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The 2012 stamp programme was dominated by the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and Royal Mail's late decision to issue stamps for individual Paralympic Gold Medal winners. The Dinosaurs issue was postponed to 2013. 

The programme for 2013 is shown below. The year gets off to a busy start with a new red 1st class Machin in the first week, together with changes to the low values to 20p, and new colours for the 50p & £1 stamps. The first special issue marks the 150th anniversary of the London Underground railway system with a colourful set of 6 and miniature sheet.  Iin March there is the Dr Who issue - with at least 25 different collectable stamps, and in April the Football Heroes.  After these two bumper issues, the rest of the year can only be quieter!

Don't forget that as it is much quicker to write a blog entry than to update a website, our very latest news will always be on our blog. The last 4 blog entries are summarised immediately to the right of this paragraph.

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COPYRIGHT These pages and all Norvic Philatelics FDCs are our copyright. These may not be used without our permission. All pictures of new stamps, postmarks, presentation packs, prestige books and Royal Mail first day covers are copyrighted by Royal Mail and are reproduced here with their kind permission. 
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If you need anything for your collection which isn't shown here - please ask, we may have it. Our new online store has stamps, fdcs, postal stationery, world postal history, and picture postcards: click here to see all our limited edition Great Britain first day covers from 2003 to 2009.

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Eurozone countries: we accept payment by bank transfer.

Credit card payments are accepted via PayPal only: if you don't have a PayPal account we can send you an e-invoice. Postage and packing is extra.


Our other site is devoted to the stamps and postal history of the countries of the Former Soviet Union in the 1990s. This is a fascinating area of modern postal history and we hope to find time away from GB new issues to develop this site to show material from Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Lithuania etc, as well as Belarus which is already shown.  We've moved this from Geocities, and very slightly updated it, and you can now see it here.


Great Britain Postage due stamps 1994.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.
Please email.




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Cyberman stamp from Doctor Who set.

UPDATE 5 JUNE 2013

This week we have added a new page for the Freshwater Lakes Faststamps, and an extra postmark on the Northern Ireland Locomotives issue.

UPDATE 22 MAY 2013

This week we have added a new page for the Northern Ireland Locomotives issue, with postmarks.




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STAMP FAIRS

The next Norfolk & Norwich Philatelic Society STAMP & POSTCARD FAIRS will be Saturday 3 August 2013 Details will be here

Regular Norwich Stamp Fair Sundays every other month from
20 January to 17th November 2013 Click here for details

Regular King's Lynn Stamp Fair Saturdays every other month from
9 February to 14 December 2013 Click here for details



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New in our shop:

All 2013 Machin security definitives including cylinder blocks, date blocks and gutters now available.
Cylinder block of £2 MA13 stamp. 

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Pages for GB Stamp Issues.

Great Britain Stamps - issue programme for 2013

In addition to the items listed below, there may be even more retail booklets and generic Smilers Sheets, 
and maybe further Commemorative Sheets.  Details will be added as announced.

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    Dalek Doctor Who stamp. Stamp showing Benjamin Britten.   Gordon Banks footballers stamp.
 

 3 January  

Machin Definitives - in new colours;
England/Wales Cartor litho printing.
9 January  London Underground set, MS, retail booklet
7 February
Year of the Snake generic smiler
20 February
2nd class Machin Post and Go Faststamp in blue. 
21 February
Jane Austen (Stampex issue)
22 February Pictorial Faststamps: Freshwater Life - Pond Life
26 March 
Classic TV - 50 years of Dr Who: 11 stamps, MS, retail book, prestige book, generic smiler sheet etc
27 March
Machin definitives for new tariff, new colours. Country definitives  
16 April Great Britons 10 x 1st
16 April 50th anniversary of the launch of the Royal Yacht Britannia Commemorative Sheet  
1 May Bicentenary of the birth of David Livingstone, explorer Commemorative Sheet  
9 May
150th anniv of the Football Association
10 May Generic Smilers – Australia 2013 Stamp Exhibition 
Post and Go Faststamps - Australia 2013 World Stamp Exhibition
30 May HM The Queen - 60th Anniversary of the Coronation 
18 June Classic Locomotives of Northern Ireland MS  Updated icon.
25 June
Post and Go stamps: Freshwater Life - Lakes NEW icon.
11 July Butterflies  NEW icon.
13 August British Auto Legends   NEW icon .
19 September
Merchant Navy (Stampex issue)
20 September
Pictorial Faststamps - Freshwater Life - Rivers
10 October Dinosaurs
5 November Christmas  

