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Lord of the Rings Retro Special Offer.
Visible Change 1st Large Business Sheet is not the same as previously reported
Lord of The Rings - again but different - 20 March 2026
1st class up 10p, 2nd class up 4p in the half-yearly rates increase on 7 April 2026.
Royal Mail prices to increase from 7 April 2026
Slogan postmarks for March 2026 - and other interesting postal markings
Rows of Roses - set of 10 and collector sheet - 26 February 2026
The many trains arriving on 19 February at Platform 1 are from Hornby.
Lord of The Rings - again but different - 20 March 2026
Microprinting is back - and has been for some time.
Slogan Postmarks for February 2026 - and other postal markings
Update on the 1st Large Business Sheet - and other new products
Machin Definitive first day cover offers at reduced prices.
Concorde 60th anniversary - set and miniature sheet 21 January 2026.
One-off offers are back!
Surprise new service and prices from 1 January 2026
Datamatrix codes - they could do so much more.
Slogan Postmarks for January 2026 - and other postal markings
Post & Go and Self-Service Kiosk News for 2026
The 10th Anniversary & final season of Stranger Things kicks of Royal Mail's 2026 programme on 13 January.
Royal Mail Stamp Programme for 2026
Machins: it's not over until everything has been discovered!
Horizon Scandal Update
Review of the year 2025.
We've waited two years for the last basic King Charles definitive - 1st Large business sheet
December slogan postmarks and other interesting postal markings.
Sales and Giveaways - Week 48.
Celebrating Britain - 250th Anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen Collector Sheet - 16 December 2025
The Stamps of Queen Victoria - set of 8, miniature sheet & PSB issued 27 November 2025
Random Offers - quirky and unusual - Week 47.
Royal Mail's Micro Electric Vehicle fleet
November slogan postmarks - and other interesting postal markings
More one-off errors and quirky things for the collector - week 46.
Another one-off error for a collector of the unusual - Football Legends 1996.
The Royal Mail 2026 Stamp Issue Programme - your ideas!
Revenue protection - is this one of ours?
Victory for the little man and the people on Royal Mail's postbox conversions
Alan Wilson dealer list - free if you are interested!
Jane Austen Commemorative Sheet rumoured for December.
Has anyone seen a new NHS barcoded letter yet?
Christmas 2025 - five stamps, MS, smaller collector sheet - issued 4 November 2025
Is this a new label, or a very old one?
Odds and ends of updates in other subjects.
Royal Mail muscling in on Post Office High Street business
Sadly Royal Mail have no Monopoly on pointless stamps - 10 x 1st, issue date 16 October 2025
Postage Value of Older Stamps including Post and Go - October 2025 version.
October postmark slogans and other interesting postal markings.
Temporary interruption to service
All aboard! Steam Railways set of 6 and miniature sheet issued 25 September 2025
All stamps are - or were - all valid for all services, inland and international.
Parcel and tracked prices to increase again from October 2025.
September postmark slogans and other interesting postal markings.
DUCK!!! - Flock of 10 landing on 11 September 2025
Packet mail to US held back because of Trump Tariffs.
Packet scanning at postboxes development
Tudor Crown is appearing in Royal Mail cruciform - but very slowly!
Nobody Expects Spam... Monty Python set of 6 and miniature sheet - 14 August 2025
King Charles III definitives for Scotland - 14 August 2025
August slogan postmarks - and other interesting postal matters
Britain's Stamp Magazine to close after 91 years - last issue is September, due next week.
Blog updates for August
Downstream access Royal Mail logo updated to Tudor crown.
British commmemoratives going off sale soon.
Thanks to Peantus we're over 10 million views!
This won't be Peanuts - Basic products £64.80, the full bundle another £95! Set of 8, issued on 24 July 2025.
King Charles II 4 x 1st class booklet, new 2025 printing with new crown
New duplication on Greenwich Observatory PSB.
Slogan postmarks in July - and other interesting postal matters
Fungi or mushrooms? Royal Mail blur the lines - set of 10 stamps 3 July 2025
Post Office link with Evri for collections from retail premises
To Surcharge or Not To Surcharge - the inside deal.
Royal Observatory Coin Cover error - check yours!