Update on the 1st Large Business Sheet - and other new products

The King Charles 1st class Large Business Sheet - missing from the original printings of business sheets and first reported here - will have an official distribution on 20 March - along with several other 'new' products which have the new font (and presumably the new crown).

Royal Mail have said that these will have a 'first day of (philatelic) availability' although some have been available in Post Offices and other retailers over recent months.

These are not all available yet from Tallents House, so there is no point in phoning for them!

Full list - product codes will be provided later:

Business Sheets:  1st class, 2nd class, and 1st class Large

Booklets:  4 x 1st, 4 x 1st Large, 8 x 2nd. 
 

More details when available.

UPDATE 3 February

Royal Mail have said that this is simply a font change, but Robert writes:

"Seems likely to me the Textphone info is the real visible change here as most of these items have already appeared with the 2025 Rebrand." 

As John H confirmed:

"the Textphone info was present on the 8x Christmas booklets, but dropped on the 4x. " 

Here is an earlier 2nd class booklet, followed by the Christmas 1st class x4 and x8 without the Textphone line showing all the changes. (Thanks to Robert and John H).

Original back cover showing dimensions for which the stamps are valid, phone & textphone numbers and website

Book of 8 Christmas cover showing phone & textphone numbers, website, QR code for last posting dates and URL for postcode finder

Book of 4 Christmas cover which has dropped the textphone number and provided the Relay UK number for deaf, hearing or speech impaired users.  The phone number and website are retained, and the QR code for last posting dates and URL for postcode finder on the book of 8 continue.

If that's the only change it remains to be seen whether Stanley Gibbons will identify these by a separate number or sub-number.  But As there is much more too it than simply the removal of the Textphone number, it seems that this should qualify for a new catalogue sub-number.  

Whether the Validity (size) details return on the post-Christmas definitive booklets produced in 2026 remains to be seen.

Back in 2019 I reported that when the Printer's imprint was removed and the FSC logo was added these were both identified in the Concise.  But when the phone numbers changed from 0845 to 0345 this was consigned to a footnote, even though collectors usually wanted both.  So because of this inconsistency, we will have to wait and see!  I think the difference is enough to warrant a new catalogue number.

UPDATE 15 February

Royal Mail have started delivering these new products to dealers with standing orders, and from this we can see that the text panel is the same as the (later) 4 x 1st Christmas while the Validity text returns to normal.   Here's the 2nd class book of 8, with cylinder numbers.  (Click on any image to see an enlarged version.)

2nd x 8 booklet with revised text spring 2026.

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Machin Definitive first day cover offers at reduced prices.

Some collectors collect first day covers (FDCs) because they are attractive with a cover design which complements the stamps.  Others collect because they are also a reminder of the date the stamps were issued, and in the case of definitives it helps to identify different versions of the same stamp when comparison of mint stamps might be more difficult.

Official first day covers have been produced for basic new definitives and for prestige book definitive panes (usually the only panes they provide on first day covers).

But there are variants for which there is no official FDC, because Royal Mail do not regard the stamp as new.

FDC for new 1st class security stamp
from Olympic retail booklet

When we started producing FDCs we tried to fill those gaps, not with especially designed covers but in the main with the covers that Royal Mail produced for the issue. We generally used standard definitive covers for definitive variants, or the cover produced for a special stamp issue, such as a retail or prestige booklet.

Recognising that the PSB panes often contained duplicates or stamps which were not new, we gave our customers a cheaper option than Royal Mail by using just singles of the new stamps in the panes.

Reviewing our stock of Definitive FDCs I find that there are some which never made it to our web-shop, and have only ever been offered at the time of issue on our website, and those which were are now offered at lower clearance prices.  I hope there will be some of interest to more recent followers of the blog and long-time readers.

The list is a pdf file which will remain listed in the Links table to the right of this page. A separate file, linked from that one, has illustrations of some of the covers, and scans can be provided for any others.

Because it's a pdf file you cannot leave comments there, so please follow the usual pattern and leave a comment here for any covers that you want.  As usual, there are several of some, and only one in stock for many.

