GB Queen Elizabeth Decimal ISD

Currency
1952 -197112d (pence) = 1s (shilling)-20s = 1 pound
1971 to date100p (new pence) = 1 pound 

Watermarks
Tudor Crown - rows of E 2 R and Tudor crowns in horizontal shifted rows
St. Edward's Crown - as for Tudor crown except more rounded lines in crown
Multiple Crown - no letters just rows of offset crowns
Suffix S indicates sideways watermark

Phosphor Bands
2SB - 2 side bands
1CB - 1 centre band
1SB - 1 side band
1SBL - 1 side band left
1SBR - 1 side band right
3B - 3 bands, left, centre and right
AOP - all over phosphor
1HB - 1 horizontal band

All issues after 1971 are printed on unwatermarked paper except where stated.
All issues are also counted as multicoloured.
BSD NoValueColourDescriptionPerforationWatermarkPaperDate of IssueNumber IssuedComment 
British Cattle
124016pMulticolouredHighland Cow15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper06/03/84   
124120.5pMulticolouredChillingham Wild Bull15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper06/03/84   
124226pMulticolouredHereford Bull15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper06/03/84   
124328pMulticolouredWelsh Black Bull15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper06/03/84   
124431pMulticolouredIrish Moiled Cow15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper06/03/84   
Urban Renewal
124516pMulticolouredGarden Festival Hall Liverpool15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper10/04/84   
124620.5pMulticolouredMilburngate Centre Durham15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper10/04/84   
124728pMulticolouredBush House Bristol15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper10/04/84   
124831pMulticolouredCommercial Street Development Perth15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper10/04/84   
25th Anniversary of CEPT and Second Elections to Europena Parliamen
124916pMulticolouredCEPT 25th Anniversary Logo15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper15/05/84   
125016pMulticolouredCEPT 25th Anniversary Logo15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper15/05/84   
125120.5pMulticolouredAbuction of Europa15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper15/05/84   
125220.5pMulticolouredCommercial Street Development Perth15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper15/05/84   
London Economic Summit Conference
125331pMulticolouredLancaster House14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper05/06/84   
Centenary of the Greenwich Meridian
125416pMulticolouredView of Earth from Apollo 1114*14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper26/06/84   
125520.5pMulticolouredNavigational Chart of the English Channel14*14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper26/06/84   
125628pMulticolouredGreenwich Observatory14*14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper26/06/84   
125731pMulticolouredSir George Airy's Transit Telescope14*14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper26/06/84   
Bicentenary of First Mail Coach Run, Bath and Bristol to London
125816pMulticolouredBath Mail Coach, 178415*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper31/07/84   
125916pMulticolouredAttack on Exeter Mail, 181615*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper31/07/84   
126016pMulticolouredNorwich Mail in Thunderstorm, 182715*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper31/07/84   
126116pMulticolouredHolyhead and Liverpool Mails leaving London, 182815*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper31/07/84   
126216pMulticolouredEdinburgh Mail Snowbound, 183115*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper31/07/84   
50th Anniversary of British Council
126317pMulticolouredNigerian Clinic15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper25/09/84   
126422pMulticolouredViolinist and Acropolis Athens15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper25/09/84   
126531pMulticolouredBuilding Project Sri Lanka15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper25/09/84   
126634pMulticolouredBritish Council Library Middle East15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper25/09/84   
Christmas
126713pMulticolouredThe Holy Family15*14No Wmk.1CB20/11/84   
126817pMulticolouredArrival in Bethlehem15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper20/11/84   
126922pMulticolouredShepherd and Lambs15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper20/11/84   
127031pMulticolouredVirgin and Child15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper20/11/84   
127134pMulticolouredOffering of Frankincense15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper20/11/84   
Famous Trains
127217pMulticolouredThe Flying Scotsman15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper22/01/85   
127322pMulticolouredThe Golden Arrow15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper22/01/85   
127429pMulticolouredThe Cheltenham Flyer15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper22/01/85   
127531pMulticolouredThe Royal Scot15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper22/01/85   
127634pMulticolouredThe Cornish Riveria15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper22/01/85   
Insects
127717pMulticolouredBuff tailed Bumble Bee14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper12/03/85   
127822pMulticolouredSeven Spotted Ladybird14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper12/03/85   
127929pMulticolouredWart Biter Bush cricket14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper12/03/85   
128031pMulticolouredStag Beetle14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper12/03/85   
128134pMulticolouredEmperor Dragonfly14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper12/03/85   
Europa
128217pMulticolouredWater Music George Frederick Handel14*14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper14/05/85   
128322pMulticolouredThe Planet Suite Gistav Holst14*14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper14/05/85   
128431pMulticolouredThe First Cuckoo Frederick Delius14*14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper14/05/85   
128534pMulticolouredSea Pictures Edward Elgar14*14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper14/05/85   
Safety at Sea
128617pMulticolouredRNLI Lifeboat and Signal Flag14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper18/06/85   
128722pMulticolouredBeachy Head Lighthouse and Chart14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper18/06/85   
128831pMulticolouredMarecs A Communications Satellite and Disk Aerials14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper18/06/85   
128934pMulticolouredBuoys14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper18/06/85   
350 years of Royal Mail Public Postal Service
129017pMulticolouredDatapost Motorcyclist City of London14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper30/07/85   
129122pMulticolouredRural Postbus14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper30/07/85   
129231pMulticolouredParcel Delivery in Winter14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper30/07/85   
129334pMulticolouredTown Letter Delivery14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper30/07/85   
Arthurian Legends
129417pMulticolouredKing William and Merlin15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper03/09/85   
129522pMulticolouredLady of the Lake15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper03/09/85   
