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.
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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)
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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.
Over to you, readers!
Birmingham Pinfold St 7th January
ReplyDeleteAll kiosks OOS (but most switched on) with Post & Go Area unlit and cordoned off. There seemed to be an awful of of suitcases and other non PO associated merchandise for sale within the branch. Didn't have time to check TG Jones as had a train connection to make.
Shrewsbury, Wrexham and Chester kiosks all in service today, report to follow.
Shrewsbury 7th Jan
ReplyDeleteSSK67 Machin R21YAL & CL19S
SSK68 Machin R21YAL & CL19S (missing print in middle of stamp on 2nd Class)
Wrexham 7th Jan
SSK67 Machin R18YAL & Greenery CL21S
SSK68 Machin R19YAL & CL19S
Chester 7th Jan
SSK67 Greenery R21YAL (missing print in middle of stamp on) & Machin R20YAL (2nd on 1st stock)
SSK68 Greenery R17YAL & Machin CL19S
Chester SSK67 Greenery was normal, no missing print, cut and paste error , my bad, sorry!
DeletePlymouth 9th Jan
ReplyDeleteSSK67 Greenery R21YAL Machin CL21S
SSK68 OOS switched off
SSK69 Poppy R18YAL & Machin CL19S
Paignton 9th Jan
SSK67 Machin R18YAL & CL19S
SSK69 Greenery R19YAL & CL20S
Kiosk 68 has been removed completely (not 69 as previously recorded) and the machines have been turned by 90 degrees, so they are against the back wall, i.e. in front of you as you enter the PO. Big thanks to the gentleman who switched the remaining two on for me to obtain stamps. Again, the usual tale of woe, similar to other offices, cited as the reason for them being OOS.
Exmouth 9th Jan
SSK67 OOS awaiting engineer according to notice
SSK68 Machin R20YAL & CL19S (2nd class print almost centred on stamps)
The re opening of the original branch at Milton Keynes that was scheduled to take place on the 15th January has again been delayed to an unspecified date with the temporary branch retained.
ReplyDeleteNot the best of publicity as the branch finder website is today showing it and the temporary branch open.
Replacement branch for Wakefield which closes on the 28th February is scheduled to open on the 13th March.
ReplyDeleteThe checkbox for post & go is ticked but I suspect as previously this is a reference to the current branch and the new one will not have kiosks at this stage.
Birmingham Pinfold Street closed finally yesterday at 1100am according to the poster on the door. New PO in TG Jones has no SSK's and there appears to be no passive provision for them anywhere.
ReplyDeleteOn a happier note, Malcolm, I can finally confirm that Walsall does have two SSK's
SSK67 OOS
SSK68 Machin MA16 & CL18S
Cambridge City PO. 20 January 2026
ReplyDeleteSSK67 Machin R20YAL & CL19S
SSK68 Machin R21YAL & CL20S
SSK69 Machin R21YAL & CL19S
SSK70 OOS
SSK71 OOS
Few Yorkshire / Lancashire offices over the last week sorry kiosk details not complete but
ReplyDeleteSt Helens Winter greenery
k67 R19YAL and CL18S
k68 R21YAL and CL21S
Now all Machin
Warrington
2 kiosks R20YAL and CL19S
2 kiosks OOS
Wakefield
k67 R20YAL and CL18S
k68 R20YAL and CL19S
Huddersfield
1 kiosk R18YAL and CL17S
1 kiosk R18YAL and CL19S
2 kiosks OOS
Thanks Trevor for Walsall confirmation.
Halifax 22nd January
ReplyDeletek67 OOS
k68 OOS
k69 Machin R20YAL and CL20S
Rotherham 22nd January
ReplyDeleteSSK67 Machin R18YAL & MA14
SSK68 OOS switched off
Wakefield 22nd January
SSK67 Machin R20YAL & CL18S
SSK68 Machin R20YAL & CL19S
Pontefract 22nd January
SSK67 Machin R20YAL & CL19S
SSK68 OOU awaiting engineer
On consultation website is the re opening of Goring by Sea within Londis supermarket on the 25th March following its closure last March.
ReplyDeleteIt is shown to be getting post & go where according to my records the previous branch did not.
Whether it is NCR or a planned next generation kiosk time will tell.
St Fagans Road visited this morning kiosk has been OOS since around August 2025 according to staff
ReplyDeleteWakefield is on the consultation site to re-open on 13 March 2026 at 7A The Springs, Wakefield, WF1 1PU, with, according to the letter, 'Post & Go'
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