To order:

- please leave a comment here with your name, and then 

- send an email with your Name and Address and Blog Follower ID to my usual address - see top right.  And indicate which item you want (A, B, etc) in case more than one is available.  Please check the existing comments before you write.   

I will process requests in the order they are received but not always immediately - I am not checking every five minutes!   If other people have already asked, by all means put your name down, but we have very low stock of some of these covers.

Thank you for looking - further discounts for larger orders.

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Concorde 50th anniversary - set and miniature sheet 21 January 2026.

The aircraft which has appeared on most British stamps is almost certainly the Concorde supersonic airliner. 

Since its first flight in 1969 Concorde has appeared on several other stamps - I haven't counted, but it's probably ahead of the Spitfire (and I don't count the Red Arrows flight as nine planes on one stamp!) 

Now on the 50th anniversary of the first commercial flghts from London and Paris to Bahrain and Rio de Janeiro respectively Royal Mail is issuing a set and miniature sheet, the latter paying homage to the original issues in 1969.

Royal Mail write-up

On 21st January 1976, Concorde flew simultaneous flights from Heathrow to Bahrain by British Airways and from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Rio by Air France, with each aircraft taking off from Heathrow and Paris at precisely the same time 11.40am. The supersonic plane became the icon of the 1970s with an aim to beat the barriers of time and space and to connect a much smaller, faster and globalized world. 

Those passengers were the first to see the curvature of the Earth below them and the sky turning from blue to black above. Over the next 27 years, millions more were to experience ‘time travel’, arriving in New York at a local time an hour or so earlier than their departure time in London. 

Its supersonic speed meant that on certain early evening transatlantic flights departing from Heathrow or Paris, it was possible to take off just after sunset and catch up with the sun, landing in daylight. This was much publicised by British Airways, who used the slogan “Arrive before you leave.” 

Whilst Concorde no longer takes to the air, even fifty years later, Concorde remains a technical marvel and a much-loved icon of civil aviation. 

The stamps 

50th Anniversary of Concorde set of 8 x 1st class stamps issued 21 January 2026

8 x 1st Class stamps
British Pre-Production Concorde Rolled Out, 1971; British Pre-Production Concorde In Flight, 1974;  Concorde’s First British Airways Livery, 1974; Concorde’s First UK Commercial Flight, 1976;  Concorde Flying Overhead, 1985;  Celebrating 10 Years of Service, 1985; Concorde’s Last British Airways Livery, 1997; Final Commercial Flight 2003.

Technical details 

The 50 x 30 mm stamps, designed by Common Curiosity, were printed in litho on gummed paper by Cartor Security Printers in four sheets of 60 in se-tenant pairs, perforated 14.  Acknowledgements: The Concorde aircraft, name and associated trademarks are used under licence with kind permission of Airbus and British Airways. AIRBUS and Concorde are protected trademarks of Airbus. All rights reserved.  British pre-production Concorde rolled out, photograph © Victor Drees/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images; British pre-production Concorde in flight, photograph by Ken Petitt © The British Airliner Collection; Concorde’s last British Airways livery, photograph © John M Dibbs; all other photographs © Adrian Meredith Photography

Miniature Sheet

50th Anniversary of Concorde miniature sheet of 4 x 1st class stamps issued 21 January 2026

The 192 x 74 mm miniature sheet, containing stamps 50 x 30 mm, was also designed by Common Curiosity, featuring original designs by Michael and Sylvia Goaman and David Gentleman, based on early Concorde models and prototypes.   The fourth stamp is an unadopted 1969 design by David Gentleman. Printed by Cartor Security Printers in litho on gummed paper. Images © Royal Mail Group Ltd 2026.  (The stamps are larger than those issued in 1969.)

Collectors Sheet

All eight sheet stamps from the Concorde issue are presented alongside labels with additional imagery all set on top of the striking image of 4 of the aircraft in the air. This image was taken on Christmas Eve, 1985, when British Airways organized a unique formation flight with four Concorde aircraft to celebrate 10 years of passenger service.   The Collector Sheet is printed on self-adhesive paper of course which is different from the set.

