When the short list of 24 designs was announced, Royal Mail included this statement:
"To celebrate the children being the 24 finalists, their achievement will appear on a special postmark that will feature on mail delivered to addresses nationwide. Each postmark will feature one day over the next month. Two of the national finalists are from Wales and will have a Welsh postmark sent to addresses in Wales."
To avoid making this blog entry too big, the remaining postmarks will be shown on a new one here; the table at the foot will continue to be updated.
Latest text additions will be in blue; images will be slotted in more or less in order.
Thanks to John G and John A we can show these examples.
Natacha Simpson from Wandsworth 4 October, Molly Robson from Horsham 3 October
ADDED from contributions - thanks to Bob M, Dominic P, Boweevil, John G, John C, Mike C,
(apologies to anybody not credited!)
4 / 5 October Natasha Simpson from Wandsworth used on a second day (Bath, Bristol Taunton MC and Greenford/Windsor MC)
8 October Olivia Heller from Royal Tunbridge Wells from Romford MC with a clear (wrong) date (Thanks JE)
9 October Adil Hanney from Blackburn (Cornwall = Truro MC)
9 October Tia Dann, from Bamber Bridge on a Post and Go stamp so mostly illegible (Nottingham MC) and from Bath, Bristol Taunton on 8 October
10 October Nial Conn from Armagh - Chester and N Wales MC
11 October Corin McCrea from Holywood - S W Wales MC and on 12th from South East Anglia MC (thanks KC)
14 October Faye Hughes from Darlington Cambridge MC
15 October Rowan McAlpine from Berwick-upon-Tweed, at Manchester MC
16 October Finn Alexander from Taunton, at North and West Yorkshire MC
17 October Rosie Hargreaves from Devon, at North and West Yorkshire MC, and South East Anglia MC
18 October Archie Hilton from Banchory, at Cambridge MC (I've also been sent examples from Bath Bristol Taunton MC, S W Wales MC and Chester and N Wales (both in English) on the same date; and Chester and N Wales and Gatwick MC on 19th.
However, the finalists in Wales seem to have drawn the short straw, both being named on one postmark with no precise location, but that postmark has been used (unless there was a machine error) on 11 October and 18 October at Cambridge MC
Jayden Robens and Nicole Murphy from Wales (og Cymru)
UPDATE 10 October: Collectors with more knowledge than I have - and who have seen examples - have said that, unlike the previous two campaigns, these slogans are being applied on all IMP-processed mail to any address nationwide. That should mean that we all see some, although it's hit and miss given the amount of mail that comes through with no postmark at all!
Fortunately the British Postmark Society will collate reports and publish the full results, but they still need help from all of us, not just from their members, so please send scans of any examples you see.
UPDATED 21 October. We now have a list from Royal Mail of all the finalists, locations named on the slogans, and dates. What you have found, however, is that some slogans have been used on more than one date, not always the expected ones. § Friday dates seem to continue to Saturday (4/5, 11/12, 18/19, 25/26)
Region
|
Location
|
Name
|
intended date
|
Actual
dates
|
South
East
|
Horsham
|
Molly
Robson
|
3 October
|
3
October
|
South
East
|
Royal
Tunbridge Wells
|
Olivia
Heller
|
7 October
|
8 October
|
North
West
|
Bamber
Bridge
|
Tia
Dann
|
8 October
|
8 October
9 Oct @ NG |
North
West
|
Blackburn
|
Adil
Hanney
|
9 October
|
9
October
|
Northern
Ireland
|
Holywood
|
Corin
McCrea
|
11 October §
|
11 October
|
Northern
Ireland
|
Armagh
|
Niall
Conn
|
