... there was sufficient information here that I could post several times a week. And because of that frequency, visitors were equally frequent.
Had that been the case still today, somebody would have spotted when our page-view count passed 7 million. But that day has come, and passed by without notice!
Without the frequent changes to Machin definitives, and with so few King Charles stamps being issued, due to a surfeit of Machins remaining, the news is these days confined to new stamp special stamp issues, slogan postmarks, and Post and Go information provided by a few stalwarts.
So thank you for continuing to visit, and if you have anything to share with the rest of the community please do!
And if you have any questions, or you would like to write a short piece about anything in particular associated with British stamps, postal history, etc send me an email. The address is over there on the right!
[Next regular post will be on the Tower of London and the Union Flag stamps.]
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Minor point and I don't know whether it's intentional or not but the list of blogs on the Norphil front page has not updated for several weeks. I'm sure the vast majority of your readers will check the blog anyway.
ReplyDeleteThanks John. I don't look at it myself very often now, so I may need to reload the home page to trigger a revival - and I'll make some other changes while I'm there.
DeleteJohn, I think if you refresh the page that list will update. I have it permanently on my browser window and it showed the 'new KC3 postbox' post, but when I clicked on refresh it brought up the latest,
DeleteYes, it's updating now - thanks. Several years ago I bookmarked your front page as a convenient entry point to the site, which is why I noticed the issue.
DeleteThere is s surfeit of Elizabeth stamps because the use of stamps has lessened in recent years and they had not sold through as swiftly as expected when they were ordered. Many letters have been replaced by messages from telephones or computers now, meaning ordinary people use fewer stamps, and businessmen and officials are constantly trying to force people to do everything 'on line.' Although more parcels are being sent post office clerks now automatically assume that a customer wants a printed label for the right postage, rather than trying to fit 7 different stamps on a small gift to Great Snoring. So we just have the commemorative stamps to enjoy collecting or using. At least this year's are mostly pretty.It is a pity that there are no proper make-up stamps to make a 2nd class NVI into first class or for foreign letters.
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