50th Anniversary of Concorde collectors sheet of 8 x 1st class stamps issued 21 January 2026

Products Available

Set of 8, miniature sheet, presentation pack, collectors sheet, first day covers (2), stamp cards (13),  press sheet of 10 miniature sheets, coin covers (3), framed miniature sheet, framed collectors sheet.

A selection of earlier Concorde stamps on maximum cards

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These stamps are reported to have been on sale last week, ie around 10th January.

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One-off offers are back!

After a longer-than-expected delay I have now been able to add some more (mostly) one-off covers, stamps, ephemera for your consideration.  These are on a new page linked in the column on the right.

(Incidentally you may notice a slight reordering of the sections on the right; this is just to bring the Offers list nearer the top.)

Here are some of the new items offered, click on the link above to get to the details and don't forget in most cases you can click on the images to enlarge them. 

And there's more items, together with all the unsolds from previous weeks.  Happy browsing!

 

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Surprise new service and prices from 1 January 2026

Unexpectedly - and not announced to business users via the usual email or letter - Royal Mail have issued another 'Our Prices' leaflet from 5 January 2026. (Download it here.)

Strictly speaking there are no tariff changes, ie no prices have changed, but some services have changed including the elimination of 'International Signed".  Only International Tracked and Signed and International Tracked remain.

Summary

International Tracked and Signed is now for Documents only, and only up to 750g (ie no parcel rates).

International Tracked is for Goods, including gifts, and Documents may be sent but a Customs Declaration must be completed.  There is no (basic) letter rate; the cheapest option is for 100g Large Letters.

Printed Papers have been moved to a new section and include rates for International Tracked, International Standard (basic airmail) for which there is also no basic latter rate (minimum price for 250g is £8.95 to Europe), and ( listed in that order) International Tracked and Signed (again, no letter rates so minimum price £14.25) but including weight options for 1kg to 5kg.

I'm working from a pdf rather than hard copy, which makes comparison difficult, but I could almost believe there are copy & paste errors in this.  Why no Small Parcel rates for ITS unless they are printed papers?  Why no Large Letter rates for printed papers under 250g?

I'll leave this for readers to pursue safe in the knowledge that only the dealers and collector-sellers will be affected!

 

 

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Datamatrix codes - they could do so much more.

Regular readers will remember that when the Datamatrix-added stamps were trialled, 

"Nick Landon, Chief Commercial Officer at Royal Mail, said: 'This initiative will see Royal Mail become one of the first postal authorities in the world to add unique barcodes to stamps. By doing this, we are looking to transform the humble stamp so that we can offer our customers even more convenient, new services in the future."

(See 2nd class Machin with datamatrix added)

Then...

"Following a successful national trial we will now be adding unique barcodes to all our regular ‘everyday’ Definitive and Christmas stamps. Each barcoded stamp will have a digital twin and the two will be connected by the Royal Mail App. The unique barcodes will facilitate operational efficiencies, enable the introduction of added security features and pave the way for innovative services for our customers. 

"The new barcoded stamps enable you to watch and share an exclusive Shaun the Sheep video via the barcode itself using the Royal Mail App. You or the recipient can watch the video just by scanning the stamp barcode using our App. More videos will be added over the coming months."

But apart from Shaun the Sheep, what additional innovative services have been added?  None as far as I am aware.

But one of the other first postal authorities in the world to add unique barcodes to stamps, Germany, has developed their barcodes to provide more detail, as I found out when a reader in Germany sent me a Christmas postcard.

Scanning the barcode with an ordinary QI reader produces very little information.

Postcard posted from Munich Germany 15 December 2025.

This is what the sender wrote:

The Deutsche Post stamp barcode base tracking isn’t even that detailed (only the fact that the letter has passed intermediate and final sorting centres), but it’s appreciated. It would probably be easy for RM to implement the same if they decided to.

Interestingly, while there are 2 stamps making up the airmail value, there’s only 1 piececode associated with them. I found this out when I scanned them in the app. During the purchase, the postal clerk scanned both stamps’ barcodes & did some inputs into their computer.

