tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post7693895520708391846..comments2024-03-27T16:36:22.976+00:00Comments on Norvic Philatelics Blog: Special Delivery Guaranteed & Royal Mail Signed For Stamps - a definitive statement from Royal MailIan - Norvichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-66153338352624856112022-09-01T22:08:23.168+01:002022-09-01T22:08:23.168+01:00Kate, thank you for your kind words; we do our bes...Kate, thank you for your kind words; we do our best!<br /><br />The old stamps remain valid for the current cost of the service, just as 2nd & 1st class do.<br /><br />So RMSF are £2..5 & £2.85<br />SD are £6.85 and £7.65 on the 6 April 2022 tarriff. <br /><br />All usable on all types of mail, inland and international, even including International premium and economy (surface) services. Not available on Parcelforce services though. <br /><br />Prestamp parcels and don't brook any argument from Post Office branches.<br />Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-45119112357632134042022-09-01T17:45:11.036+01:002022-09-01T17:45:11.036+01:00You said that the stamps in this post are no longe...You said that the stamps in this post are no longer issued but are still valid for postage. As I'm trying to use up any definitive stamps but don't have a need for recorded delivery/special delivery stamps as such, do you know what their current value would be if I used them on international mail, for example? I know I could probably ask Royal Mail but given their lacklustre (and, in one case incorrect) response to some other queries I've made about using up old stamps, I think your information is more accurate.Katenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-47045930899657208682021-11-24T09:15:45.191+00:002021-11-24T09:15:45.191+00:00The Post Office website - https://www.postoffice.c...The Post Office website - https://www.postoffice.co.uk/mail/stamps - say in the Posting abroad section, that ‘…or as make up values and are available at all Post Offices in denominations from 1p to £5.’ None of the offices local to me (###025/###026) have anything higher than the current definitive range or the 50p & £1 stamps and haven’t since 2009.<br /><br />Have Post Office changed their policy or are the detail incorrect (as usual for the Post Office website)?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-63411066687231845832021-11-22T00:30:04.523+00:002021-11-22T00:30:04.523+00:00For what is not readily visible in the online shop...For what is not readily visible in the online shop try the current stocklist https://www.royalmail.com/sites/royalmail.com/files/2021-10/royal-mail-stocklist-autumn-2021.pdf<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-9289732621443494312021-11-17T08:56:27.479+00:002021-11-17T08:56:27.479+00:00Perhaps Royal Mail could and should use the above ...Perhaps Royal Mail could and should use the above statement regarding the endless stream so called commemorative stamps, certainly not that many issues needed, maybe we just need definitives or as RM said 'labels being printed' which these days are actually the norm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-8776391409228532322021-11-16T17:25:37.333+00:002021-11-16T17:25:37.333+00:00Hmmm. There is something wrong with the list of s...Hmmm. There is something wrong with the list of stamps displayed in your post. Where is the 1p!! Where are the £2, £3 or £5? What is that James Bond stamp doing there?<br /><br />I don't know what went wrong. I tried your link and I got the same list. <br /><br />For a more intelligible, complee and accurate list try:-<br />https://shop.royalmail.com/postage-and-packaging/make-up-values<br /><br />Yes, it's the same website. Ours not to reason why ...machinmaniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04828718139014099738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-20045745298207431472021-11-16T12:37:37.505+00:002021-11-16T12:37:37.505+00:00See https://shop.royalmail.com/postage-and-packagi...See https://shop.royalmail.com/postage-and-packaging/stamp-sheets?product_list_order=price_asc<br /><br />I have added a picture and this link to the post; this is where SD & RMSF used to be available.Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-80151268051421464072021-11-16T12:25:55.603+00:002021-11-16T12:25:55.603+00:00Royalmail.com has never been a source of Machin-de...Royalmail.com has never been a source of Machin-design NVIs in counter sheets. I don't think that the special delivery or signed-for counter sheets have been on sale there for a long time now. Indeed I can not remember ever having seen any of them there, and I have looked on numerous occasions.<br /><br />In addition royalmail.com only sells 1st and 2nd Machins in the standard range of booklets and business sheets. As far as I know, it has never sold Machin-design post office counter sheets of 50 1st, 1st large, 2nd or 2nd large. This has always struck me as being a little odd, because it DOES sell sheets of Christmas stamps and of innumerable different special issues.machinmaniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04828718139014099738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-71205659320390151342021-11-16T09:21:24.464+00:002021-11-16T09:21:24.464+00:00We can now expect to see Horizon Labels folded rou...We can now expect to see Horizon Labels folded round the top or side of DL, C6 and C7 envelopes with the address centrally placed and space needed for the ‘Royal Mail Signed For’ or ‘Special Delivery’ label.<br />I think I remember that when the ‘RECORDED SIGNED FOR 1ST‘ and ‘RECORDED SIGNED FOR 1ST Large‘ stamps were issued back in 2009 there was the intention to subsequently issue ‘RECORDED SIGNED FOR 2ND‘ and ‘RECORDED SIGNED FOR 2ND Large’ ones but that of course never happened.<br />And I think these four withdrawals makes ten NVIs that have been discontinued now ( twelve including the RECORDED SIGNED FOR / ROYAL MAIL SIGNED FOR change ) , E, Europe to 20g, Europe to 40g, Worldwide Postcard, Worldwide to 20g and Worldwide to 40g not lasting more than a few years each. The remaining four look set to continue indefinitely unless Royal Mail abandons the ‘First Class’ and ‘Second Class’ distinction which surely isn’t beyond the realms of possibility.<br />We can expect Machin definitives for new overseas rates at the end of next month ( £1.70, £2.55, £3.25, £4.20 – each plus about 10% ) and I’ll be interested to see whether or not they’re barcoded stamps. Mudgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61379575088648114.post-88374181841509353732021-11-16T02:05:50.117+00:002021-11-16T02:05:50.117+00:00Actually, I could not find any these stamps throug...Actually, I could not find any these stamps through RM online shop now.soldierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18045356599575722838noreply@blogger.com