Ticket to write! Royal Mail releases 12 stamps to honour ex-Beatle’s Sir Paul McCartney’s career Stamp set features a selection of eight LPs defining Sir Paul McCartney’s career Photographs spanning three decades of Sir Paul in the recording studio Royal Mail collaborated closely with the singer/songwriter on the collection Sir Paul is the most successful … Read more
The Wiggles celebrate their 30th anniversary with a licensed set of Australia Post commemorative stamps with current and original members By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:56 BST, 19 April 2021 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 19 April 2021 This year The Wiggles are celebrating 30 years of being the world’s most popular children’s … Read more
Royal Mail will add barcodes to stamps to improve efficiency sparking fears it is the beginning of the end for traditional design featuring the Queen A pilot by Royal Mail will add barcodes to second-class stamps from March 23 Move is arguably the biggest change to post since Penny Black stamp in 1840 First barcodes … Read more
The story of King Arthur is known to children and adults alike. But the facts around the legendary figure are mired in myth and folklore and historians generally agree that Arthur himself probably did not exist. Instead, it is believed he may have been a composite of multiple people. Whilst there are many version of … Read more
Del Boy’s in another sticky situation: Royal Mail releases lovely jubbly set of stamps to mark 40 years of Only Fools And Horses The comedy first aired in 1981 and featured the escapades of Del and Rodney New designs have been released showing beloved characters and moments The stamps will be available from February 16 as … Read more
Royal Mail reveals first special stamps of 2021 celebrating 70th anniversary of Britain’s first National Parks – from the Lake District to Dartmoor New stamps celebrate the formation of the first National Parks 70 years ago Landscapes include popular countryside tourist attractions from across the UK Nationals Parks such as Peak District, the Lake District, … Read more
Many households ‘recycle’ stamps that arrive in pristine condition, steaming them off or cutting them out, especially on the last posting date before Christmas.
Cost of first class stamps rises 9 pence to 85p Royal Mail announced price of a first-class stamp will go up by 9p to 85p But the price of second-class stamps will rise by only 1p to 66p from January The huge increase is being blamed on Covid-19 and a fall in the number of … Read more
Boldly going… first class: Star Trek characters appear on latest set of Royal Mail stamps Star Trek has produced more than 780 TV episodes and 13 movies after its first broadcast in the UK in 1969 The set of 12 stamps depicts captains from the six main TV series, including Captain James T Kirk and … Read more
You might not instantly recognise the name, but you’ll know the songs. Mitch Murray is the man behind much of the sumptuous soundtrack to the Swinging Sixties and early Seventies. Mitch had smash hits with artistes including Cliff Richard, Georgie Fame and Tony Christie. He also wrote what was supposed to be the debut single … Read more