November actually ended with the Post Early slogan which I received on a (stamped business!) letter today.
This may be the only general design until Royal Mail get date specific - last year they didn't do any post early slogans and in 2022 they were urging us to use up our old stamps until the middle of the month when they switched to date specific.
Remember also, that the Universal machines are usually pressed into service at this time of year.
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| 2022 Date-specific 'Post Early' slogan. |
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| Dumb wavy line Universal machine in 2022. |
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| Decades-old Snowman slogan in Universal machine in 2022. |
Post Early
This slogan will be widely used, I should think, so please send me other layouts.
Remember to
post early
for Christmas
royalmail.com/greetings
This first example is from Peterborough Mail Centre 30-11-2024.
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| Post Early slogan, Peterborough Mail Centre 30-11-2024 |
UPDATE 4 December: We and MM both received reversed examples today on square envelopes. Mine is from Gatwick 02/12/2024 and MM's is from Tyne & Wear 03/12/2024.
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| Reversed Post Early slogan, Gatwick Mail Centre 02/12/2024 |
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| Reversed Post Early slogan, Tyneside NE/SR Mail Centre 03/12/2024 |
And the last layout to complete the set (of mostly poor impressions!) comes from PC with this one from Romford Mail Centre, probably 02/12/2024.
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| Reversed Post Early slogan, Romford Mail Centre 02/12/2024 |
UPDATE 21 December 2024 Royal Mail's last day for posting 2nd class mail was 18th December, and although the last day for 1st class mail was 20th, the Post Early slogan was replaced on 19th by the default British Heart Foundation slogan. I suppose anything posted on 19th was unlikely to be delivered on 20th, so no point in continuing to remind people of the last posting date.
Here's a the envelope from a card which reached us this week which has the Birmingham Mail Centre Post Early slogan on 17/12/2024, and also a Norwich Mail Centre British Heart Foundation slogan on 19-12-2024. After that there is a clear example of the BHF slogan from Norwich on 20-12-2024.
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| Post Early slogan from Birmingham Mail Centre slogan on 17/12/2024, and also a Norwich Mail Centre British Heart Foundation slogan on 19-12-2024. |
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| Norwich Mail Centre British Heart Foundation slogan on 20-12-2024. |
UNIVERSALS
CP emailed to say that Stromness's Universal machine was used again, but could not send a copy. I should think it is much like this one, without a year. "Stromness stamped the reverse of my letter (on 2 December) suggesting the Universal is only used on island mail and the stamp on the front was cancelled with Glasgow Post early slogan of 3 December"
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| Stromness, Orkney Universal with no year slug, used in 2023, which was used again in 2024 |
UPDATE: the reported 2024 usage has now reached me and is of course the same slogan as last year, but they put the day slug into the time slot on 2 December.
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| Stromness, Orkney, Universal with no year slug, used 2 December 2024 with the day slug in the time slot. |
Other postmarks, postal markings etc.
Jersey post used a Santa Sleigh slogan postmark this year: the transposed position as used by Royal Mail in pre-inkjet days allows the slogan to be seen clearly. |
| Jersey Post Merry Christmas slogan illustrated with Santa and reindeer 05.12.24 |
Remember, all postmarks appearing in December will be added to this post, so check
here before you spend time scanning and emailing.
Hmm, I wonder, have there been fewer postmark slogans this year?
ReplyDeleteNo, actually a couple more but well down on 2022.
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