AUSTRALIAN  STAMP  WEBSITE King George VI 1937 - 1952 Simplified List Revised: 20 May 2026 -- SEARCH BY YEAR -- KGV - Other 1937 1938 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 Grouped Sets QEII - Pre-decimal George VI ascended the throne on 10 May 1937. On the same day, two definitive stamps were released, the Green 1d. Queen Elizabeth and the 2d. Scarlet King George VI. The release of further stamps was a rather haphazard, with many series taking years to complete. To further complicate the issues, any stamps were issued in various Die stages. Grouped Stamp Sets and Series are shown here. Previous Group Main Menu Notes & Abbreviations Next Group 1937  STAMP ISSUES King George VI King George VI Definitives 10 May 1937 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160 (#1).  1x Sheet of 160, later 1x Sheet of 80 (#2).  Stamp #2 also issued in Stamp Booklets of 12.  View 1 1d.  Queen Elizabeth, Die 1 / Green 2 2d.  King George VI, Die 1 / Scarlet King George VI Zoological Definitives: Issues 1 & 2 of 7. 2 August 1937 Gummed Stamps: 2x Sheets of 80. 3 6d.  Kookaburra / Brown 4 1s.  Lyrebird / Dull Green King George VI King George VI Definitive 2 August 1937 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 5 3d.  King George VI / Blue   King George VI 150th Anniversary of New South Wales 1 October 1937 Gummed Stamps: 3x Sheets of 80. 6 2d.  Sydney Cove / Scarlet 7 3d.  Sydney Cove / Blue 8 9d.  Sydney Cove / Purple 1938  STAMP ISSUES King George VI Zoological Definitive: Issue 3 of 7 2 February 1938 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 80. 1 4d.  Koala / Green King George VI Coronation Robes 1 April 1938 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 40, later 80 (#2).  1x Sheet of 80 (#3). 2 5s.  Coronation Robes / Lake 3 10s.  Coronation Robes / Purple King George VI King George VI Definitive 20 April 1938 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 80. 4 1½d.  King George VI / Red-Brown King George VI King George VI Definitives 1 August 1938 Gummed Stamps: 2x Sheets of 80.  Also issued in Coil Rolls of 960. View 5 1d.  Queen Elizabeth, Die 2 / Green 6 2d.  King George VI, Die 2 / Scarlet King George VI Zoological Definitive: Issue 4 of 7 1 September 1938 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 7 9d.  Platypus / Sepia King George VI Zoological Definitive: Issue 5 of 7 3 October 1938 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 80.  Also issued in Coil Rolls of 720 & 960.  View 8 ½d.  Kangaroo / Orange King George VI King George VI Definitive 3 October 1938 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 80. 9 1s.4d.  King George VI / Magenta King George VI Coronation Robes 1 November 1938 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 40, then 80. 10 £1.  Coronation Robes / Dull Blue King George VI Zoological Definitive: Issue 6 of 7 1 December 1938 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 80. 11 5d.  Merino / Mauve 1940  STAMP ISSUES King George VI Australian Imperial Forces 15 July 1940 Gummed Stamps: 4x Sheets of 80. 1 1d.  AIF / Green 2 2d.  AIF / Scarlet 3 3d.  AIF / Blue 4 6d. AIF / Brown 1941  STAMP ISSUES King George VI Definitive Surcharges 10 December 1941 Gummed Stamps: 2x Sheets of 160 (#1),(#2).  1x Sheet of 80 (#3). 1 2½d. on 2d.  King George VI / Scarlet   2 3½d. on 3d.  King George VI / Deep Blue 3 5½d. on 5d.  Merino / Mauve King George VI King George VI Definitives 10 December 1941 Gummed Stamps: 4x Sheets of 160 (#1,#2,#3,#4).  Stamps 4 & 6 also issued in Coil Rolls of 960.  View 4 1d.  Queen Elizabeth, Die 2 / Red-Brown 5 1½d.  King George VI / Green 6 2d.  King George VI, Die 2 / Mauve 7 3d.  King George VI / Brown 1942  STAMP ISSUES King George VI 2½d. King George VI 1 January 1942 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160.  Also issued in Stamp Booklets of 12.  View 1 2½d.  King George VI / Scarlet King George VI 5½d. Emu: Issue 7 of 7 12 February 1942 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 2 5½d.  Emu / Slate-Blue King George VI King George VI Definitive 25 March 1942 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 3 3½d.  King George VI / Blue King George VI 1½d. Queen Elizabeth 1 December 1942 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 4 1½d.  Queen Elizabeth /Green 1943  STAMP ISSUES King George VI 1d. Queen Elizabeth 1 January 1943 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160.  Also issued in Coil Rolls of 960.  View 1 1d.  Queen Elizabeth / Purple-Brown 1944  STAMP ISSUES King George VI King George VI Definitive 4 December 1944 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160.  Also issued in Coil Rolls of 960.  View 1 2d.  King George VI / Purple 1945  STAMP ISSUES King George VI Arrival of Duke & Duchess of Gloucester 19 February 1945 Gummed Stamps: 3x Sheets of 60. 1 2½d.  Duke & Duchess / Lake 2 3½d. Duke &  Duchess / Blue 3 5½d.  Duke & Duchess / Indigo 1946  STAMP ISSUES King George VI Peace 18 February 1946 Gummed Stamps: 3x Sheets of 60. 1 2½d.  Crest & Olive Wreath / Carmine 2 3½d.  Flag & Dove / Blue 3 5½d.  Peace 1945 / Deep Green King George VI Centenary of Mitchell's Exploration of Central Queensland 14 October 1946 Gummed Stamps: 3x Sheets of 60. 4 2½d.  Sir Thomas Mitchell / Carmine 5 3½d.  