It has been reported to me that there two versions of the ‘Diamond Jubilee’ Overprint exist. The first a ‘Standard Version’ where the two lines of the overprint are both left aligned – Shown in the top image and a second, much rarer ‘inset’ version, shown in the bottom image where the 2nd ‘Date’ line […]
As part of an ongoing programme of increasing the availibility /access to Post and Go items (Which after all are not available from Edinburgh), the first stop on the #PostandGo2013 tour has been confirmed as York. http://www.stampshows.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=5 Two Post and Go machines (A3 and A4) will be accessible to the public from Friday […]
With thanks to John McCallum via http://pmechuk.blogspot.co.uk/and a correspondent from Australia, the first DIY Post and Go stamps have been reported. These are likely to have originated from someone who has illegally obtained ‘Blank’ (unprinted) Post and Go stamps and attempted to overprint them to look ‘real’. (although the Post Office in Devon appears to have accepted these as valid). […]
The BPMA have announced the successful go-live of the installation of Machine A1 (Previoulsy seen at Spring Stampex this year ) in the foyer of Freeling House , Phoenix Place, London, WC1. http://postalheritage.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/we-have-a-post-go-machine/ The machine was initially loaded with ‘Xmas Robins’ and Machins. It is expected that the robins will be replaced by the Union Flag […]
As we enter Advent the Hytech machines at Camden Pop-Up shop have a updated ‘Date identifier’ – with the Text String ‘rolling over’ to ‘ADGB12’ on the 1st of December. See post below for detail of the Hytech ‘Next generation’ Text String. Originally the Text String was ANGB12 and now is ADGB12. This means […]
In a new venture for Post Office and Royal Mail, a totally new type of Post Office (Similar to ‘Pop- Up Shops’ previously seen in shopping malls up and down the country at the lead up to Christmas) opened last week in the very busy Camden Market, London NW1. This new branch is called ‘Camden […]
Today the Christmas 2012 Re-issue of the Post and Go Robins have started to appear in Post Office Branches. They have, for the first time for Post and Go stamps, a in-built ‘Security code’ to identify them from the 2010 variant and the future 2013 printing.
View Post and Go Locations in the UK in a full screen map. View
View Post and Go Locations in the UK in a full screen map. View
Postage Labels of the UK-The Modern Collecting Alternative
