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Thursday, 31 December 2020

New Self-Service machines cominng to Post Offices sometime.

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There are often reports of Post and Go (P&G) or Self-Service Kiosks (SSK) in Post Office branches being out of order and we know that th...
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Wednesday, 30 December 2020

Spot the difference? How many things wrong with these (barely 1st class) forgeries?

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Early forgeries of Machin definitives were poor.  Of the more recent ones, many have tell-tale signs Early 24p postal forgery like poor perf...
Sunday, 27 December 2020

Britain's National Parks 14 January 2021 - Royal Mail Stamps' worst kept secret of the year so far.

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As many people - especially Royal Mail's standing order customers - have known for several weeks, the first stamp issue of 2021 provides...
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Wednesday, 23 December 2020

Best wishes for the Festive Season! What a year 2020 has been!

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Maximum card of No 10 Downing Street, residence of the UK prime minister Who would be a politician?  You make promises that the electors kno...
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Monday, 21 December 2020

Royal Mail Stamp Programme for 2021 - earlier than expected.

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We received this programme for next year's stamp issues earlier this morning.   I have checked with the source that it is genuine* and s...
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Friday, 18 December 2020

Images of 23 December's new stamps.

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Images of the actual stamps to be issued on 23 December including a remarkable 'flaw' on the England £1.70 stamp are shown on the or...
Monday, 14 December 2020

Another novelty which we hope that Royal Mail does not copy!

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I've written before about other postal administrations novel ideas for getting money from stamp collectors, or other buyers.  Over the y...
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2021 programme - first issue 14 January

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This brief note acknowledges that Royal Mail's standing order customers know already what no dealers or cover producers are allowed to m...
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Sunday, 13 December 2020

Back in Business - our shop will reopen for the holidays!

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It was back on 22 March that I posted our Response to global pandemic . I sought views on what we could and should do, and thanks for the re...
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Friday, 11 December 2020

Charity mailings include 2020 2nd class Christmas pre-printed stamp

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We've reported on many different pre-printed postage impressions often using the current Christmas stamp and this year is no exception. ...
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