0.50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	London Landmarks	5	£0.75	£0.75	£1.00	£1.00	£1.50	£1.25
	Authoresses (Europa)	4	£0.80	£0.50	£1.00	£1.25	£1.50	£1.25
	Queen Mother	1	£0.25	£0.40	-	£0.30	£1.25	£0.75
	Conductors	4	£0.70	£0.50	£0.80	£1.00	£1.50	£1.25
	Sports	4	£0.70	£0.50	£0.80	£1.00	£1.50	£1.25
	Christmas (decorations)	5	£0.80	£0.50	£0.90	£1.00	£1.50	£1.25
1981	Folklore (Europa)	4	£1.00	£0.75	£1.40	£1.00	£1.40	£1.10
	Year of the Disabled	4	£0.85	£0.75	£1.00	£1.00	£1.50	£1.20
	Butterflies	4	£0.90	£0.75	£1.00	£1.50	£2.25	£1.75
	National Trust	5	£1.20	£0.75	£1.30	£1.25	£2.00	£1.50
	Royal Wedding	2	£0.70	£1.25	£1.25	£1.25	£2.25	£1.75
	Duke of Edinburgh Awards	4	£0.90	£0.75	£1.00	£1.00	£1.75	£1.50
	Fishing Industry	4	£0.90	£0.75	£1.00	£1.00	£1.75	£1.50
	Christmas (children's pictures)	5	£1.00	£0.50	£1.10	£1.00	£2.00	£1.50
1982	Charles Darwin	4	£1.00	£0.50	£1.10	£1.00	£3.00	£2.50
	Youth Organisations	4	£1.00	£0.50	£1.25	£1.00	£3.00	£2.50
	Theatre (Europa)	4	£1.45	£0.50	£1.75	£1.00	£3.00	£2.50
	Maritime	5	£1.50	£1.00	£1.75	£1.25	£3.00	£2.50
	Textiles	4	£1.35	£0.50	£1.45	£1.25	£3.00	£2.50
	Information Technology	2	£0.50	£0.50	£0.70	£0.50	£2.00	£1.50
	Motor Cars	4	£1.10	£1.00	£1.25	£1.50	£3.00	£2.50
	Christmas (carols)	5	£1.20	£0.50	£1.30	£1.25	£3.00	£2.50
1983	Fish	4	£1.10	£0.75	£1.20	£1.25	£3.25	£2.50
	Commonwealth Day	4	£1.10	£0.75	£1.20	£1.00	£2.75	£2.25
	Engineering (Europa)	3	£1.00	£0.50	£1.40	£1.00	£2.25	£2.00
	British Army	5	£1.40	£1.00	£1.60	£1.25	£3.00	£2.50
	Gardens	4	£1.10	£0.75	£1.20	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Fairs	4	£1.10	£0.75	£1.20	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Christmas (scenes with birds)	5	£1.20	£0.75	£1.30	£1.25	£2.75	££2.50
1984	English Heraldry	4	£1.15	£1.00	£1.25	£1.25	£3.00	£2.75
	Cattle	5	£1.30	£1.00	£1.50	£1.50	£3.25	£3.00
	Urban Renewal	4	£1.15	£0.75	£1.25	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	European Elections (Europa)	4	£1.15	£0.75	£1.25	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Economic Summit	1	£0.45	£0.50	n/a	£0.35	£1.50	£1.25
	Greenwich Meridian	4	£1.20	£0.75	£1.30	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Mail Coaches	5	£1.20	£0.75	£1.30	£1.25	£3.00	£2.75
	British Council	4	£1.20	£0.75	£1.30	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Christmas (nativity scenes)	5	£1.30	£0.75	£1.50	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
1985	Famous Trains	5	£2.00	£1.25	£2.50	£2.50	£6.75	£6.00
	Insects	5	£1.60	£1.00	£1.80	£1.50	£3.75	£3.25
	Composers (Europa)	4	£1.75	£1.00	£2.25	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Safety at Sea	4	£1.30	£0.75	£1.50	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Post Office Anniversary	4	£1.30	£0.75	£1.50	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Arthurian Legend	4	£1.30	£0.75	£1.50	£1.25	£3.00	£2.75
	Film Stars	5	£1.90	£1.00	£2.10	£1.50	£6.00	£4.50
	Christmas (pantomime)	5	£1.50	£0.75	£1.60	£1.00	£3.50	£3.25
Year	Issue	No. in set	u.m.	FDC	Pres.pack	PHQ mint	PHQ FD (front)	PHQ FD (back)
1986	Industry Year	4	£1.25	£1.00	£1.50	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Halley's Comet	4	£1.25	£1.00	£1.50	£1.50	£2.75	£2.50
	Queen's 60th Birthday	4	£2.00	£1.00	£2.25	£1.00	£3.25	£3.00
	Nature Conservation (Europa)	4	£2.00	£1.00	£2.25	£1.25	£3.25	£3.00
	Medieval Life (Domesday Book)	4	£1.30	£1.00	£1.50	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Commonwealth Games & Hockey	5	£1.60	£1.25	£2.00	£1.50	£3.50	£3.25
	Royal Wedding	2	£0.55	£0.50	£0.80	£0.80	£2.25	£2.00
	Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference	1	£0.50	£0.50	n/a	£0.35	£1.00	£1.00
	Royal Air Force	5	£2.00	£1.50	£2.25	£1.75	£4.50	£4.00
	Christmas (folk customs)	6	£1.75	£1.00 (2)	£2.00 (excl. 12p)	£1.25 (5)	£4.00	£3.50
1987	Flowers photographs	4	£1.50	£1.00	£1.75	£1.25	£3.25	£3.00
	Sir Isaac Newton	4	£1.50	£1.00	£1.75	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Architects (Europa)	4	£1.75	£1.00	£2.25	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	St. John's Ambulance Centenary	4	£1.40	£1.00	£1.75	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Scottish Heraldry - Order of the Thistle	4	£1.50	£1.25	£2.00	£1.50	£3.75	£3.25
	Victorian Britain	4	£1.50	£1.00	£1.75	£1.25	£3.25	£3.00
	Pottery	4	£1.50	£1.00	£1.75	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Christmas ("The Magic of Christmas")	5	£1.50	£1.00	£1.75	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
1988	Linnean Society	4	£1.50	£1.00	£1.75	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Welsh Bible	4	£1.50	£1.00	£1.75	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Sports	4	£1.50	£1.00	£1.75	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Transport (Europa)	4	£2.00	£1.00	£2.25	£1.00	£2.75	£2.50
	Australian Bicentenary (includes W.G.Grace, William Shakespeare, and John Lennon)	4	£1.40	£1.00	£1.80	£1.00	£3.00	£2.75
	Spanish Armada	5	£1.50	£1.00	£1.75	£1.00	£3.25	£3.00
	Edward Lear	4	£1.50	£1.00	£1.75	£1.00	£3.00	£2.75
	Edward Lear miniature sheet	1	£3.00	£3.00	n/a	-	-	-
	Christmas (Christmas cards)	5	£1.70	£1.00	£2.00	£1.00	£3.00	£2.75
1989	Birds (RSPB Centenary)	4	£1.50	£1.25	£1.75	£1.50	£3.75	£3.50
	Greetings (strip from booklet) (with good perforations) {Available with some timmed perforations ..... for}	5 5	£10.50 £4.00	£10.00	n/a	-	-	-
	Food and Farming	4	£1.50	£1.00	£1.75	£1.00	£2.75	£2.50
	Anniversaries and Events	4	£1.50	£1.00	£2.00	£1.00	£3.25	£3.00
	Toys and Games (Europa)	4	£2.00	£1.00	£2.25	£1.00	£2.75	£2.50
	Industrial Archaeology	4	£1.50	£1.00	£1.75	£1.00	£2.75	£2.50
	Industrial Archaeology miniature sheet	1	£2.25	£3.75	n/a	-	-	-
	Industrial Archaeology horizontal stamps from m.s.	4	£2.25	-	n/a	-	-	-
	Microscopical Society	4	£1.50	£1.00	£1.75	£1.00	£2.75	£2.50
	Lord Mayor's Show, London	5	£1.50	£1.00	£1.75	£1.00	£3.00	£2.75
	Christmas (Ely Cathedral)	5	£1.50	£1.50	£1.75	£1.25	£3.00	£2.75
1990	Penny Black Anniversary ("Double Heads")	5	£2.50		£3.25	-	-	-
	RSPCA	4	£1.75	£1.50	£2.00	£1.50	£3.50	£3.25
	Greetings - smilers "20"	10	£12.00	£12.00	n/a	-	-	-
	Buildings (Europa)	4	£2.00	£1.25	£2.25	£1.00	£3.00	£2.75
	Queen's Awards	4	£1.50	£1.00	£1.75	£1.25	£3.00	£2.75
	London 1990 miniature sheet	1	£1.75	£2.50	n/a	-	-	-
	Kew Gardens	4	£1.60	£1.00	£1.85	£1.25	£3.00	£2.75
	Thomas Hardy	1	£0.35	£0.50	£0.70	£0.35	£1.50	£1.25
	Queen Mother	4	£2.70	£1.00	£3.00	£2.00	£5.00	£4.50

