Norvic Philatelics Blog

The Christian Institute reports that the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible will be marked with a series of special...

Update on Pictorial Faststamps - ( see initial report here ) We now have confirmation of the distribution & philatelic arrangements fo...

Why are cylinder numbers and plate numbers printed on sheets of stamps? Partly it's to record which plates have been used, and partly ...

The 1st class Business Sheet was reported on 30 June.  I've now received a copy on a letter from Birmingham dated 20 July 2010 with M...

Another contribution from one of our readers.  Thanks to Michael for sending this picture of a Machin Horizon label with no service indicato...

It's surprising how long some things exist before they are discovered - or before their existence is revealed by the people who discov...

Two more retail booklets are being issued without the printer's name .  Royal Mail's Philatelic Bureau counts this as a 'visible...

Whilst the introduction of the Machin head was welcome, I have been advocating for some time the use of pictorial Faststamps as used in othe...

I've never really understood the terminology attached to the new Post Office Counters computer system.  The old system, in use for about...

Although you can see all blogposts about these by clicking on the MA10 keyword at the foot of some posts or in the word-bubble on the right...