The second ever Post & Go commemorative faststamp issue will unsurprisingly be used to mark the Diamond Jubilee of HM The Queen. As with the first commemorative Post & Go stamps, these Jubilee faststamps will be exclusively available from Hytech machines during Spring Stampex.
A fine collection of Great Britain stamps and covers from the reign of King George V will be sold By Stanley Gibbons on behalf of the "Tearfund" charity during their first 2012 public auction, sale number 5865, being held at 399 Strand, London on Thursday 22nd March. The proceeds of the collection being sold as 310 individual lots are being donated to the "Tearfund" charity.
Browsing eBay today I was surprised to see that a number of collectors have been paying over the odds for the forthcoming Royal Mail Post and Go Sheep stamp issue that hasn't even been released yet!
There’s nothing quite like the experience of a Chinese New Year, a two-week cultural celebration full of colour, energy, and, of course, plenty of fireworks. To mark the start of the Year of the Dragon, Royal Mail released a limited-edition sheet on 20th January which feature celebrations by Chinese communities around the UK alongside 10 self-adhesive 1st Class Fireworks stamps.
Four special First Day Covers are being released by Bletchley Park on 23rd February 2012 marking the birth centenary year of Alan Turing, the mathematician, wartime code-breaker and visionary pioneer of modern computer science.
Marking The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year, Michael Sefi, the Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection introduces and discusses aspects of this famous collection at The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA).
Royal Mail will be issuing a special stamp issue on 20th March 2012 celebrating 75 Years of classic British Comics. Here's a preview of what the stamps will look like and details of the iconic - and now keenly collected - comics they will be featuring
While the New Year has only just begun, it's nice to be talking about a "Spring" event! 2012 Spring Stampex, The British National Stamp Exhibition organised by the Philatelic Traders' Society and supported by Royal Mail, will take place at the Business Design Centre in London next month (Feb 22-25). So What's in store?
With the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and London 2012 Olympics the next twelve months are guaranteed to be a bumper year of stamp issues from Royal Mail. Today they have launched the first of this year's special stamp issues celebrating one of the nation’s best-loved children’s authors, Roald Dahl.
For just the four days of Autumn Stampex 2011 the Royal Mail paid tribute to Arnold Machin by marking the centenary of his birth with a special commemorative issue of Post & Go stamps. We are pleased to offer a set of these scarce stamps for sale in aid of the British Postal Museum and Archive (BPMA).
The next set of Post and Go pictorial stamps, the first of three sets that will feature British farm animals during 2012, is due to be released on 24th February 2012.
Post and Go stamps are creating a buzz. Whether you currently love or loathe them, I believe the Post & Go format looks set to become Great Britian's stamp for everyday use. To help collectors research and write up Post & Go stamp collections there's now a useful online database that's free and quick to use.
The Royal Mail's Britons of Distinction stamps - to be issued on 23rd February 2012 - will celebrate ten people from the world of science and technology, architecture, politics and the arts.
The forthcoming Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee miniature sheet will be issued 6th February 2012 featuring six familiar effigies of Queen Elizabeth II as used on Britain's stamps, coinage and banknotes throughout her reign.
Her Majesty the Queen’s Jubilee marked by landmark stamp issues
Best of British celebrated throughout the year with stamps featuring authors, fashion designers and inventors
London 2012 stamps include Team GB Gold Medal stamps
Back in October last year we appealed for information about a rumoured postmark error for Sleaford where, it had been said, the "R" appears reversed in the town name and the New Year has yielded an interesting development.
