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Thursday, 20 November 2025

Celebrating Britain - 250th Anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen Collector Sheet - 16 December 2025

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As forecast due to the information shared with Post Office Limited, and as already seen on a well-known auction site, Royal Mail will indee...
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The Stamps of Queen Victoria - set of 8, miniature sheet & PSB issued 27 November 2025

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After Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria has probably appeared on more stamp designs than any other person.  From 1840 when the penny black ...
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Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Random Offers - quirky and unusual - Week 47.

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It was a busy weekend, partly dealing with customer orders for discount postage so this is the first offer for this week.  Update: second of...
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Saturday, 15 November 2025

Royal Mail's Micro Electric Vehicle fleet

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Royal Mail has launched a new fleet of over 100 micro electric vehicles (MEVs), in a major step forward to both reduce carbon emissions an...
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Wednesday, 12 November 2025

November slogan postmarks - and other interesting postal markings

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November starts (as October ended) with the default British Heart Foundation slogan (for which we don't have any examples yet) . Update ...

More one-off errors and quirky things for the collector - week 46.

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As I work through my accumulations looking for what I really want to keep, and therefore finding things that I don't, there will be more...
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Another one-off error for a collector of the unusual - Football Legends 1996.

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When Royal Mail issued the Euro 96 set of five stamps in 1996 they came with all the usual associated products - presentation pack, PHQ card...
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Friday, 7 November 2025

The Royal Mail 2026 Stamp Issue Programme - your ideas!

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As regular readers will know, Royal Mail will not announce the programme of stamp issues for 2026 until at least Christmas, and probably not...
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Thursday, 6 November 2025

Revenue protection - is this one of ours?

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A consequence of issuing entertainment media-related stamps around the world is that one seems very much like another.  But I wonder if any ...
Monday, 3 November 2025

Victory for the little man and the people on Royal Mail's postbox conversions

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Royal Mail's postbox conversion programme took a hit in Berkshire, according to a report in NewburyToday . Bradfield Southend postbox 2...
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