Slogan postmarks used in November will be shown here; please check for latest updates before spending your time scanning, but if you have something new or another format, then please do send it in for publication.
The month has continued the use of the Movember campaign started on 31 October (see October listing). Two further examples from RW who provides examples from Exeter and Manchester on 2 November.
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| Movember slogan used at Manchester Mail Centre 02/11/2023 |
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| Movember slogan used at Exeter Mail Centre 02-11-2023 |
The second slogan for November is the traditional one for this time of the year. Here's an example we received this morning from Norwich Mail Centre dated 7 November.
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| Lest We Forget Armistice Day 2023 slogan Norwich Mail Centre 07-11-2023 |
Update 19 November. Thanks to MA for providing this clean example of the other layout on a House of Commons envelope postmarked at Birmingham Mail Centre 07/11/2023
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| Lest We Forget Armistice Day 2023 slogan Birmingham Mail Centre 07/11/2023 |
Update 19 November. Thanks to JH for reporting that the slogans have now defaulted to British Heart Foundation, this one from Chester & N Wales Mail Centre dated 16/11/2023.
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| British Heart Foundation slogan postmark Chester & N Wales 16/11/2023. |
Other postmarks, postal markings etc,
Update 19 November. I've been sent a picture of an tracked envelope sent from the UK to Canada with £11+ worth of barcoded Machin definitives. I'll add this to the Postal History blog, but show here the counter date stamp from PETERSFIELD HANTS 02 NO 23, nice to see a cover properly cancelled at the branch counter.
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| Petersfield Hants counter date stamp 02. NO. 23 |
Earlier this year Royal Mail decided against leaving 'come and collect' cards at addresses where they could not deliver packets and instead opted to retry delivery the next day. This wasn't universally welcome because it added to what the post-person would carry out for delivery, and also meant that if the addressee was out (maybe at work) every day it would be an extra day (or more) before they could collect the item from the Enquiry Office or arrange redelivery elsewhere.
My thanks to MD for sending this example of a new version of the P739 label reflecting the new practice with spaces for '1st Attempt' and '2nd Attempt'.
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| Royal Mail 2023 revision of label when an item could not be delivered. |
UPDATE 22 December.: MD later sent another copy of the same type of label without as much scrawl, and thanks also to PC who sent a variation, in that instead of 'Something for you left' it reads 'P739 card left'.
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| 'Something for you left' label for two delivery attempts. |
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| 'P739 card left' label for two delivery attempts. |
Those cards were always known as P739s (something you sometimes used to see endorsed in manuscript on letters delivered or collected later), but in recent years Royal Mail took to using the term 'Something for you' card, presumably on the basis that customers would be happier than with a form number. It also enabled the term to be used on their website in the same context.
If you have any other interesting postal markings, please send them to one of the email addresses in
the top right of this blog. Thank you.
Remember, any other slogans appearing in November will be added to this post, so check here before you spend time scanning and emailing. I'll add new ones as quickly as possible.
"nice to see a cover properly cancelled at the branch counter"
ReplyDeleteI know two Post Offices near me that do that but most don't.