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
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.
UPDATE 13 February - Trevor's photos from Edinburgh (see comments).
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| Edinburgh Self-service kiosks - RIP! |
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| Edinburgh's 'collectibles' - which appear to include the new 1st class Large business sheet (row 2) |
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'
ReplyDeleteSwindon 2nd Feb
ReplyDeleteSSK67 Machin R21YAL & CL20S
SSK68 Machin R20YAL & CL19S
SSK69 Machin R21YAL & CL19S
The consultation website shows the re opening of Crossways PO in Crossway Food & Wine, 2 Crossway Parade, Selsden Park Road, Croydon, CR2 8JJ on the 24th March with Post & Go. Time will tell as per Goring on Sea.
ReplyDeleteAlso Belmont nearby on same day according to website.
DeleteFrom the corporate website
ReplyDeletehttps://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/en/purpose-strategy/post-office-transformation/january-2026-our-transformation-progress/
We’re delivering a £120 million branch modernisation programme over the next four years to create a network that meets the needs of today’s customers. This investment will go towards upgraded self-service kiosks, parcel drop-off solutions, and digital marketing screens to improve convenience and efficiency.
Nothing official at this stage but am told there will be an announcement on new kiosks made in March.
DeleteTold also the first kiosk will be towards the North of the country so that would rule out Selsdon and Goring as first locations.
There was to be a public trial made first before more widespread installation so maybe given that will be at Rhyl.
Sydenham 7th January
ReplyDeleteK67 OOS
k68 Machin R17YAL and CL17S
Walsall 9th January
k67 OOS
k68 Machin MA16 and CL18S
Just to confirm branch code as 283242(9)
Rose Hill 10th February
ReplyDeleteKiosk out of use & access blocked off by merchandising paraphernalia in shop. Screen was just showing the 'Assistance Required' message. As both counters in the PO were in use I was told that they're probably not going to bother with it. No one willing to guess a date it went rogue!
Strand (FAD 055010) 10 February
ReplyDeleteSSK67 Machin R20YAL and CL17S
SSK68 Machin R17YAL and CL17S
Other two SSKs: stamps could be ordered but kiosks failed to take payment
Great Portland Street (FAD 006009) 10 February
SSK69 Machin R20YAL and blue MA15
SSK73 Machin MA16 and CL19S
Other 5 kiosks all out of service
208-212 Kensington High Street (FAD 012006) still open on 10 February - to close Saturday 14 February 2026. All kiosks removed.
This branch was franchised to Ryman, who opened at 184 Kensington High Street on 3 November 2025. Both branches were open in the run up to Christmas 2025 to ease possible problems in this busy period. The new branch code is 032006. There are no Post & Go kiosks at present.
On website today are the closures of Sauchiehall Street on the 16th May followed by Ipswich on the 9th June
ReplyDeleteEdinburgh 13th Feb
ReplyDeleteAll machines switched off and cordoned off. No plans to revive any of them according to the one and only member of staff . Sad state of affairs for the ‘Main’ Post Office in the capital of Scotland.
With the upcoming closure of Wakefield on the 28th February a relocation to 7A The Springs opening on the 13th March.
ReplyDeletePost & Go is ticked but as usual doubt anything at this stage.
28th February
ReplyDeleteBarnstaple, both machines OOS
Great Portland Street 2nd March
ReplyDeletek70 Machin R20YAL and CL19S
k73 Machin R20YAL and MA14
All others OOS
Kennington Park 2nd March
k67 Machin R20YAL and CL18S
k68 OOS
In the case of Kennington Park manager livened up k67 for me k68 is faulty.
Said because he is only allowed 3 other staff members they were unlikely to be used any time soon this was their first use since franchising took place and indeed the post office branch finder website no longer lists post & go as available.
Someone has pointed out that this comment thread has been quiet for over a month. I hope our contributors are well?
DeleteI can understand that with the reducing number of active SSKs there is not much to write about. If anyone would like to compile a list of those still in place and/or active, I will add it to the main body of the post.
Probably best to send it by email rather than as a comment here.
Thanks.
I suspect we are all waiting for the appearance of the imageHOLDERS kiosks and discovering what sort of Post & Go stamps/labels will be dispensed. The original announcement of the choice of imageHOLDERS was made on 19 December 2024 with the roll-out to post offices expected in Spring 2025. That was later amended to Spring 2026, but there hasn't been an official announcement yet - and Summer 2026 will soon be here!
ReplyDeleteIndeed, I contacted POL Media Team to ask them to keep us informed because of the intense interest. I suspect that they would not want a crowd of collectors storming the office(s) where the new machines were installed.
