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Thursday, 15 October 2026

The inconsistency in Royal Mai's stamp product designs is the one constant: this time booklet fonts..

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The Booklet of Pooh arrived this morning, the date of issue. One thing that is now confirmed is that the font used on the booklet is not th...
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Tuesday, 13 October 2026

Slogan postmarks for October - and interesting postmarks and news

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October had, predictably, started with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) default slogan, and we already have both layouts, mine from Cornwa...
Thursday, 8 October 2026

Pooh - another stamp issue for the bear and friends on 14 October 2026

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Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared on a British stamp in 1979 as one of four stamps marking the United Nations International Year of the Child. ...
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Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Planned but not issued Greetings Booklet: Farm Animals 1995 precursor

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The recent issue of domestic pets reminded me of a Farm Animals issue.  Not this one from 2005, but an earlier set which was planned for a G...
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Monday, 5 October 2026

How Royal Mail achieve the perfect handstamp on FDCs - updated

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In a 2019 post I described the system that Royal Mail used to achieve mostly clean and legible handstamps on first day covers and other mail...
Thursday, 1 October 2026

Digital Switchover - Possible interruption to service

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Tomorrow out telephone line will be subject to the Digital Switchover . Many readers in the UK (and France, Australia etc) will have already...
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Wednesday, 30 September 2026

For sale again: Aerogrammes for collecting or use and this time more organised!

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Firstly I would like to thank everyone who responded to the August offer of aerogrammes.  We had many satisfied customers who wanted some to...
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