Post Office Olympians
by Richard Wade, Archives Assistant The Post Office has always had many clubs and associations that its staff could get involved with, especially where sport was concerned. Most large offices had their...
View ArticleThe first London Olympics stamps
Tomorrow Royal Mail is releasing the first ten of 30 1st class stamps which will be issued over the next three years in the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The thirty stamps...
View ArticleOlympics Stamps 2010
In the lead up to the London 2012 Games Royal Mail is issuing 30 stamps, each showcasing an Olympic or Paralympic sport. The second set of 10 stamps is available from today. London 2012 Olympics stamps...
View ArticleBertram Mackennal
As part of our continuing series of events on themes related to George V, the BPMA’s Curator of Philately Douglas Muir will give a free talk next month on the work of Bertram Mackennal. Mackennal was a...
View ArticleFinal Olympics stamps
The final set of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games stamps have been issued today, exactly one year before the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. This is the third set of ten London 2012...
View ArticleLondon 2012 Olympics and Paralympics definitive stamps
London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics definitive stamps are now available. There are four new stamps – two 1st Class and two for Worldwide use to post items up to 20 gm in weight. Both sets of values...
View ArticleThe first British Olympic gold medal winner on stamps
The victories of Helen Glover and Heather Stanning in the Women’s Pairs Rowing, and Bradley Wiggins in the Cycling: Road Men’s Time Trial yesterday has not only earned them Great Britain’s first gold...
View ArticleMemories of London 2012
Royal Mail is issuing its final set of stamps marking the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games today. Entitled Memories of London 2012 the set is the first to feature the much-praised Games...
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