DeleteBristol was bad enough and few enough knew about that when 'Faststamps' started.
With regard new kiosks I did what's app BF as to what the situation was as originally told an announcement would be made towards the end of March, always a man of few words his reply was I wouldn't get excited.
ReplyDeleteContributors are OK thanks Ian just haven't been out recently as knee has made it difficult to walk too far but did go to Wokingham this morning both kiosks OOS as require an engineers visit as not taking card payments.
A change to redevelopment plans at the Whitgift centre in Croydon means plans to relocate the present high street branch to JG Jones are not going ahead for the foreseeable future and it will remain at present location.
All good here, not had much opportunity to venture far due to work commitments but managed to get to Swindon yesterday where all machines working. I was in Birmingham last week and I can confirm that still no SSK's provided at the new branch in TG Jones. Nailsea are still OOS. Going to Bath tomorrow so will report back from there if any success.
ReplyDeleteSwindon 17th April
SSK67 Machin R21YAL & CL16S
SSK68 Machin R20YAL & CL18S
SSK69 Machin R21YAL & CL18S
First has remained as same stock but all of 2nd has changed compared to my visit in February
Did Selsdon and Goring get SSK's?
ReplyDeleteHoping to check soon for Selsdon and Belmont, Goring likely to be later
DeleteLooks like someone's had a preview!
ReplyDeletehttps://kioskindustry.org/post-office-kiosks-uk-and-the-stamp-collection/
Not sure if relevant to this thread but found this page of IOM SSK's which appear to dispense stamps.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.integrex.co.uk/postal-smart-kiosk/
A diverse company. They don't say much about there postal or PUDO solutions but they have a lot of material on Special Educational Needs.
DeleteThere are pictures showing IoM, An Post, Austria, Jersey, Qatar, Emirates Post and Nam(ibia)Post - and our own UK Post Office.
DeleteBath 18th April
ReplyDeleteSSK67 R21YAL and MA15
SSK68 OOS
SSK69 OOS
SSK70 OOS
SSK71 OOS
Great Portland Street 20th April
ReplyDeletek69 Machin R20YAL and MA15
k70 Machin R20YAL and CL21S
All others OOS
Strand 20th April
k67 Machin R20YAL and CL17S
k68 Machin R20YAL and CL17S
k69 Machin R20YAL and CL19S
k70 OOS
Trowbridge 21st April
ReplyDeletek67 OOS
k68 R18YAL Machin and CL21S Greenery
k69 MA16 and CL16S Machin
Reading 23rd April
ReplyDeletek67 R21YAL and CL19S Machin
k68 R21YAL and CL20S Machin
k69 OOS
k70 R20YAL and CL20S Machin
On website today are the closures of
Uxbridge on the 30th May and
Southend on the 18th July
Exeter today, all Kiosks OOS with 69 switched off completely
ReplyDeleteSydenham 25th April
ReplyDeletek67 R17YAL and CL17S Machin
k68 R17YAL and CL17S Machin
Checked both Selsdon Park Road and Belmont no NCR indeed they are both little more than drop and collect locations.
Cardiff 25th Mar
ReplyDeleteSSK67 OOS
SSK68 Machin R20YAL & Machin CL19S
SSK69 OOS
SSK70 Machin R21YAL & Machin CL19S
SSK71 Machin R20YAL & Machin CL19S
Bristol 25th Mar
ReplyDeleteSSK67 OOS
SSK68 OOS
SSK69 OOS
SSK70 OOS
SSK71 Machin R21YAL & Machin CL19S
SSK72 OOS
SSK73 OOS
Many thanks to the gentleman behind the counter who tried valiantly, despite having expressed doubt as to any possibility of success, to get them all going for me but to no avail except K71. A couple of machines let me pay and then crashed and the rest just wouldn't play ball!
Poplar 27th April
ReplyDeletek67 Greenery R20YAL and CL19S
k68 MA13 2nd Machin in 1st class and CL20S Greenery
That same fault Trevor of paying then kiosk crashing has also been happening to me recently as well.
On consultation website is the relocation of Islington to 129E Upper Street proposed June / July.
ReplyDeleteMentioned is the provision of 1 SSK and a change in opening hours.
On consultation website is the opening of Belgravia Stores 12 Ecclestone Place on the 20th May.
ReplyDeleteThis is showing as having post & go but again most likely this is a leftover of the former Crown branch on Ecclestone Street.
I'll believe it when it finally happens but on website is the reopening after arson attack at Milton Keynes on the 11th May this being nearly 6 months later than the original date given as November last year.
ReplyDeleteUxbridge 30th April
ReplyDeleteAll kiosks OOS