Do you have any Royal Mail Post & Go Stamps you want to sell? Maybe you have a few sets from a more remote UK Post Office? Or maybe you simply have some used Post & Go stamps from your incoming mail? Whatever you have to offer I'm interested in hearing from you.
Norvic Philatelics have highlighted apparent confusion concerning the new first class Diamond Jubilee definitive stamp from Royal Mail which may cause some collectors relying on fulfillment by standing order to miss out.
Collectors may come across stamp essays and proofs when browsing philatelic auction listings but how many really understand what they are?
Celebrating the launch of Harry Potter's final adventure in the film series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” on DVD , Royal Mail published the official Harry Potter stamps in this “Heroes & Villains” collectable pack. We're grateful to Royal Mail for letting us have five of these special packs to give away in a free to enter prize draw.
A previously unrecorded error affecting twelve stamps from a sheet of twenty of the 19½p value from the 1982 British Motor Car stamp set was recently offered at auction by the leading stamp dealer Stanley Gibbons achieving an impressive £10,925.
Regular readers here will know how keen I am on Royal Mail's developing Post & Go stamps and how I have tried to highlight some probable Post and Go rarities of the future. One of the issues we've previously commented on are the Arnold Machin 1911-2011 Centenary Post and Go stamps which were only issued during Autumn Stampex this year.
As version 2 of the Post & Go stamp printing software is fast getting rolled out around UK Post offices the first self service "Premier Branch" Post Office opens in Birmingham. Are you missing the Post & Go boat?
The first three aviation events in the UK took place in Blackpool, England and Lanark in Scotland. While the first official aerial post is recognised as taking place between Hendon and Windsor in 1911, collectors with an interest in aerophilately and postal history can still find UK aviation postcards and postmarks for earlier flying events.
To coincide with the launch launch of the final Harry Potter films on DVD today, Royal Mail is releasing a very special presentation pack of Heroes and Villains, featuring Hogwarts’ hero, Dumbledore, and his arch nemesis, Lord Voldemort.
A follow up regarding so called Post & Go stamp errors involving the overprinted rate and service information.
An interesting article has been published by FT Adviser.com which investigates why returns from traditional assets, such as equities and property, continue to fall, while the appeal of collectables like wine, coins, stamps and artwork keeps growing.
Fans of aerophilately - and Concorde in particular - will be interested in a special Royal Mail postmark scheduled for use in December 2011.
Much is being made - and sometimes fancy prices paid - about the various inkjet printing errors applied on Royal Mail's Post & Go stamp issues. Given the nature of these stamps I am tending to think collectors should be wary of paying too much for such offers.
Over the years, as we prepare for the festive season, I like to cast my mind forward to the coming new year and buy a few items for my philatelic "pension fund" based on my predictions of the philatelic topics and events that will likely make headlines.
The Isle of Man Post office has issued a set of stamps featuring some of the most memorable stunts and challenges undertaken by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May on the BBC's ever popular Top Gear motoring show.
We are grateful to Royal Mail for letting us have five Presentation Packs for the current Christmas 2011 stamp issue to give away in the second of our regular free to enter competitions.
