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Wednesday, 9 July 2025

New duplication on Greenwich Observatory PSB.

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I think it's over six months since we had a new prestige stamp book error, so it's my pleasure to show this duplicated pane in the R...
Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Slogan postmarks in July - and other interesting postal matters

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July has started as June ended with the default Dog Awareness Week postmark so I'll start by repeating the one JM supplied last month an...
Friday, 27 June 2025

Fungi or mushrooms? Royal Mail blur the lines - set of 10 stamps 3 July 2025

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All mushrooms are fungi, but not all fungi are mushrooms.  Mushrooms are fungi with a stem (called a stipe ) and a cap. This stamp issue was...
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Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Post Office link with Evri for collections from retail premises

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This van was spotted collecting from a Dereham OneStop shop.  The shop does not include a Post Office but is an Evri Parcelshop. We can also...
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Thursday, 19 June 2025

To Surcharge or Not To Surcharge - the inside deal.

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Collectors and dealers alike agonised over what Royal Mail intended for non-datamatrix stamps three years ago. What soon became apparent wa...
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Friday, 13 June 2025

Royal Observatory Coin Cover error - check yours!

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If you buy Royal Mail's coin/medal covers, do you always check them for errors?  MC noticed this one, and it may be that all are like th...
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Miscellaneous for sale: PSB definitive panes, presentation pack error, facsimile pack

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There's not a great deal of news at present, so I am digging out some unusual items (mostly one-off) from my boxes to offer here rather ...
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Monday, 9 June 2025

Slogan postmarks for June - and other interesting postal markings.

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June will have started as May ended with the default British Heart Foundation postmark although I've yet to see any examples. We might g...

The Co-op is first retail chain to host Royal Mail parcel lockers

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Parcel lockers first announced in January are now being installed in a partnership with the Co-op. From the Royal Mail press release: Co-op...
Thursday, 5 June 2025

Disposal of remaining Crown Post Offices to take place this year.

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In April this year Post Office Ltd announced that   ..... the last 108 Directly Managed Branches which are operated by the Post Office will...
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