July has started as June ended with the default Dog Awareness Week postmark so I'll start by repeating the one JM supplied last month and also show a July dated copy of the other layout, from MM.
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| DOG Awareness Week slogan, Inverness Mail Centre 30-06-2025 |
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| DOG Awareness Week slogan, Sheffield Mail Centre 04/07/2025 |
MM sent a copy of the United States Postal Service slogan for the campaign. Australia has also used one but I haven't managed to get a good copy yet, most of them being not as good as the British ones!
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| Dog Bite Awareness slogan, Indianapolis 24 Jun 2025. |
Apart from various commemorations of the NHS (National Health Service) over the years, there are no other regular slogans in July, so we may have only the default British Heart Foundation for the rest of the month.
Other postmarks and postal markings
MM also sent this cover from 1982 with a Post Office label that I don't recall seeing reported at the time (or since) - but then in 1982 although curious I wasn't too interested in postal history. (Although I kept much of what came through the post then!)
Blue Peter is a British children's television entertainment programme and is the longest-running children's TV show in the world, having been broadcast since October 1958. An enduring feature of the programme is the annual charity appeal, which asks viewers to collect items that can be recycled or sold to raise money for the chosen cause. For example, in 1973–74, Blue Peter sponsored a "Stampede", asking people to donate postage stamps in support of Ethiopian famine relief.
In 1981 the appeal was for postage stamps and pre-decimal and foreign coins for Operation Pipeline, which provided 150 Javanese villages with pure water systems and health care services.
The delay in the delivery of this item is very much
regretted. Unfortunately it was missorted into the
Blue Peter Pipeline Appeal bag and has only now
been returned to the Post Office by the organisers
of the appeal.
Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience
caused to you as a result of this unfortunate error.
Post Office and Royal Mail pictures
Lars Tåders has sent some photos from his travels which may be of interest to readers.
The first is of the vehicles at Royal Mail's Dartford Delivery Office (on a Sunday which is why they aren't out delivering.)
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| Royal Mail delivery vans at the Dartford Delivery Office (June 2025) [Credit Lars Tåders] |
Post Office branches
Mundesley Norfolk and Sittingbourne, Kent.
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| Village Post Office at Mundesley, Norfolk (June 2025) [Credit Lars Tåders] |
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| Branch Post Office at Sittingbourne, Kent. (June 2025) [Credit Lars Tåders] |
Remember, all postmarks appearing in July will be added to this post, so check here before you spend time scanning and emailing.