Sir Thomas Mitchel / Blue 6 1s.  Sir Thomas Mitchell / Dull Green 1947  STAMP ISSUES King George VI 150th Anniversary of Newcastle 8 September 1947 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160 (#1).  2x Sheets of 60 (#2,),(#3). 1 2½d.  Capt. Shortland / Carmine-Lake 2 3½d.  Steel Foundry / Blue 3  5½d. Coal Crane / Deep Green King George VI King George VI Definitive 20 November 194 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheets of 160.  Also issued in Coil Rolls of 960.  View 4 1d.  Wedding of Princess Elizabeth / Purple 1948  STAMP ISSUES King George VI King George VI Definitives 16 February 1948 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheets of 120. 1 1s.3d.  Hereford Bull / Reddish Brown 2 2s.  Aboriginal Art Crocodile / Dark Chocolate King George VI William Farrer 12 July 1948 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 3 2½d.  Farrer & Wheat Sheaf / Scarlet King George VI Baron Ferdinand Von Mueller 13 September 1948 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 4 2½d.  Von Mueller / Carmine-Lake King George VI Pan-Pacific Scout Jamboree 15 November 1948 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 5 2½d.  Rover Scout / Carmine-Lake 1949  STAMP ISSUES King George VI Coat of Arms: Issue 1 of 4 11 April 1949 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 60. 1 5s.  Coat of Arms / Carmine King George VI Henry Lawson 17 June 1949 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 2 2½d.  Henry Lawson / Red-Brown King George VI 1s6d. Hermes 1 September 1949 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 120. 3 1s.6d.  Hermes / Grey-Black   King George VI Coat of Arms: Issue 2 of 4 3 October 1949 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 60. 4 10s.  Coat of Arms / Purple   King George VI 75th Anniversary of Universal Postal Union 10 October 1949 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 84. 5 3½d.  Outback Mail Carrier / Ultramarine King George VI Coat of Arms: Issue 3 of 4 28 November 1949 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 60. 6 £1.  Coat of Arms / Blue King George VI Lord Forrest of Bunbury 28 November 1949 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 7 2½d.  John Forrest / Lake 1950  STAMP ISSUES King George VI Coat of Arms: Issue 4 of 4 16 January 1950 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 60. 1 £2.  Coat of Arms / Green King George VI King George VI Definitive 12 April 1950 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheets of 160. 2 2½d.  King George VI / Scarlet King George VI King George VI Definitive 19 June 1950 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 3 1½d.  Queen Elizabeth / Green King George VI King George VI Definitives 14 August 1950 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 4 8½d.  Aborigine / Brown King George VI Centenary of Postage Stamps in Australia 21 September 1950 Gummed Stamps: 1x Composite Sheet of 160, arranged in Se-tenant Pairs.  View 5 2½d.  NSW Seal of Colony / Maroon 6 2½d.  Queen Victoria / Maroon 1951  STAMP ISSUES King George VI King George VI Definitive 28 February 1951 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160.  Also issued in Coil Rolls of 960.  View 1 3d.  King George VI / Scarlet King George VI King George VI Definitive 28 March 1951 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160.  Also issued in Coil Rolls of 960.  View 2 2d.  Queen Elizabeth / Green King George VI 50th Anniversary of Foundation of Commonwealth 12 May 1951 Gummed Stamps: 1x Composite Sheet of 160 (#3,4), arranged in Se-tenant Pairs.  2x Sheets of 84 (#5),(#6).  View   3 3d.  Sir Henry Parks / Carmine-Lake 4 3d.  Sir Edmund Barton / Carmine-Lake 5 5½d.  Duke of York Opening Parliament / Blue 6 1s.6d.  Parliament House, Canberra / Red-Brown King George VI King George VI Definitive 23 May 1951 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 7 2½d.  King George VI / Chocolate King George VI Gold & Responsible Government Centenaries 2 July 1951 Gummed Stamps: 1x Composite Sheet of 160 (#8,9), arranged in Se-tenant Pairs.  View 8 3d.  Edward Hargraves / Maroon 9 3d.  Charles Latrobe / Maroon King George VI King George VI Definitive 31 October 1951 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 10 7½d.  King George VI / Blue King George VI King George VI Definitive 14 November 1951 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160.  Also issued in Coil Rolls of 960.  View 11 3d.  King George VI / Green King George VI King George VI Definitive 28 November 1951 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160.  Also issued in Stamp Booklets of 12.  View 12 3½d.  King George VI / Brown 1952  STAMP ISSUES King George VI King George VI Definitive 20 February 1952 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 1 6½d.  King George VI / Brown King George VI King George VI Definitive 19 March 1952 Gummed Stamps: 2x Sheets of 120. 2 2s.6d.  Aborigine / Sepia 3 1s.0½d.  King George VI / Indigo King George VI King George VI Definitive 9 April 1952 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 4 6½d.  King George VI / Green King George VI King George VI Definitive 20 May 1952 Gummed Stamps: 1x Sheet of 160. 5 4½d.  King George VI / Red Previous Group Main Menu Back to Top Next Group