This is what the Deutsche Post website shows (they have an English option). 

Further information about 'Basic Tracking':

What is basic letter tracking?

Basic tracking documents the processing of your mail item at the origin and destination mail centers. Confirmation of actual delivery is not included in basic tracking.

I assume that if the card had been sent to a domestic address then the latest entry would show the 'final sorting centre' as the one that delivered to the addressee.  Being international with no link with Royal Mail, Cologne West was as far as it is recorded.

The extra effort of scanning and (presumably) putting the address into the system at Post Office branches would probably require additional payment from Royal Mail to Post Office Ltd, and hence to the postmaster.  However, it would bring extra footfall into the branches which might be additional benefit. 

A benefit for collectors and anybody who is interested in the stamp on their letter/card is found by clicking on 'More about this motif' which produces this very useful dropdown:

The data shows the size of the stamp, and of the image on it, the date of issue and the face value, the description of the issue (in this case permanent series or definitive) and the name of the designer (Bettina Walter).  

The last line, More information, describes why datamatrix-coded stamps have been issued and provides a YouTube video showing how you can track the progress of an ordinary letter even when it is dropped into a street postbox.  The letter is scanned in the DP app, and then you can give it an identity (card to Norvic) and then track it through the system.  It would be possible to tell the addressee when it was at the final delivery office.

Not shown on the picture above is a further line which translates as 'More information about the stamp'.  Clicking on that, and then translating with Google Translate produces a wealth of information about these pictorial definitives:

Permanent series "World of Letters - Airmail"

Artistically, imaginatively, surreal - this is how the motifs of the new postage stamp series "World of Letters" can be described in a nutshell. In a playful way, she combines the most diverse worlds of life with the letter, the most personal ambassador in the world, and creates an original overall picture that invites you to collect and brings the desire to write to new life.

The possibilities of messaging are diverse and have a long history. Also "Luftpost", the motif of the new postage stamp of the series "World of Letters", is older than some may believe. For millennia, the pigeon served as a postman until the French brothers Montgolfier in the 18th. century a hot air balloon, the so-called Montgolfière, developed. From now on, man could lift himself up into the air. However, the breakthrough of the airmail was achieved with the invention of the aircraft. On the 17. December 1903 the world's first motorized flight took place. The Wright brothers did not have letters in their luggage that day, but already in 1911, as part of an exhibition in the Indian Allahabad, letters and postcards were officially transported in a biplane for the first time. With the permission of the Reich Post Office, a plane was used for the first time in Germany for the first time in 1912 at the postcard week "Flugpost am Rhein und am Main".

A particular interest in airmail receipts are stamp collectors who are committed to aerophilately. The stamps and stamps used are of importance here, but also the circumstances - for example, rescued mail items from accidental aircraft are sought after. The crowning achievement of such a collection, however, is the "Inverted Jenny," an American stamp misprint from 1918, in which the pictured double-decker Curtiss JN-4 was printed with the nickname "Jenny" traffic. With only a hundred known copies, the misprint of the first U.S. airmail brand is a valuable rarity. 

I haven't taken the trouble to edit the errors in the translation as most people will understand the meaning.

Obviously with Royal Mail only applying datamatrix codes to definitive and Christmas stamps the scope is far more limited, but imagine how much information the could have provided to people who were interested in these six cathedrals (or at least the five that people might have had on their cards).

Christmas 2024 miniature sheet showing Cathedrals.

 What do you think?

  

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Slogan Postmarks for January 2026 - and other postal markings

A reminder of what these monthly listings are for.  

For each month I record the different slogans in use, plus the default slogan that is used when there is nothing else.

For each of these I try to record only one of each of the basic two types (see the BHF slogans below), plus any that are reversed on square envelopes, which normally only gives three or four.  

Occasionally a slogan appears with different line spacing in the same format. 

I do not record multiple versions of the same as any of these unless I later get a much better example of one that I showed purely for the record, but which is otherwise not very clear.

