Norvic Philatelics Blog

In the wake of further criticism on delays to ordinary mail Royal Mail announced in April a new solution for the more important letters from...

Some readers may have seen the designs for this years 2nd class and 2nd class Large stamp designs which Royal Mail have made available to di...

I've been using a stock of old premium services barcoded labels for many years now, some go faster than the others.  International Track...

A number of people wrote while we were away, so this is a short list of updates to earlier posts. 1. 1st class 1d black definitive mis-ident...

Over the past few months we have seen he rapid expansion of Royal Mail parcel lockers and 'intelligent' post boxes. The parcel locke...

Like Marmite, you love it or hate it.  When I was a child we often played Monopoly in the family: my grandparents had (and I still have) an ...

This post brings previous tables up to date with the postage rates effective from 6 October 2025. The tables are included primarily to expla...

October starts (as September ended) with the unexpected slogan for the Rugby World Cup win by the Red Roses.    We still don't know the ...

We're taking a break for a couple of weeks so there won't be anything added to the blog in that time, although I hope to be able to ...

Stockton-on-Tees local publicity slogan used in 1964 Although railways have featured frequently on Royal Mail stamps, special postmarks and ...