Posted on June 5, 2024June 6, 2024 by WillemWednesday/ stamps from the UK 🇬🇧 These UK stamps arrived on the outside envelope of my latest order of South African stamps from a seller in Great Britain. 150th Anniversary of Metropolitan PoliceIssued 1979, Sept.26 Perf.15×14 Phosphorised paper1108 585 |15p |Grey-black, magenta, brown, slate-blue, deep brown & Greenish black |River Patrol Boat[Source: Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part I British Commonwealth Volume 1]Christmas 1979Issued 1979, Nov.21 Perf.15×14 Phosphorised paper1108 585 |15p |Orange-vermilion, steel blue, drab, grey-black, deep blue-green & gold |The Annunciation[Source: Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part I British Commonwealth Volume 1]Christmas 1989— 800th Anniversary of Ely Cathedral.Issued 1989, Nov.14 Perf.15×14 One phosphor band1462 924 |15p |Gold, silver and blue |14th-century Peasants from Stained-glass Window[Source: Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part I British Commonwealth Volume 1]Queen Elizabeth II Definitives Issued 2002, Feb.6 Re-issue of 1952-54 definitive series stamps of Dorothy Wilding portrait of QE IIBooklet sheets w. new values & syncopated perforation (elliptical holes)522 T157 33p Brown |George Knipe design525 T158 37p Magenta |Mary Adshead design530 T160 1st Class |Green |E. Dulac design[Source: Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue 2009]