The only exception to this, which doesn't seem to happen much these days, is when a slogan is used well out of time, such as the Air Ambulance Week slogan below which is from September 2024!  

I mention this only to avoid readers unnecessarily duplicating what has already been provided.

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What's the Default?

Regular readers will know that, in the context of slogan postmarks reported here, I have used the term 'default' to mean the slogan that Royal Mail revert to when there isn't a campaign slogan in use, like "St George's Day".

In 2016 they were using the Royal Mail 500 slogan, followed in 2018 by "mental health awareness", but they also supported the 'Stroke Association" regularly, and at the end of the year it was "Action for Children" which ran into 2022.  A number of Covid-related slogans were used, followed by the current British Heart Foundation slogan from early 2023.

I've recently been told that in technical terms there is a different meaning of 'default'.  This was prompted by the report below of the use of the Air Ambulance slogan.   The technical default is the slogan that was current at the time of the last update of the basic IMP software which must have been during the currency of 'Air Ambulance'.  

I understand that the BHF slogan has to be re-downloaded every time it becomes the one to be used, ie after each other campaign ends.  My source suggests that this makes it a 'filler' slogan.  "The true default slogan appears whenever the software has to be completely reloaded in an IMP when it receives whatever slogan was in use the last time the (basic) software was fully updated. At that point any further updates should be added, including the current campaign slogan."

So if the current campaign slogan or the BHF slogan are not added at that time, printing of the one in use when the software was previously updated will resume albeit months after the original use. *  

That seems to me to be highly inefficient, but I'll accept what I was told unless anyone else who has technical information on the IMPs or iLSMs provides any other detail.   

* This is similar to Post & Go errors when a reboot reverts to previous postal rates until the update software has been reapplied to charge new rates. 

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So given the different meanings of 'default' - the logical and the technical - I shall continue to use the term which I have used since 2016 for "the slogan which Royal Mail use when they don't have anything else to promote". 

Thanks to PW for the explanation and disucssion.

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January starts (as December ended) with the default British Heart Foundation slogan., and we already have both regular examples.  JH provided the one from Norwich, and RW the one from Plymouth both dated 2 January.

Default British Heart Foundation slogan Norwich Mail Centre 02-01-2026

Default British Heart Foundation slogan Plymouth & Cornwall 02/01/2026

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Now two for the price of one from LT.  Superimposed on the BHF slogan here is one for Air Ambulance Week - which is something of a surprise because that has the date September 8th - 14th.  So I don't know what's going on at Sheffield Mail Centre, because both slogans were applied there but the date on the BHF slogan is illegible.

Support your
Air Ambulance

Air Ambulance Week
September 8th - 14th

Air Ambulance Week September slogan used Sheffield Mail Centre 06/01/2026

 The year's first error!! 

UPDATE 24 January.  Trevor reports that the Air Ambulance error at Sheffield continues... 

Air Ambulance Week September slogan used Sheffield Mail Centre 22/01/2026

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UPDATE 27 January: The annual Holocaust Memorial Day slogan has been brought back into use. The earliest date I have is 26 January, the example from Cornwall Mail Centre. Unlike last year, Royal Mail did not advertise this on X.     There's a clearer example from Gatwick MC - on an invalid 1st class Machin.

Holocaust
Memorial Day
27 January 2025
Remember the past
Protect the future

Holocaust Memorial Day used at Cornwall Mail Centre 26/01/2026

Holocaust Memorial Day used at Gatwick Mail Centre 26/01/2026

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Other postmarks and postal markings, etc

Unfortunately this image from JW is only a fraction of the cover, but I imagine it was referred to Revenue Protection to check on some of the stamps.  Whatever the outcome, it was passed to be delivered as normal.

We showed a 1st class version of this in 2023, and now we have a 2nd class version.

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Update 30 January.  Dereham rectangular cancellation.

I recently found this one in my office - I have used the term 'cancellation' because I'm not convinced that this was ever designed to used as a postmark handstamp. You can get an idea of the size from the stamps but this is exactly 60 x 35 mm.  It looks like an office stamp: it doesn't include the county, but it does include Royal Mail at the top.  

