As well as the 2024 Christmas stamps Royal Mail have also put on their website for pre-order two new Wales Country definitives with the profile of King Charles III.
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| Queen Elizabeth II Wales 2nd class definitive |
As standing order customers will know from their advance notice, the Wales Definitive has been billed at a value of £2.50, leading some to think that it is erroneously an airmail stamp at the pre-October 7th rate. But of course the sum of the 2nd class and 1st class is now £2.50, and it is these two values which are being issued on 14 November, the King's birthday.
The stamps can be seen here.
In accordance with Royal Mail’s environmental policy, all existing stock of definitive and country definitive stamps featuring the portrait of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II are being issued to exhaustion, and new Definitive stamps with the King Charles III portrait will be issued according to supply and demand.
The Welsh 1st and 2nd Class Definitive stamps will be available for the first time featuring the King’s silhouette.
The stamp designs featuring Welsh national symbols have been retained from previous country definitive designs. The Welsh Dragon has been forged from Welsh steel, whilst the Leek has been carved from Welsh sycamore.
Country Definitives will now be limited to 1st and 2nd Class NVIs and no longer include international values.
The 39 x 30 mm self-adhesive stamps are printed in sheets of 25 by Cartor Security Printers in lithography.
When they will be available generally in Post Office branches is anyone's guess! Please send your reports.
Ah, they still haven't fixed the glaring Welsh language error ... The word for "second" in Welsh is "ail", it really should read "2il" on stamps, not "2ail".
ReplyDelete"1af" (cyntaf) for "first" is correct.