Great Britain

It’s a stamp juggernaut. It has been a long followed tradition to collect stamps. Aficionados, who exchange, sell, and collect these precious squares (35mm x 35mm), have formed their own clad. Great Britain is most known to colonise many countries around the world, making it obvious their influence exists all over today. This is not the only reason, why people collect Great Britain stamps. The rich culture and beautiful specifications represented on stamps forms the primary rationale. Collectors have been trying to trace the oldest stamps available. With its journey dating back to 1800s, when they are first known to release, Great Britain stamps have been witnessing periodic change with experiments and innovations taking place synchronously. The world’s first adhesive postage stamp was the British Penny Black released in 1840. Readily available today, this archetype has an estimated value of £3-4000 (mint).

Most of the stamps envisage the Queen or certain scenes from the official British Empire pertaining to that era. These Great Britain stamps often form the basis of historical chronology, as they represent the ruler and political significance of that age. Great Britain stamps experienced a tremendous change, due to the amount of experiments, during the Victorian age. The epoch is specially marked for the innovation of roulettes and proliferation. Moreover, the embossed and surface-print stamps also became evident during this period. The value of these stamps might have been anything between half penny and a pound during that interlude; they certainly hold a greater value in the market today. Besides the conventional stamps that are traded today, there are occasional stamps released for the purpose of honouring certain achievers or celebrating some marked events of history, like the 40th anniversary of Machine Definitive.