ROYAL MAIL
-4 OCT 1995
DEREHAM
NR19 2AA 

This won't be the only example. but I believe this was part of a mailshot from the town council sending out certificates from a local art and craft show. I doubt that many people will have kept the envelope unless it was just somewhere to store their certificates.  

The two single-band 19p definitives pay the 1st class 60-100g rate of 38p.

60 x 35 mm rectangular postmark Royal Mail Dereham NR19 2AA

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 Remember, slogan postmarks appearing in January will be added to this post, so check here before you spend time scanning and emailing.

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Post & Go and Self-Service Kiosk News for 2026

This post and its comments will hold all news on Post and Go stamps, machines, and PO Self Service Kiosks (SSKs).   

For details of new Post and Go stamps issued by the postal authorities in Guernsey and Jersey I recommend WhiteKnight's Commonwealth Stamp Opinion. All issues from the islands, and Gibraltar and the SOAR stamps from Isle of Man and Ireland will normally be pictured there as announced.

Any late news for PO SSKs will continue to be added on the 2025 blog post. Please continue to make comments there until it is closed for comments or send me news/images by email.

Crown Office Franchising

In June in 2025 Post Office Ltd announced that the remaining Crown Offices would be franchised before the end of the year.  Locally this only meant a change of operator and personnel as Dereham has never had a Self-Service Kiosk, but around the country there were many mixed messages - and outcomes - as to whether existing machines would continue to be used by the new operator, which often operated out of different premises.  

Our correspondents have kept us updated with all that news and other news of just where SSKs are still on-site, which of these (if any) are working, and what they are dispensing.

There has been a gradual move to card-only, or shut-down, especially where staffing does not permit the previous 'floor-walker' assistance.  In these cases it's difficult to know if the machines were serviceable or not.  

There is no major news yet, but I know Malcolm and Trevor (and others) will be keen to add details from their travels in this new year, so I'll start with just this image as typical of what they will find!  Any specific, especially illustrated, news will be added just as soon as we get it.

8 January 

From Trevor's report in the comments

Shrewsbury 7th Jan SSK68 Machin R21YAL & CL19S (missing print in middle of stamp on 2nd Class)

Chester 7th Jan SSK67 Machin R20YAL (2nd on 1st stock) 

10 January Another picture from Trevor showing perfectly centred printing on the 2nd class kiosk 68 at Exmouth.

UPDATE 13 February - Trevor's photos from Edinburgh (see comments).

Edinburgh Self-service kiosks - RIP!

Edinburgh's 'collectibles' - which appear to include the new 1st class Large business sheet (row 2)

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UPDATE 13 July Morrisons move means 52 Post Office branches closing this summer

See full article here - if any of these contain SSKs, active or not, please let me know and I'll add them here.

UPDATE 24 August.  Here is Malcolm's photo from Leeds Market branch, probably of K67 now that the others have been removed. (see comments)

Leeds Market branch PO reduced to one SSK.

Over to you, readers! 

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I have compiled an alphabetical list by location of the comments on closures, and those kiosks still working.  This does not repeat the contents of the machines at any given time.  The table is based on reports in 2026 and will be updated with new content as reports are made, but probably not immediately: I'll do batches as I remember (or am asked!).

There may be errors of transcription from the blog comments to this table - those are mine, hopefully not many. 

