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Friday, 29 July 2016

Phosphor Puzzle on Queen's Birthday Stamp Books

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Earlier in the month I mentioned the different phosphors that have been used on definitives in recent months, with an explanation from Roya...

Landscape Gardens Stamp Book continues 1st class purple

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This year marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown who is remembered as ‘the last...
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Monday, 25 July 2016

Machin definitive stamps updated list for 2016

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As I mentioned last week , two more definitives had been found but supplies had not yet reached us.  We now have stocks and these two have b...
Friday, 22 July 2016

Post and Go Stamp News: Olympics and another Navy Museum

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Press release 22 July 2016 Royal Mail is pleased to announce that Post and Go machine A007 will go live at the Royal Navy Museum of Nava...
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Monday, 18 July 2016

Not Quite Last Orders for Great Britain stamps! But we'll soon be taking a break from the hustle and bustle

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Thank you to the customers who wrote expressing concern for our welfare after I sent an email* recently which included this.... We will ...
Wednesday, 13 July 2016

Royal Mail Digital Post and Go Stamps Update

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I thought I had misplaced the May edition of Royal Mail's Philatelic Bulletin but it seems that it, too, was delayed - it arrived this ...
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Tuesday, 12 July 2016

Why Post and Go? When is enough enough? Jersey celebrates George III.

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Well no, not actually King George III, but Jersey Post has decided it has to mark the third birthday of Prince George of Wales. This pr...
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Friday, 8 July 2016

Stamp Collecting Isn't Dull, But Phosphor Has Become Duller

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During the last year the phosphor used for British stamps has been changed, and I have been asked to write about which stamps exist. I und...
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Slogan postmarks used by Royal Mail in July 2016

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My thanks to the several people who have mentioned or sent pictures of this month's first slogan. 1. Once again Royal Mail is marking ...
Wednesday, 6 July 2016

When is a postmark not a postmark? When Royal Mail wanto to make it exclusive, apparently.

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Readers who are interested in the special stamp programme and/or Pink Floyd in general will recall that one of the special products aimed n...
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