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Wednesday, 23 July 2025

Downstream access Royal Mail logo updated to Tudor crown.

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Royal Mail announced a year ago that the adoption of the Tudor Crown by King Charles would mean a change to the cruciform logo. John G repo...
Tuesday, 22 July 2025

British commmemoratives going off sale soon.

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Royal Mail have announced the off-sale dates before Christmas for the following issues: 31 August - Dame Shirley Bassey 30 September  - Blac...
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Friday, 18 July 2025

Thanks to Peantus we're over 10 million views!

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I've been monitoring the page views figure, but I was barely at my desk yesterday so didn't notice it bust the 10 million figure.  T...
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Thursday, 17 July 2025

This won't be Peanuts - Basic products £64.80, the full bundle another £95! Set of 8, issued on 24 July 2025.

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Ever since the stamp programme was announced we wondered whether there could possibly be a redeeming factor in this issue: that is, somethin...
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Wednesday, 16 July 2025

King Charles II 4 x 1st class booklet, new 2025 printing with new crown

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This booklet was first seen on eBay and was probably first found in a Post Office branch. Enquiries of Stamps & Collectibles revealed th...
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Wednesday, 9 July 2025

New duplication on Greenwich Observatory PSB.

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I think it's over six months since we had a new prestige stamp book error, so it's my pleasure to show this duplicated pane in the R...
Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Slogan postmarks in July - and other interesting postal matters

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July has started as June ended with the default Dog Awareness Week postmark so I'll start by repeating the one JM supplied last month an...
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Friday, 27 June 2025

Fungi or mushrooms? Royal Mail blur the lines - set of 10 stamps 3 July 2025

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All mushrooms are fungi, but not all fungi are mushrooms.  Mushrooms are fungi with a stem (called a stipe ) and a cap. This stamp issue was...
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Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Post Office link with Evri for collections from retail premises

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This van was spotted collecting from a Dereham OneStop shop.  The shop does not include a Post Office but is an Evri Parcelshop. We can also...
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Thursday, 19 June 2025

To Surcharge or Not To Surcharge - the inside deal.

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Collectors and dealers alike agonised over what Royal Mail intended for non-datamatrix stamps three years ago. What soon became apparent wa...
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