tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post3309377305209404806..comments2024-03-28T16:38:56.638+00:00Comments on Norvic Philatelics Blog: Royal Mail's real 2021 Stamp Programme, provisional.Ian - Norvichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-65522131032258928342021-08-03T13:54:55.022+01:002021-08-03T13:54:55.022+01:00Full details and images should be available from 1...Full details and images should be available from 19 August. No PSB with this one, anyway!<br /><br />Information on 17 September issue should be available from 1 September and that's a whole different story.Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-68668029131860889772021-08-03T13:42:50.538+01:002021-08-03T13:42:50.538+01:00August Philatelic Bulletin confirms make up of Bri...August Philatelic Bulletin confirms make up of British Army Vehicles stamps issued 02/09/2021. 4x 1st & 4x £1.70 + £5.10 MS (2x 1st & 2x £1.70).Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13088206672256242934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-15691105211906778392021-04-28T14:44:04.035+01:002021-04-28T14:44:04.035+01:00Advice Note from RM confirms that Paul McCartney i...Advice Note from RM confirms that Paul McCartney issue on 28/05/2021 will include a £5.10 Retail Booklet, MS and a PSB.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-15837522445201948152021-03-02T14:43:19.306+00:002021-03-02T14:43:19.306+00:00Queen the band as opposed to Queen Elizabeth?Queen the band as opposed to Queen Elizabeth?marcoonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11464073579217192381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-2672038385925981432021-02-20T10:08:29.251+00:002021-02-20T10:08:29.251+00:00Have I missed an issue date.
Just received notific...Have I missed an issue date.<br />Just received notification of Queen 50th anniversary retail stamp book price £5.55 for issue on the 29th MarchMalcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13155840629578289865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-34949166561790154082021-02-02T13:29:38.533+00:002021-02-02T13:29:38.533+00:00February's Philatelic Bulletin gives details o...February's Philatelic Bulletin gives details of the 'Legend of King Arthur' issue on 16/03/2021 on the back page. Set of 5x 1st and 5x £1.70. Why do we need all these £1.70 stamps when 2x 1st Class can be used to achieve the European rate. Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13088206672256242934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-87434174017711875372021-01-29T13:50:08.792+00:002021-01-29T13:50:08.792+00:00£21.90 is the price for the up and coming 'Onl...£21.90 is the price for the up and coming 'Only Fools & Horses' PSB. Face value £19.77. Another expensive outing. Is it time for RM to re-assess the issue of such booklets ?<br />https://ericarthurstally.co.uk/only-fools-and-horses-tv-series-prestige-stamp-book/Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13088206672256242934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-53291376014432643672021-01-22T12:12:15.643+00:002021-01-22T12:12:15.643+00:00Indeed Ian, I was forgetting Tewkesbury, & Tow...Indeed Ian, I was forgetting Tewkesbury, & Towton very bloody affairs.petemkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04444483566044974093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-73390773197422036492021-01-21T17:30:22.556+00:002021-01-21T17:30:22.556+00:00550 years since the middle? certainly there were s...550 years since the middle? certainly there were some important battles in 1471.Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-232709163654916212021-01-21T16:45:31.018+00:002021-01-21T16:45:31.018+00:00Like another post I also cannot see the relevance ...Like another post I also cannot see the relevance of the Wars of the Rose's issue, it is not 550 since the start or finish the start would have been 2005, perhaps somebody knows?petemkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04444483566044974093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-65837165513670375842021-01-14T13:00:46.821+00:002021-01-14T13:00:46.821+00:00How about commemorative issues commemorating the p...How about commemorative issues commemorating the prime number (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 etc) anniversaries of previous commemorative issues?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-11641279703575078722021-01-14T10:14:53.889+00:002021-01-14T10:14:53.889+00:00Yuck!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GB-UK-A-CELEBRATI...Yuck!<br />https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GB-UK-A-CELEBRATION-M-S-PRESENTATION-PACK-JANUARY-2021-ROYAL-MAIL-PACK-NO-M26/154289606273?hash=item23ec608e81:g:SmUAAOSwpJlf~fkL<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-82705861721341008472021-01-14T09:29:16.515+00:002021-01-14T09:29:16.515+00:00Another candidate is Roger Taylor - who appears (r...Another candidate is Roger Taylor - who appears (recognisably him) in the background of the 1999 "Entertainer's Tale" Freddie Mercury stamp.<br /><br />Pub quiz challenge: Who is the first non-Royal to appear twice in their lifetime?Neil Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-3191499407609435242021-01-13T21:49:56.610+00:002021-01-13T21:49:56.610+00:00If you are referring to the 1967 issue it is the f...If you are referring to the 1967 issue it is the first, but that is fairly anonymous - as the Edmund Hillary inclusion in 'Extreme Endeavours' in which the caption was changed to 'Everest Team' to ensure that a (then) living person was not identified.Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-2692506867201689952021-01-13T17:38:33.440+00:002021-01-13T17:38:33.440+00:00My memory tells me that Francis Chichester breache...My memory tells me that Francis Chichester breached the dam of monarch only - am I not correct?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18100157341592519341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-34426538295789564852021-01-13T13:48:18.729+00:002021-01-13T13:48:18.729+00:00Well you may not have been able to see their faces...Well you may not have been able to see their faces, but the Rugby team were celebrated in 2003. And there were numerous others, unidentified before that - Hillary, 'Rights of the Child' 2001, various other millennium stamps.<br /><br />It would have happened sooner or later; it is a way to get money from outside the philatelic community, whilst reinforcing the view that nobody has to buy everything.Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-5256572749492983682021-01-13T11:02:26.774+00:002021-01-13T11:02:26.774+00:00Well-known cricket fan Allan Leighton - then Royal...Well-known cricket fan Allan Leighton - then Royal Mail Chairman - saw that off when keen to issue stamps celebrating England winning the Ashes in 2005, after a gap of some 19 years.<br /><br />Even at the time, it was hardly the greatest justification for abandoning a point of principle, the Ashes being a competition in which only two countries compete, and the fact that the win was in any way remarkable was more a damning indictment of those who oversaw nearly 2 decades of 'failure' (or, for the more even-tempered, a period of Australian excellence featuring names who even now are remembered as worldbeating exponents of the sport).<br /><br />If only the dam hadn't been breached, we might have been saved many of the populist (or, possibly depending upon your financial position, 'exploitative') issues of recent years - Star Wars, Star Trek, (most of) James Bond, Sherlock and the upcoming Only Fools and Horses, to name but a small number of affected issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-91134597140131478632021-01-11T12:54:53.675+00:002021-01-11T12:54:53.675+00:00You've forgotten Elton John two years ago? Oh...You've forgotten Elton John two years ago? Oh how the mighty are fallen!<br /><br />https://blog.norphil.co.uk/2019/09/music-giants-iii-3-september-2013.htmlIan - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-29363150932173636662021-01-11T11:57:30.996+00:002021-01-11T11:57:30.996+00:00I would not want to jinx Mr Mc Cartney, but is it ...I would not want to jinx Mr Mc Cartney, but is it not forbidden to have living folk on stamps unless they are royalty?Lars Tådersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-69641248169161167692021-01-10T19:13:40.131+00:002021-01-10T19:13:40.131+00:002021 is the 150th Anniv of the RFU being formed an...2021 is the 150th Anniv of the RFU being formed and also the Anniv of the first Rugby International between Scotland and England.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-70601324861424994932021-01-08T20:46:26.482+00:002021-01-08T20:46:26.482+00:00Wow! 3 classic sci-fi series mentioned in the 2 re...Wow! 3 classic sci-fi series mentioned in the 2 replies above. Sapphire and Steel, The Tomorrow People and Blake's 7. I have all 3 😁<br /><br />Unfortunately I am still not inspired enough by the 2021 calendar to start collecting modern issues again. I will watch with interest to see what is released though.Steve Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06420500892349424377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-54016531091199513852021-01-08T10:47:37.839+00:002021-01-08T10:47:37.839+00:00I fear Martin will be disappointed. In fact they a...I fear Martin will be disappointed. In fact they are even uglier than the 1995 set, if that is possible...Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05419995677048075992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-4636851190674391602021-01-08T09:35:31.632+00:002021-01-08T09:35:31.632+00:00I'd possibly buy those.... UFO for another ...I'd possibly buy those.... UFO for another Gerry Anderson series; Quatermass; The Tomorrow People, Doomwatch, Red DwarfNeil Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-51609097722141865492021-01-08T09:19:54.384+00:002021-01-08T09:19:54.384+00:00A few years ago I bought about 40 Post and Go all ...A few years ago I bought about 40 Post and Go all at once to put on Christmas Cards (just googled and it must have been 2015 Winter Fur and Feathers) because it was easier than queuing to buy counter sheets and I didn't particularly like the Christmas issue that year. That was when I worked in Central London and had easier access to a choice of larger PO. Working from Home, my local sub-PO is too small to rate a SSK so I'm sure many people will buy booklets at the Supermarket kiosk rather than queue if they only want stamps for letters or paying bills. I certainly can't recall receiving an incoming Post and Go in the last 2 or 3 years.Neil Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-24397327039682116782021-01-07T17:48:52.006+00:002021-01-07T17:48:52.006+00:00Well somebody has used them, judging by the non-mu...Well somebody has used them, judging by the non-museum non-pack ones seen in used selections on eBay. Don't forget open values as well.Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.com