Once again Post and Go machines will be at the Scottish Congress in Perth. The organisers have again made arrangements to supply collectors with Post and Go and other souvenirs. I'll not be stocking these and you are advised to make your own arrangements to obtain them.
Final u pdate - see foot of post
Absolutely final update - see foot of post
Final update - see foot of post
Press Release
The
Association of
Scottish
Philatelic Societies
The
Annual Congress of the Association of Scottish Philatelic Societies
will be held at Perth on 17-18 April 2015. Once again there will be
new items of interest to collectors.
Royal Mail
Post and Go kiosk numbers A003 and A006 will be used at Congress for
both Machin and Union Flag stamps. Congress overprints will be
available from both machines for the Collector’s Strip
(£7.68), or strips of six of each of 1st Class (£3.78), Large (£5.70), Europe 20g (£6.00), and 60g (£9.12),
World Wide 20g (£7.98) and 100g (£13.50).
Also
available are two
Post and Go Smiler sheets (Union Flag and Saltire
Flag) whose designs are being finalised. The sheets will each cost
£18.65 (A4).
All
items are charged at cost plus postage and packing as detailed below.
UK
|
Europe
|
Rest
of World
|
Up to
5 items
|
Over 5
items
|
Up to
5 items
|
Over 5
items
|
Up to
5 items
|
Over 5
items
|
£3
|
£6
|
£6
|
£8
|
£8
|
£12
|
Special
Delivery up to value of
£1000:
£10 extra
£2500:
£15 extra
|
International
signed for up to value of
£500:
£15 extra
|
Purchasers
will be advised if the weight of their order exceeds the above costs
and additional payment is required.
Special
posting requests for all the above items will be costed and
purchasers advised prior to sending the items.
Large Orders
The
Association is happy (as a service to collectors) to provide these
items to collectors at face value with a modest additional charge to
cover postage and packing. Where the order (or multiple orders)
exceeds £100, we regard these as ‘trade’ orders and will make an
additional 10% handling charge to reflect the time and effort
involved in fulfilling the order.
Guernsey
Philatelic Bureau
Will be attending Congress with Post and Go Kiosk number GG01. This will
print stamps with the Guernsey flag and with an overprint. Collectors Strip: £3.73
{Update 12 March 16:00} Jersey Philatelic Bureau
Will be attending the 86th Scottish Congress with Post and Go Kiosk number JE01. This will print stamps with either the Jersey flag or the Protected Species stamps. The flag stamps will carry the inscription 86th Scottish Congress 2015.
Collectors Strip (including 20% VAT): £4.88
Ordering
Paypal account:
dundeephilatelic@btinternet.com. Paypal surcharge on all orders: 4% of total order. Cheques/Postal
Orders in sterling should be
made payable to ‘ASPS’.
Orders
for Post and Go stamps should be sent to:
Norman
Kelso, 28 Applehill Drive, Wellbank, Dundee DD5 3UD, Scotland, UK or
use the ASPS
Website:
www.scottishphilately.co.uk/orders.html
Commemorative
Cover
The
Falkirk and District Philatelic Society is celebrating its 50th
birthday and hosting Congress. The Society has designed a
commemorative cover which depicts Callendar House, located in
Falkirk. The
House is also featured on the special postmark being used at Congress.
Unserviced
covers are available for 50p each. Serviced
covers will be available for £1.50 each.
Postage
and packing will be £1 (UK) or £2.50 (overseas) in addition per
order.
For the covers, cheques should be payable to ‘Falkirk Philatelic Society' and mail orders
may be sent to:Dr
J M Anderson, ‘Taradon’, Wallacestone Brae, Wallacestone,
Falkirk. FK2 0DH -
ianma1999@hotmail.com
Please
note that if you require a Post and Go stamp on a serviced cover you
must specify this when ordering from the Society.
This
item and more information on the ASPS Congress can be viewed at
www.scottishphilately.co.uk
Updated: Now, here's a thing. When the Congress organisers first sent me information to publish - which I am quite happy to do - they had had 'official' information about the machines to be taken to Perth. But machine A004 was included, rather than A006, and the UK prices quoted were then current prices, which would increase as usual by April 17th. There was also a discrepancy with the content of the Guernsey machine which, as we know had different service indicators at Stampex to those originally publicised by Guernsey Post.
The organisers have not received a requested update from official sources, so the Press Release above is based on logic and a bit of 'digging'. But further exploration of the IAR site has quite different information, which cannot be verified from official sources.
According to the Events page on that site, machines A003 and A006 will be in Perth, and so will JE01 dispensing Jersey Flag and Threatened Species. And on the 'Kiosks' page, no future events are shown for GG01 of Guernsey Post.
Update: Via Twitter, Jersey have confirmed the revised information in the body of the post. Guernsey have now replied that they will not have a machine in Perth.
Last update - 18 March 2015 / 09:55
Although not yet announced by Royal Mail, pre-order facilities are now available. I originally said that this would be for the B001 machine, although as the form indicated A003 and A006 I changed it. Now, I'm told that it pre-orders are for B001 only. As you have to collect them at Perth, it seems sensible to ignore the uncertainty and buy them from the A machines. But if you do want to get them from B001 you can do so via the IAR website here.
This covers Royal Mail stamps and Smilers Sheets but not the Jersey stamps.
March 2015. The base will be re-named “Leuchars Station” and will become home to a variety of military units. In recognition of this historic occasion the Forces Philatelic Bureau will be publishing a special commemorative cover. 
