New country definitives for Wales were issued in November last year but in accordance with Royal Mail’s environmental policy, all QE2 stocks of country definitive stamps were used before new stamps were printed.
The Scottish 1st and 2nd Class definitive stamps are now available for the first time featuring the King’s silhouette. The stamp designs featuring Scottish national symbols have been retained from previous country definitive designs. The 1st class stamp features a sculpture of the Lion of Scotland, the 2nd class stamp features a painting of the Scottish saltire.
These are the publicity images, but below are scans of date & traffic light corner blocks of the actual stamps, showing the 2nd class printed on 07/05/205 and the 1st class on 06/05/2025.
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| Scotland 2nd class King Charles III date block - issued 14 August 2025. |
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| Scotland 1st class King Charles III date block - issued 14 August 2025. |
The stamps were designed by Tayburn: the Saltire was painted by Anton Morris, the Lion of Scotland was sculpted by Frank Pottinger RSA and photographed by Julyan Rawlings.
They are printed in litho on self-adhesive paper in sheets of 25 by Cartor Security Printers.
Official First Day Covers will be available from Royal Mail.
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