10
October
|
10 October
|
North
East
|
Darlington
|
Faye
Hughes
|
14
October
|
14
October
|
North
East
|
Berwick-upon-Tweed
|
Rowan
McAlpine
|
15
October
|
15
October
|
South
West
|
Devon
|
Rosie
Hargreaves
|
17
October
|
17
October
|
South
West
|
Taunton
|
Finn
Alexander
|
16
October
|
16
October
|
Scotland
|
Banchory
|
Archie
Hilton
|
18 October §
|
18
-19 October
|
Scotland
|
Newtown
St Boswells
|
Danielle
Lockie
|
21
October
|
21 October
|
Yorkshire
and Humberside
|
Sheffield
|
Kristina
Pavic
|
22
October
|
22 October
|
Yorkshire
and Humberside
|
Hull
|
Thomas
Donaldson
|
23
October
|
23 October
|
London
|
Rainham
|
Daniel
Payne
|
24
October
|
24 October
|
London
|
Wandsworth
|
Natacha
Simpson
|
4 October §
|
4-5
October
|
East
of England
|
Chelmsford
|
Thomas
Gaynham
|
25
October §
|
25 October
|
East
of England
|
Norwich
|
Ava
Reynolds
|
28
October
|
28 October
29 Oct @ NG |
West
Midlands
|
Oswestry
|
Oliver
Miller
|
31 October
|
|
West
Midlands
|
Newcastle-under-Lyme
|
Fred
Egerton
|
1 November
|
|
East
Midlands
|
Newark
|
Morgan
Spink
|
30
October
|
|
East
Midlands
|
Derby
|
Ethan
Mahal
|
29 October
|
29 October
|
Wales
|
Jayden
Roberts
|
Oct 3-17 in English
Oct
18 – Nov 4 in Welsh
|
11
October (E)
18
October (W)
|
|
Wales |
It's not as bad as the Dr Who/Football hero slogans as these are being used in IMPs to ALL addresses not just the home towns of the finalists. But one slogan a day is still a ridiculous situation!
ReplyDeleteMartin
Ian
ReplyDeleteThanks as always for keeping us up to date.
You think the slogans are used on mail addressed to the areas they live. Does the full addresses of the copies you hav seen indicate this?
The Royal mail announcement says they will feature on mail addressed nationwide. Have you seen any on your inward mail or is the RM announcement just wrong?
John Embrey
Judging by the Royal Mail list linked to earlier it might be Tia Dann from the North West in the Post & Go sample
ReplyDeleteTia is from Bamber Bridge.
DeleteI notice from the illustrations that RM have a strange idea of one a day as the Natacha ones are dated 4th and 5th and there are two different ones dated 9th. My copy of the Tia Dann one is from Bristol dated 8th!
I think the 'answer' regarding the 4th Oct slogan also being used on 5th is that much less mail is posted on Saturdays (such as 5th Oct), and indeed some Mail Centres do not process outward mail - e.g. Preston's mail goes to Manchester on Saturdays, and Medway's and Croydon's mail goes to Gatwick.
DeleteJohn Enfield
Yes, it's Tia Dann from Bamber Bridge, near Preston. It's stretching the point to say all IMP-processed mail is receiving the slogans - though that is the intention. I've had several recent letters, posted in Preston to Preston, with stamps uncancelled, or with only wavy lines cancelling the stamp. This was despite my taking care to use only current Machin definitives, as I know IMPs can be picky and often fail to cancel older issue or Post & Go stamps.
ReplyDeleteJohn Enfield
Niall Conn from Armagh dated 10th from Lancashire and South Lakes.
DeleteConn McCrea from Holywood dated 11th from North West Midlands
ReplyDeleteI'm sure others would like to see the two Northern Ireland postmarks so if you can send scans to me I'd appreciate it.
DeleteThanks
Olivia Heller from Royal Tunbridge Wells appeared on 7 October - I have this from Preston Mail Centre ('Lancashire and South Lakes'), also used late - presumably in error on 8 October from Romford Mail Centre. The previous day's slogan may appear early in the day, before the due changeover time, but the Romford one is timed 03.59pm.
ReplyDeleteJohn Enfield