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Monday, 31 July 2023

We've made the Last Post 🎵🎵 🎺 - for invalidated Machins and Country definitives.

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We posted the last packet bearing now invalidated Machin and Counry definitives to a customer in Canada today.  I'm pleased to say that,...
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Monday, 24 July 2023

April Rate Changes coming to Post & Go at last?

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Back in April, postage tariffs were changed and the same rate (£2.20) now applies to letters worldwide up to 100g.  This should have been re...
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Thursday, 20 July 2023

Look out for King Charles sheet stamps which are now being supplied to post offices.

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The stamps of King Charles have been on sale for a while but have been slow to appear in post offices. But look out for more of them on your...
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Monday, 17 July 2023

Norvic Machin Security Stamps Checklist version 2.6.9

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When I launched Checklist version 267 in January of this year, I speculated that it might be the last.  Only three situations could produce ...
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Terry Pratchett's Discworld - 10 August 2023

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Sir Terry Pratchett, OBE (1948–2015) is regarded as one of the UK’s greatest fantasy writers. His defining work is the Discworld seri...
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Friday, 14 July 2023

Major error on River Wildlife stamps - 2nd class service for 1st class stamps!

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The first major phosphor error for many years, affecting a special issue, has occurred with the River Wildlife stamps. 1st class stamps hav...
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Thursday, 13 July 2023

First King Charles III non-stamp postal products appears.

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In March I wrote about postal products which would, eventually, need to be changed following the accession to the throne of King Charles II...
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Saturday, 8 July 2023

July 2023 slogan postmarks and other interesting postal markings

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July's slogan postmarks continued from June with the Supporting NHS slogan. New July slogan postmarks will be shown here; please check ...
Friday, 7 July 2023

Why produce forgeries of old special (non-definitive) stamps?

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It's a question I asked myself when I first heard about these and then saw a couple online.  The stamps in everyday use are the definiti...
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Thursday, 29 June 2023

River Wildlife - 2nd class special stamps in abundance - 13 July 2023

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Although for many years Royal Mail have said that they don't want to give the wrong impression by using 2nd class stamps to commemorate ...
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