Year	Issue	No. in set	u.m.	FDC	Pres. Pack	PHQ mint	PHQ FD (front)	PHQ FD (back)
	Medals	5	£1.75	£1.00	£2.00	£1.25	£3.25	£3.00
	Astronomy	4	£1.75	£1.00	£2.00	£1.00	£3.25	£3.00
	Christmas (outdoor winter scenes)	5	£1.75	£1.00	£2.00	£1.25	£3.25	£3.00
1991	Dogs (Stubbs)	5	£1.90	£1.25	£2.00	£2.00	£3.25	£3.00
	Greetings (Good Luck Charms)	10	£5.50	£7.00	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Science	4	£1.60	£1.00	£2.00	£1.25	£3.00	£2.75
	Europe in Space (Europa)	4	£2.00	£1.00	£2.30	£1.00	£3.00	£2.75
	Sport (World Student Games, Rugby World Cup)	4	£1.60	£1.00	£1.90	£1.25	£3.00	£2.75
	Roses	5	£1.90	£1.50	£2.00	£1.25	£3.75	£3.25
	Dinosaurs	4	£2.25	£1.25	£2.50	£1.50	£4.25	£3.75
	Greetings ("1st" Smilers)	10	£5.00	£5.00	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Ordnance Survey	4	£1.80	£1.00	£2.00	£1.25	£2.75	£2.50
	Christmas (illuminated letters0	5	£1.80	£1.00	£2.00	£1.25	£3.25	£3.00

