Norvic Philatelics Blog

In a move worthy of the codebreakers at Bletchley Park, Royal Mail has coded the new security definitives to identify their source. So as w...

An eagle-eyed collector in Singapore has spotted something that two dealers handling his stamps failed to spot, and that is a constant flaw ...

Several people have reported that the labels we know as Faststamps (but which Royal Mail refers to as 'Post and Go stamps') exist w...

I have received my first supplies of the new Walsall booklets containing Machin definitives with security features. Some have cylinder numb...

The Business Sheet definitives with security features, the issue of which was delayed from 17 February to an official 'first day of avai...

Despite apparent evidence to the contrary we can confirm that the Machin definitive and country definitive stamps are printed in sheets of 2...

I now have the Machin definitives which will be issued at the end of the month. The colours of the actual stamps are in some cases quite di...

My factory-sealed packet of 50 booklets contained none with cylinder numbers, so I assumed that there were none on these booklets. However,...

Originally scheduled for issue on 17 February, the booklets and business sheets were delayed, and Royal Mail philatelic announced that the ...

This is getting complicated. Collectors will know that the Glorious Northern Ireland Smilers Sheet contained the first self-adhesive 1st...