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Great Britain, as well as all the new postmarks, many of them
pictorial and of interest to thematic or topical collectors.
2011 has been a year with a greater than usual number of issues
linked to popular television programmes, which presented
problems to FDC producers and special postmark designers.
As well as Gerry
Anderson TV animations in January, the Thomas
the
Tank Engine stories of Rev Awdry in June are also known
as a TV series. Then the Magical Realms features Narnia, Harry
Potter and Discworld, so there is much to appeal to minority
interests, although the second half of the year promised to be
quieter, except Stampex week which saw a bumper 5 issues in 3
days!
2012 will, of course, be the year of the Queen's Diamond
Jubilee, with a miniature sheet in February and a second issue
in May, and the Olympics and Paralympics in
July-September. And both of these subjects will see the
familiar gold Machin 1st class definitive replaced, in January
& July by the Olympic and Paralympic stamps, and from
February to June with the Jubilee definitive.
We had a number of new definitives in the last two years that
Royal Mail did not provide details of ie those with
the MA10/MA11/M11L year code in the security overprint, and
the 2011 code continues into 2012 with the Roald Dahl PSB, the
code once again referring to the printing date rather than the
date of issue.
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very slightly updated it, and you can now see
it
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 WANTED!
1994 Postage Due/To Pay stamps
For a personal collection we are interested in buying
examples of the 1994 issue 'To Pay' stamps properly
used on cover or parcel piece.
The values issued are 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 25p, £1, £1.20
& £5, all in the same design.
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News
13 January
Postmark
Images have been added to the House
of Windsor and Diamond
Jubilee Pages. Some also added to the one-day
postmarks page.
All
the latest news here...........
Norvic
Philatelics'
blog
Preliminary
Stamp Programme 2012
In addition there will be
other Faststamps, Smilers Sheets, prestige and retail
booklets.
Errors Update
King
George
V prestige stamp book. The only recent
error reported to us on PSBs is of one turning up without
the Machin pane.
Charles Darwin
PSB stamp book error. Two days after the date of
issue and we have the first report of a duplicated pane
error in the Charles Darwin PSB - see
this here.
RAF & Regionals
prestige stamp book errors! During last summer a
number Machin Anniversary PSBs were found with duplicated
panes. Now we can report the Regionals Anniversary PSB with
a duplicated pane 1 - see
this and any others on this book here.
See also the pictures
of
Machin PSB errors
here.
We have also been shown the 2nd
class
Business Sheet (PIP) totally imperforate with
matrix complete! (We do not have any of these for
sale)
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STAMP FAIRS
The next Norfolk
& Norwich Philatelic Society STAMP &
POSTCARD FAIRS will be
Saturdays 31 March
and 4 August 2012 Details here.
Regular Norwich Stamp Fair
Sundays every
other month from 15 January to 18th November 2012 Click
here for details
Regular King's Lynn Stamp Fair
Saturdays every other month from 11 February 2012 New
venue Click here for
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