129631pMulticolouredQueen Guinevere and Sir Lancelot15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper03/09/85   
129734pMulticolouredSir Galahad15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper03/09/85   
British Film Year
129817pMulticolouredPeter Sellers14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper08/10/85   
129922pMulticolouredDavid Niven14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper08/10/85   
130029pMulticolouredCharlie Chaplin14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper08/10/85   
130131pMulticolouredVivien Leigh14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper08/10/85   
130234pMulticolouredAlfred Hitchcock14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper08/10/85   
Christmas
130312pMulticolouredPrincipal Boy15*14No Wmk.1CB19/11/85   
130417pMulticolouredGenie15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper19/11/85   
130522pMulticolouredDame15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper19/11/85   
130631pMulticolouredGood Fairy15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper19/11/85   
130734pMulticolouredPantomime Cat15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper19/11/85   
Industry Year
130817pMulticolouredLight bulb and North Sea Oil Drilling Rig14.5*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper14/01/86   
130922pMulticolouredThermometer and Pharmaceutical Laboratory14.5*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper14/01/86   
131031pMulticolouredGarden Hoe and Steelworks14.5*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper14/01/86   
131134pMulticolouredLoaf of Bread and Cornfield14.5*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper14/01/86   
Appearence of Hailey's Come
131217pMulticolouredDr Edmond Halley as Comet15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper18/02/86   
131322pMulticolouredGiotto Spacecraft approaching comet15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper18/02/86   
131431pMulticolouredMaybe twice in a lifetime15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper18/02/86   
131534pMulticolouredComets orbiting sun and planets15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper18/02/86   
60th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II
131617pMulticolouredQueen Elizabeth in 1928, 1942, 195215*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper21/04/86   
131717pMulticolouredQueen Elizabeth in 1928, 1942, 195215*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper21/04/86   
131834pMulticolouredQueen Elizabeth in 1958, 1973, 198215*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper21/04/86   
131934pMulticolouredComets orbiting sun and planets15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper21/04/86   
Europa
132017pMulticolouredBarn Owl14.5*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper20/05/86   
132122pMulticolouredPine Martin14.5*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper20/05/86   
132231pMulticolouredWild Cat14.5*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper20/05/86   
132334pMulticolouredNatterjack Toad14.5*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper20/05/86   
900th Anniversary of Domesday Book
132417pMulticolouredPeasants working in fields15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper17/06/86   
132522pMulticolouredFreemen working at Town Trades15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper17/06/86   
132631pMulticolouredKnight and Retainers15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper17/06/86   
132734pMulticolouredLord at Banquet15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper17/06/86   
Thirteenth Commonwealth Games Edinburgh and World Hockey Cup for Men London
132817pMulticolouredAthletics15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper15/07/86   
132922pMulticolouredRowing15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper15/07/86   
133029pMulticolouredWeightlifting15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper15/07/86   
133131pMulticolouredRifle Shooting15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper15/07/86   
133234pMulticolouredHockey15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper15/07/86   
Royal Wedding
133312pMulticolouredPrince Andrew and Miss Sarah Ferguson14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper22/07/86   
133417pMulticolouredPrince Andrew and Miss Sarah Ferguson14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper22/07/86   
32nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference
133534pMulticolouredStylised Cross on Ballot Paper14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper19/08/86   
History of the Royal Air Force
133617pMulticolouredLord Dowding and Hawker Hurricane14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper16/09/86   
133722pMulticolouredLord Tedder and Hawker Typhoon14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper16/09/86   
133829pMulticolouredLord Trenchard and De Havilland DH9A14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper16/09/86   
133931pMulticolouredSir Arthur Harris and Avro Lancaster14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper16/09/86   
134034pMulticolouredLord Portal and De Havilland Mosquito14.5No Wmk.Phospherised Paper16/09/86   
Christmas
134112pMulticolouredThe Glastonbury Thorn15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper02/12/86   
134213pMulticolouredThe Glastonbury Thorn15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper18/11/86   
134318pMulticolouredThe Tanad Valley Plygain15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper18/11/86   
134422pMulticolouredThe Hebrides Tribute15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper18/11/86   
134531pMulticolouredThe Dewsbury Church Knell15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper18/11/86   
134634pMulticolouredThe Hereford Boy Bishop15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper18/11/86   
Flower Photographs by Alfred Lammer
134718pMulticolouredNorth American Blanket Flower14.5*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper20/01/87   
134822pMulticolouredGlobe Thistle14.5*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper20/01/87   
134931pMulticolouredEcheveria14.5*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper20/01/87   
135034pMulticolouredAutumn Crocus14.5*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper20/01/87   
300th Anniversary of The Principia Mathematica
135118pMulticolouredThe Principia Mathematica14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper24/03/87   
135222pMulticolouredMotion of Bodies in Ellipses14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper24/03/87   
135331pMulticolouredOptick Treatise14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper24/03/87   
135434pMulticolouredThe System of the World14*15No Wmk.Phospherised Paper24/03/87   
Europa. British Architects in Europe
135518pMulticolouredWillis Faber and Dumas Building Ipswich15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper12/05/87   
135622pMulticolouredPompidou Centre Paris15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper12/05/87   
135731pMulticolouredStaatsgalerie Stuttgart15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper12/05/87   
135834pMulticolouredEuropean Investment Bank Luxembourg15*14No Wmk.Phospherised Paper12/05/87   

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