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Tuesday, 29 April 2025

King Charles III definitives - new printings 2024 and 2025

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When Her Majesty Queen Elzabeth died I decided that I would not produce a similar volume to the Machin Security Checklist, for the stamps ...
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Thursday, 24 April 2025

Valour and Victory: Stories of World War II - and songs - 1 May 2025

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Ahead of the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day on 8th May, Royal Mail is issuing a set of stamps which don...
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Tuesday, 22 April 2025

Is there any set that the forgers will not copy?

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My thanks to reader BB who sent me a surprise package of assorted forgeries before the weekend. The dog from the 2001 1st class self-adhesiv...
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Monday, 7 April 2025

Ol' Brown Eyes is retiring - again!

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If Ol' Blue-Eyes can do it, so can I! Frank Sinatra (USPS) Well, I'm not really retiring from this hobby and business, but I'm t...
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On and off at Christmas - or, did you know?

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The Christmas stamps of 2001 were innovative; the first after the complex Millennium series of special    issues, they were self-adhesive f...
Thursday, 3 April 2025

April 2025 Slogan Postmarks and other interesting postal markings

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After my criticism of Royal Mail's publicity machine in last month's news, I can praise them for the announcement of a slogan in sup...
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Monday, 31 March 2025

Special Stamp Calendar 2025 almost complete

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My thanks to my fellow-blogger on the Commonwealth Stamps Opinion blog for finding and posting the latest version of the Royal Mail Special...
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Thursday, 20 March 2025

Advanced Myths and Legends set of 8x 1st class now due 27 March 2025.

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The stamp programme for 2025 was changed in early January and then for a second time, as this issue was brought forward from April. The Lan...
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