Victoria of the United Kingdom on stamps

This page is a selection of design of Stamps of Commonwealth and British Empire with a representation of Queen Victoria since 1850.

In line with the Wikimedia galleries goal, a selection only appears here, on purpose, with emphasis on design differences. There are many thousands of Commonwealth stamps with a Queen Victoria face. They are here sorted by date of first issue (in principle). In classic stamps, there is often no single date of issue. In case of doubt, the best reference to be used is the Stanley Gibbons catalog.

Before 1850, there are many specialized categories and Wikipedia articles (w:en:Penny Black, w:en:Penny Red, w:en:Mauritius Post Office etc) so this period is not illustrated here.

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Stamps first issued in the 1850-1859 period

Chalon head

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  1851 First Chalon head Canada
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  1855 Chalon head Tasmania (Australia)
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  1858 Chalon head (New Zealand)
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  1859 Canada

Others

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  1856 GB De la Rue
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  1857 Ceylon
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  1857 Canada
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  1857 Victoria (Australia)
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  1859 Ceylon dull rose
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  1859 Ceylon green
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  1859 Mauritius Lithographed
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  1859 Ionian islands
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  1859 Sierra Leone, De la Rue typo, in a 1896 re-issue!

Stamps first issued in the 1860-1869 period

Left facing head

Crown (diadem) head

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  1860 Nova Scotia
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  1860 British Columbia
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  1860 Malta
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  1861 Prince Edward Island
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  1862 type, Jeens engraved for Antigua from a Corbould drawing.
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  1864 Bermuda
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  1865 Newfoundland
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  1865 India die I diadem
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  1866 India
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  1894 surcharge on a 1867 design

Laurels head

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  Jamaica first issue, 1860
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  Jamaica first issue, 1860
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  Jamaica first issue, 1860
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  Jamaica first issue, 1860
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  1865 Victoria (Australia)

Right facing head

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  1868 Canada
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  idem, 1870 used
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  1868 Canada

Others

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  1860 rare front head
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  1863 Bahamas Chalon head
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  1863 Bahamas Chalon head
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  1868 Queensland Chalon head

Stamps first issued in the 1870-1879 period

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  November 1870 Tasmania
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  1871 New Zealand late Chalon head
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  1872 Jamaica Laurels head
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  1872 Ceylon
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  1872 model for Sierra Leone by De la Rue, London
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  1874 Natal model by De la Rue, London
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  1875 Helgoland Embossed
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  1876 Johore
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  1878 Natal
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  1878 Transvaal
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  1879 Antigua De La Rue

Stamps first issued in the 1880-1889 period

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  1882 New Zealand
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  1882 Bangkok
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  1883 model in St. Lucia
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  1886 Malta
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  1887 Grenada
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  1889 Jamaica

With a veil

An older women portrait, with a veil, does not appear on UK stamps.

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  1882 New Zealand First veil?

Stamps first issued in the 1890-1899 period

Overprints do not create a new design.

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  1890
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  1891
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  1892
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  1894
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  1895
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  1896
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  1896
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  1897
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  1897
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  1897 Young and Old
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  1899

Stamps first issued after 1900

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  1900 India
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  1901 Southern Nigeria
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  1902 Western Australia
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  1903 Somaliland (note the young model overprint!)