2013
(PHQ 375) Great Britons
Royal Mail
10 postcards (1 football)
The stamps were issued on 16 April, 2013 and as usual the Royal mail also produced a set of postcard.
Bill Shankly - 1913-1981 - Football player and manager; also showing Liverpool ’s Tommy Smith and another Liverpool player (1st Class)
Vivien Leigh
Peter Cushing
David Lloyd George
John Archer
Benjamin Britten
Norman Parkinson
Richard Dimbleby
Elizabeth David
Mary Leakey
1988
(PHQ 109) Sport
Royal Mail
4 postcards (1 football)
Royal Mail issued a set of stamps on 22 March, 1988 commemorating various sporting events and produced a set of postcards to accompany them.
Gymnastics (Centenary of British Amateur Gymnastics Association), 18p
Downhill Skiing (Ski Club of Great Britain), 26p
Tennis (Centenary of Lawn Tennis Association), 31p
Football (Centenary of Football League), 34p
1995-96
Football Legends
Royal Mail
64 stickers
Three of the four sheets of stickers. I think the sheets were stapled into the middle of the album. I don't know what happened to the scan of the fourth page, I know I used to have it, but... The original list can be found here - Royal Mail - Football Legends
2014
(PHQ 387) Remarkable Lives
Royal Mail
10 Postcards (1 Footballer)
The Royal Mail recently issued this set of 10 stamps. As is their custom, they also issued postcards depicting each of the stamps, as shown above. Also illustrated is the 'filler' card that is included in the First Day Cover.
Please forgive my indulgence, but one of the stamps features Dylan Thomas, one of my heroes. Please take the time to listen to him reading one of his most famous poems.
Roy Plomley (1914-1985 - created Desert Island Discs)
Barbara Ward (1914-1981 - helped to inspire the European Union)
Joe Mercer (1914-1990 - Everton and Arsenal)
Kenneth More (1914-1982 - Actor)
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953 - Welsh Poet - Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night)
Sir Alec Guinness (1914-2000 - Actor)
Noorunissa Inayat Khan (1914-1944 - Hero of the Second World War)
Max Perutz (1914-2002 - Study of Haemoglobin)
Joan Littlewood (1914-2002 - Playwrite)
Abram Games (1914-1996 - Poster designer)
1995-96
Football Legends
Royal Mail
64
Stickers with a green border. The Royal Mail issued this collection at the same time as the Football Legend stamps. They also produced an album to collect the stickers in.
Alan Ball (Arsenal)
Liam Brady (Arsenal)
Herbert Chapman (Arsenal)
Alex James (Arsenal)
Pat Jennings (Arsenal)
Tommy Lawton (Arsenal)
Stanley Matthews (Blackpool)
Nat Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers)
Jimmy Johnstone (Glasgow Celtic)
Jock Stein (Glasgow Celtic)
Steve Bloomer (Derby County)
Roy McFarland (Derby County)
Dave Mackay (Derby County)
Alf Ramsey (England)
Peter Shilton (England)
Walter Winterbottom (England)
Dixie Dean (Everton)
Joe Mercer (Everton)
Stanley Rous (F.I.F.A.)
Johnny Haynes (Fulham)
Arnold Muhren (Ipswich Town)
Bobby Robson (Ipswich Town)
Frans Thijssen (Ipswich Town)
Billy Bremner (Leeds United)
John Charles (Leeds United)
Johnny Giles (Leeds United)
Don Revie (Leeds United)
Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)
Alan Hansen (Liverpool)
Kevin Keegan (Liverpool)
Bob Paisley (Liverpool)
Bill Shankly (Liverpool)
Malcolm Allison (Manchester City)
Colin Bell (Manchester City)
Peter Doherty (Manchester City)
Frank Swift (Manchester City)
George Best (Manchester United)
Matt Busby (Manchester United)
Bobby Charlton (Manchester United)
Duncan Edwards (Manchester United)
Denis Law (Manchester United)
Billy Meredith (Manchester United)
Hughie Gallagher (Newcastle United)
Jackie Milburn (Newcastle United)
Shepherd (Newcastle United)
Brian Clough (Nottingham Forest)
Trevor Francis (Nottingham Forest)
Tom Finney (Preston North End)
Jim Baxter (Glasgow Rangers)
Tony Currie (Sheffield United)
Gordon Banks (Stoke City)
Len Shakleton (Sunderland)
Ossie Ardiles (Tottenham Hotspur)
Danny Blanchflower (Tottenham Hotspur)
Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur)
Glenn Hoddle (Tottenham Hotspur)
Gary Lineker (Tottenham Hotspur)
Bill Nicholson (Tottenham Hotspur)
Martin Peters (Tottenham Hotspur)
Trevor Brooking (West Ham United)
Geoff Hurst (West Ham United)
Bobby Moore (West Ham United)
Stan Cullis (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Billy Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
2013
Football Heroes Collector Cards
Westminster Collections / Royal Mail
11
A set of 11 cards have been issued by Westminster Collections in a Limited Edition of 950 sets. Each cards includes 6 stamps of the featured player. The stamps were issued in the United Kingdom on 9 May this year.
The Post Office has also issued a set of 11 postcards, each one showing one stamp of a Football Hero.
John Charles is my Football Hero, so I've used his card to illustrate this collection.
Jimmy Greaves
John Charles
Gordon Banks
George Best
John Barnes
Kevin Keegan
Denis Law
Bobby Moore
Bryan Robson
Dave MacKay
Bobby Charlton
