The real Post and Go news for autumn 2019

We have now received comprehensive official information from Royal Mail about what is happening in the Post and Go world.  We are not stocking these, but thought that collectors would be interested to know what the plans are. See also the note at the foot of the post about other plans/  

The previous post (sourced from IAR) will now be closed to further comments.

Post and Go Overprints:

We are pleased to be able to confirm a new series of overprints for selected Post & Go kiosk locations. Included in this list is the relocation of kiosk A005 from East Anglia Railway Museum to Mail Rail @ The Postal Museum, which went live this week with a positive early response from collectors. We will update this list again in early 2020.

Location	Kiosk	Stamp	Current Overprint	New Overprint	Start Date	End Date
TPM	A001	Mail Coach reel	NPM50	New Exhibit 2019	11/10/2019	Ongoing
TPM	A001	Machin 1st	NPM50	No Overprint	11/10/2019	Ongoing
TPM	A001	Machin 2nd	No overprint	No Overprint	11/10/2019	Ongoing
TPM	A001	Mail Rail *	No overprint	No Overprint	11/10/2019	Ongoing
TPM	A001	Mail by Air	Airmail 1919	Airmail 1919	11/10/2019	Ongoing
TPM	A001	Mail by Rail	N/A	New Exhibit 2019	Pack Only	N/A
Mail Rail	A005	Mail Rail *	N/A	Mail Rail	29/10/2019	Ongoing
Mail Rail	A005	Machin 1st	N/A	Mail Rail	29/10/2019	Ongoing
Royal Navy Museum Portsmouth	A002	Poppy	No overprint	Lest We Forget 100	01/11/2019	30/11/2019
Fleet Air Arm	A003	Union Flag	No overprint	Concorde 50 Years	04/11/2019  06/11/2019	Ongoing
Fleet Air Arm	A003	Machin	No overprint	Concorde 50 Years (+ logo)	04/11/2019 06/11/2019	Ongoing
Submarine	A004	Poppy	No overprint	Lest We Forget 100	01/11/2019	30/11/2019
HMS Trincomalee	A006	Poppy	No overprint	Lest We Forget 100	01/11/2019	30/11/2019
Explosion Museum	A007	Poppy	No overprint	Lest We Forget 100	01/11/2019	30/11/2019
Shakespeare Shop	A009	Flowers	No overprint	Shakespeare 1564	04/11/2019	Ongoing
Shakespeare Shop	A009	Machin	No overprint	Shakespeare 1616	04/11/2019	Ongoing

* Mail Rail = the Underground Railway stamp from the Mail by Rail set [NP]
See update at foot of post re Postal Museum Winter Greenery

FAA Concorde dates corrected by Royal Mail as museum is not open on 4th & 5th November.

N.B. The above list is a limited overprint plan, it is not intended to replicate the full and comprehensive overprint schedules seen over previous years, nothing should be read into any kiosks omitted from this list as they may feature in future lists.

UPDATE 2 November:
Thanks to Chris Hockaday (ebay seller royalnavalcovers) and dealer who frequents Stampex, and other fairs, I am able to add this picture of the MA19 Poppy

Chris records the following on his current ebay listing:

Kiosk A002 Navy Museum Poppy MA15

Kiosk A004 Submarine Navy Museum Poppy MA15

Kiosk A007 Explosion Museum Poppy MA19

A006 HMS Trincomalee - details to follow.

Update 5 November:
Also from Chris's sales on eBay, the Shakespeare double-overprint error reported by 'Anonymous' (note this is on MA17 stock).

This has not only 'Shakespeare Birthplace Trust' 'but the expected 'Shakespeare 1564'.  A nice little bonus for those collectors and dealers who can get or make arrangements to get the stock.  The Shakespeare 1616 is on undated Machin stock.

Update 6 November
Based on this example from eBay seller gbphil09 it might have been better to have run some trial prints before going live at FAAM on A003, which is missing the right side of Concorde, the plane and the word, and most of the 0,

We have received several reports that the FAAM machine A1003 was working correctly at the start of business.

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Post Office Self-Service Kiosks 
We understand from Norwich's main post office (in WHSmith) that no poppies will be installed there and that Winter Greenery will be used from 5 November, the date of issue of the Christmas stamps.

Update 4 November
Information has now been received that the Winter Greenery will be in all SSK offices from tomorrow, 5 November.  I expect old stock to be used but some new stock to have been printed.  Reports awaited!

Later:
Thanks to JG I can now show the 2019 printings of the Winter Greenery stamps.   Cambridge city PO "had been supplied with boxes of Winter Greenery stamps for use from today, and most were 2019, although some were 2018 (left over stock as you suspected!)"  But not all branches have these stamps available (See comments).


These show CL19S on the 2nd class and R19AL on the 1st.

 

Update 8 November
As we have news here about new printings of Winter Greenery it seems appropriate to include the 2019 reprint of the Machin definitive post and go stamps as well.  The background printing is now very light so I have digitally enhanced this image from DP showing the 1st class R19YAL coding below 'Class' found at Richmond, Surrey.

 

A further report, just in.
"Winter Greenery both first and second class year code 2019 in all 3 machines at Islington. Poppy to be added to the 3^rd machine."  (DF)

Update 21 November from Royal Mail:
Following the publication of the Quarterly overprint plan for Post & Go last month, we have received extensive feedback requesting a Christmas stamp. 
As the 1st Class Winter Greenery stamps are being introduced elsewhere, it will be added to the Mail Rail kiosk, replacing the Machin definitive and will run from 2nd December to 31 December 2019.
[corrected version]

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A reminder that regular news about Post Office SSK branch changes is reported in the comments on this Post and Go post. 

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