Thursday, June 26, 2014

Remarkable Lives stamps now being used by Royal Mail's bureau

Royal Mail Tallents House have been using stamps on some mail for at least a year, with last year's Butterfly stamps being the most common until recently.

 
Complete Set of 10



Now the Remarkable Lives stamps issued earlier this year are being used:

 

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

More Modern British Postal History Coming Soon.

I've been prompted by a recent article in Britain's Stamp Magazine to take another look at modern postal history, so look out for some more postings in this blog before much longer.

Just for starters, proof that special stamps are still used here.

2013 Butterfly set and Football Heroes set


 


These are all on complete covers.