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Tuesday, 26 August 2025

Packet mail to US held back because of Trump Tariffs.

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Readers will have seen that postal authorities have taken various approaches to the Trump Tariff situation. Although the tariffs will apply ...
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Monday, 18 August 2025

Packet scanning at postboxes development

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In March Royal Mail announced a new development in posting tracked packages: To use the service customers simply need to open the Royal Mai...
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Saturday, 9 August 2025

Tudor Crown is appearing in Royal Mail cruciform - but very slowly!

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Over a year ago Royal Mail announced that they were adopting the Tudor Crown in their logo but that it would be done gradually - and we rec...
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Thursday, 7 August 2025

Nobody Expects Spam... Monty Python set of 6 and miniature sheet - 14 August 2025

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A set which will be widely popular will be issued on 14 August, marking the 50th anniversary of the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail .  ...
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King Charles III definitives for Scotland - 14 August 2025

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New country definitives for Wales were issued in November last year but  in accordance with Royal Mail’s environmental policy, all QE2 stock...
Tuesday, 5 August 2025

August slogan postmarks - and other interesting postal matters

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August may have started as July ended with the Euro winners postmark, but I haven't actually seen one dated August, or any August slogan...
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Monday, 4 August 2025

Britain's Stamp Magazine to close after 91 years - last issue is September, due next week.

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One of the United Kingdom collectors' best-loved publications,  Stamp Magazine , is to close after 91 years.  The September 2025 issue w...

Blog updates for August

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I'll use this post to make short notes about anything added to earlier posts - including some quite old ones. 1. I've discovered a f...
Wednesday, 23 July 2025

Downstream access Royal Mail logo updated to Tudor crown.

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Royal Mail announced a year ago that the adoption of the Tudor Crown by King Charles would mean a change to the cruciform logo. John G repo...
Tuesday, 22 July 2025

British commmemoratives going off sale soon.

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Royal Mail have announced the off-sale dates before Christmas for the following issues: 31 August - Dame Shirley Bassey 30 September  - Blac...
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