tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post5861860003966665593..comments2024-03-29T05:05:10.497+00:00Comments on Norvic Philatelics Blog: The Guernsey Post and Go Stamps Stampex Project.Ian - Norvichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-44476106928963994502015-03-09T19:42:25.354+00:002015-03-09T19:42:25.354+00:00Gibraltar have added Post & Go to their forthc...Gibraltar have added Post & Go to their forthcoming releases<br />http://www.gibraltar-stamps.com/index.php?controller=stamps&action=content&id=1095<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-35539393701443112512015-03-07T15:44:32.843+00:002015-03-07T15:44:32.843+00:00I understood that the Isle of Man already had thei...I understood that the Isle of Man already had their own machines that collected parking penalties, utility bills and rents as well as postage, the labels look something the early white Horizons. There is also a similar system to post and go in the Irish Republic except that the labels have the design on the left and text on the right and bulk users can hire a small machine from An Post which, when connected to the internet, allows them to print their own labels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-10619478448752266612015-02-24T10:24:06.699+00:002015-02-24T10:24:06.699+00:00A pity the IAR site hasn't corrected the infor...A pity the IAR site hasn't corrected the information about what was produced at Stampex for Guernsey.<br /><br />See http://tinyurl.com/ou428c6 and the press release on the next image.<br /><br />Thinking about it, if the decision to go with plain Guernsey Flag stamps meant that the Union Flag GG stamp had to have the Stampex inscription that probably explains why the Royal Mail machines switched the Stampex inscription from Machin to Union Flag stamps. It would not have been right to have Guernsey printing Stampex on the Flag if RM were not.<br /><br />But we were told about the switch on 5 February, so there was plenty of time for Guernsey Post and IAR to change the pre-issue information about what they were producing. It begs the question just how early the Guernsey Back Office flagstamps (WITH the Stampex inscription) were printed.Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-22197630962628378682015-02-24T09:43:29.030+00:002015-02-24T09:43:29.030+00:00I and possibly others assumed that the late decisi...I and possibly others assumed that the late decision by Royal Mail to switch the Stampex inscription from Machin to Union Flag stamp labels for to ensure a standardised approach to the offerings at Stampex. I can understand the desire to offer “plain” Guernsey labels as their first Offering, rather the announced embellished ones, which clearly fall in the category of exhibition souvenir. It all smacks of indecision and haste, collectors and I dare say dealers to like certainty, but all we get with these faux stamp is indecision and confusion, rather than the slick cohesive image that Royal Mail wish to portray with them, as the Royal Mail bloke was saying at Spring Stampex 2014, when he was bemoaning the Post Office’s approach. It is clearly as a case of physician heal thy self.<br /><br />Judging by the comment on the IAR website about Stampex, it seems the Isle of Man will be next (Eurofilex?) So in three months time we could be doing it all again. On the bright side at least the date code variation seem to have abated.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-5880121676948300532015-02-22T12:16:31.219+00:002015-02-22T12:16:31.219+00:00I discovered the same by accident on the Thursday ...I discovered the same by accident on the Thursday - again by seeing a pile of the overprinted version on the counter. In addition when I asked if they had the unoverprinted version with GG in the data string they said they were not supplied to them. However when I asked to check the presentation packs at the counter I noted that they contained the unoverprinted version with GG in the datastring (as had the FDCs). Brian Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04185598771736549038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-40791140155148762832015-02-21T11:46:36.216+00:002015-02-21T11:46:36.216+00:00Thanks for the info about the UPU. Of course if t...Thanks for the info about the UPU. Of course if the stamps were ONLY valid for Bailliwick mail then that may not matter?<br /><br />Your penultimate para is the key of course.Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-42221351196945037232015-02-21T11:41:37.394+00:002015-02-21T11:41:37.394+00:00As these labels have to comply with U.P.U regulati...As these labels have to comply with U.P.U regulation, hence the change for Jersey from J001 to JE01 and the change for Guernsey in their announcement from GY01 to GG01, as GY is the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) code for Guyana. The codes in this list for Guernsey, Isle of and & Jersey were reserved by the UPU for use by the relevant Postal organisation on the Islands. I can only assume that the use of GY on the Guernsey local self-adhesive stamps issued for the last few years as an oversight, but then again with Guyana’s output who’s going to notice, unless they are not valid beyond the island’s shores.<br /><br />If the rumours are true about the Isle of Man and Gibraltar, the Isle of Man code will be IM and Gibraltar will be GI.<br /><br />The late change to the output of GG01 does question who has the final say in what the machines vend, the postal administration or Royal Mail? <br /><br />GG01 should have vended both types of stamp labels and not the Union Flag, but then revenue from the machine would have been significantly reduced.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-61491739609217910852015-02-21T10:43:28.858+00:002015-02-21T10:43:28.858+00:00Thank you.
The Union Flag issue is a Royal Mail s...Thank you.<br /><br />The Union Flag issue is a Royal Mail stamp with British service indicators. These are part of your British collection, although apart from the datastring they are no different to the ones sold here.<br /><br />UK stamps are already sold by both Guernsey and Jersey for the benefit of islanders (for example, if they need to send an SAE to the UK). Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-37515580071204683642015-02-21T09:03:57.058+00:002015-02-21T09:03:57.058+00:00We went on Wednesday and then at least they had th...We went on Wednesday and then at least they had the overprinted available on the Guernsey counter - totally unadvertised but I just saw a pile when I walked past - they called them 'back office'. When I got home I saw on their website that both overprinted and non-overprinted Guernsey flags are available direct from them that way. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-76554622905790505762015-02-21T08:40:22.244+00:002015-02-21T08:40:22.244+00:00Brilliant blog Ian. The Royal Mail set-up for P&am...Brilliant blog Ian. The Royal Mail set-up for P&G continues to maintain William Heath Robinson traits! Shows consistency!!Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121496404032305343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-64240496206503508832015-02-20T22:24:14.305+00:002015-02-20T22:24:14.305+00:00I admire and pay tribute to your tenacity in your ...I admire and pay tribute to your tenacity in your reporting of the ongoing Post And Go issues. I have long lost track of what has been appearing and ask a question to which I'm sure I should know the answer but instead am gravelly confused about - is this latest Union Jack with Stampex inscription issue basically a Royal Mail issue to be included in a British collection or is it a Guernsey issue which just happens to depict the Union Jack rather than Guernsey's own flag and therefore should be included in my Guernsey collection?White Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17968199477827266643noreply@blogger.com