Progress to removal of all NCR Self-Service Kiosks

Location	Report date	Comment - Kiosk Numbers shown. OOS=Out of Service	Rep-orter
Aylesbury	15 July	To close 18 August	M
Barnstaple	2 March	Both OOS	T
Basildon		To close 21 September	M
Bath	18 April	67 active 68-71 OOS	T
	24 July	To close 1 September	M
Birmingham Pinfold Street	7 January	all OOS	T
	20 January	Branch closed	T
Bognor Regis	13 June	67 OOS 68 active	T
Bristol	25 March	71 active 67-70, 72-3 OOS	T
Bury St Edmunds		To close 30 September	M
Cambridge City	20 January	67-69 active 70/1 OOS	JG
	16 June	All 5 OOS, three different printed messages	JG
	6 August	All removed 2 weeks ago	JG
Cardiff	25 March	67,69 OOS, 68,70,71 active	T
Chester	7 January	active	T
Chesterfield	30 July	removed a few weeks ago	PW/I
Chichester	13 June	67 OOS, 68,69 OOS fault notice	T
Coventry	17 June	All OOS	M
Darlington	24 August	Removed in last 3 weeks	M
Durham	24 August	67-69 all active	M
Eastleigh	13 June	67,68 OOS fault notice	T
Edinburgh	13 February	All switched off	T
Emsworth	13 June	67 active	T
Exeter	24 April	All OOS, 69 switched off	T
	16 May	All OOS	T
Exmouth	9 January	67 OOS 68 active	T
		To close 28 September	M
Fareham	13 June	67-69 active	T
Gt Portland St	10 February	69,73 active other 5 OOS	JG
	2 March	70, 73 active others OOS	M
	20 April	69, 70 active others OOS	M
Glasgow Penny Black Gt Western Road	4 August	Turned off	M
Halifax	22 January	67,68 OOS 69 active	M
	21 August	All removed	M
Harbourne	17 June	67, 68 active	M
Hayes	29 July	To close 12 September	M
Hereford	17 June	All OOS	M
Huddersfield	21 January	2 active 2 OOS	M
	11 August	To be removed soon	M
	25 August	Now removed	M
Kennington Park	2 March	67 active, 68 OOS	M
Kensingtom High St	10 February	All removed for closure on 14th	JG
Leeds Market		Last one should have gone but van was full!	M
Middlesborough	1 June	All OOS	M
	9 July	Both OOS	M
	24 August	Both on but OOS	M
Milton Keynes	10 June	Last day of use before relocation	M
Newcastle	1 June/9 July	All OOS / no future use	M
Norwich	17 June	4 machines status n/k	IB
	4 August	All 4 removed	M
Paignton	9 January	67,69 active 68 removed	T
	15 July	67,69 switched off	RW
Plymouth	9 January	67,69 68 OOS	T
Pontefract	22 January	67 active 68 OOS	T
Poplar	27 April	67,68 OOS	M
Reading	23 April	67,68,70 active, 69 OOS	M
	13 June	All OOS for some time	T
Rotherham	22 January	67 active 68 OOS off	T
St Fagans Rd	29 January	OOS since 8/25	M
St Helens	21 January	67,68 active	M
Sevenoaks	14 May	All OOS	M
Sheffield Charles St	30 July	2 m/c removed at least 6 months ago	PW/I
Shrewsbury	7 January	active	T
Solihull	16 June	All: OOS labels removed but can't be turned off as sockets inaccessible	M
Southampton		To close 22 September	M
Southend	15 July	To close 23 September	M
Strand	10 February	67,68 active 2 more active but payment not taken	JG
	20 April	67-69 active 70 OOS	M
Swindon	2 February	67-69 active	T
	17 April	67-69 active	T
	24 July	To close 14 September	M
	11 August	All switched off	T
Sydenham	10 February	67 OOS 68 active	M
	25 April	67,68 active	M
Trowbridge	21 April	67 OOS, 68,69 active	M
Truro		To close 6 October	T
Uxbridge	30 April	All OOS	M
Walsall	20 January	67,68 active	T
Wakefield	21/22 January	67,68 active	M / T
Warrington	21 January	2 active 2 OOS	M
Winchester	13 June	67,69 active 67 OOS	T
Windsor	9 June	All OOS	M
Wokingham	15 April	Both OOS	M
Worcester	15 June	All off permanently	M
Wrexham	7 January	active	T
	29 July	To close 12 September	M

If you wish to check the comments, then the date in the Report date column is usually the date the blog comment is made but occasionally comments are made days or even weeks after the sighting, and that is reflected if mentioned in the comment.

I hope this is useful, if only to show the sorry state of SSKs in modern post office branches.   As I showed on my report from Ireland, although not many people seem to buy the stamps from the An Post machines, they are used by people dropping off parcels.  

 

 

 

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