If you need a quote for anything not on this list you can always e-mail us.

HOW TO ORDER; you can order by post, by telephone, or by e-mail.
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Please see our How to Order page for details - we try to be as helpful as possible when finding ways that you can pay !

QUALITY; all prices are for goods in the following conditions;
Mint sets - prices for unmounted mint, with no faults. Any sets issued in blocks or strips se-tenant are supplied that way unless specifically stated. We can very often supply lightly mounted mint examples of some of the dearer pre-decimal sets, usually at about 40% less than the prices here.
First day covers up to 1970 - the prices here for covers to 1970 are very arbitrary. Covers appear in a wide variety of qualities, styles of envelopes, different postmarks, and so on. Our prices are for good average/fine first day covers on illustrated envelopes, with no serious faults, and in "the quality you can reasonably expect to find". If you want to be any more specific, we suggest you contact us, as we do stock many thousands of covers. Prices for this section should really be taken as a guide only; you may find that we do not have a cover at the price quoted, but may well have a choice at higher and lower prices.
First Day Covers from 1971 onwards - the prices we quote are for "Bureau covers", that is the full set on a Post Office envelope with typed address and Philatelic Bureau cancel. Again, we stock a much, much, wider variety at any time.
Presentation Packs - all prices are for fine condition, although in the earlier years, a certain amount of cellophane shrinkage/warping/splitting is to be expected. Our stock usually represents the better end of the range of quality of the material that passes through our hands. In later years (mid-1970s onwards), we would expect to supply in "Post Office Quality", i.e. as supplied when new. (In some cases our packs will be better than average post office issue quality, as any we see with obvious short perforations etc. on the stamps will be rejected by us.)
PHQ Postcards - prices for mint cards from 1978 onwards are for very fine condition. There may be the tiniest of blemishes or corner dents/little scratches, but these are usually of the seriousness only noticed by the very fussy. If you are a very fussy collector, please say so, and we will try to oblige. Prices for used (first day) cards are also for very fine, although due to their processing it is more likely that they may have minor blemishes, but again nothing serious. Used cards will either be unaddressed, with pencil address, or may have a neat address (typed, rubber stamp, or label). If you only want unaddressed please say so.

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