Postmark with logo of Russian Arctic Convoy Museum.Postmark showing breached dam (Dambusters).Great Britain Special Pictorial Postmarks not associated with new stamp issues

Permanent special and pictorial postmarks
13 May 2013

Other special postmarks
5 June
2013 


ARTICLES

Advertisements in definitive booklets

booklet of 6 1st class definitive stamps with advertisement inside front coverThe March 2005 publicity leaflet for the Magic Circle stamps included a footnote about a new booklet of 6 x 1st class stamps which included, on the previously blank inside front cover, an advertisement for Royal Mail's Smilers service. The stamps were available in supermarkets and other retail outlets (but not necessarily from post offices) from early January. This booklet was, according to the Philatelic Bureau's official announcement, scheduled to have its philatelic release on 15 March. We now understand that, contrary to the published information, they made the booklets available from 27 January; three sponsored postmarks were available for this revised first date of philatelic availability*. As actual availability may have been 2-3 weeks before that date and due to the confusion over the actual release date we did not produce any first day covers for these booklets either with 27 January date, or 15 March. There is no change to the stamps, only the booklet cover. *These postmarks can be seen here.

UPDATE: A new Advertising booklet was issued on 26 July 2005. This promotes the (large) 'LOVE' stamp on the inside cover.
advertisement on inside cover of stamp booklet issued 2 October 2006.The third such booklet was the one containing definitive-sized greeting stamps issued on 4 October 2005.

postmark depicting Windsor Castle.postmark depicting Sandringham House.postmark depicting Buckingham Palace.Three special postmarks were available for FDCs of this booklet or stamps from it. NEW BOOKLET 2 October 2006.
This new booklet of 6 x 1st class stamps is described by Royal Mail as a 'stamp media book'. It is identical with any other 1st class book and contains PIP definitives, but with an advertisement promoting stamp collecting. It is sold through the Post Office network but also through other retail outlets, notably major supermarkets. We have no first day cover of this booklet in stock.

Smartstamps launched - 15 January 2004

1st class Smartstamp in EnglishRoyal Mail launched the 'Smartstamp' - a stamp which can be printed from personal computers in homes and businesses throughout the country. Read more about the system and see examples here.


Fee-free online postage launched 19 September 2006

Royal Mail launched a new online postage facility today which, unlike Smartstamps, has no monthly or annual facility fee and, unlike Smartstamps, is not restricted to people who use Internet Explorer as their browser. It even runs on Apple Mac systems, and with Mozilla Firefox.
The 'stamp' impression is the same as for the latest Smartstamps version. Behind the address the service is printed in microprint. We'll write this up in a fuller explanation later, but meanwhile you can see a sample cover here - click Back to get back to this page.

Christmas postal delivery by Scouts

1982 Sheffield Scout Stamp showing BPAlthough Royal Mail had a monopoly on the delivery of mail, since 1981 charity groups, principally Scouts, Guides and Church Groups have been permitted to arrange the collection and distribution of greetings cards each year for a limited period before Christmas.
See a selection of Scout Christmas Post Stamps here.

Special Delivery postage paid labelRoyal Mail Postage Labels

Click here to read more about this new phase of modern postal history. Updated 22 September 2003 with labels in new typeface and layout.  

In 2009, labels with the Machin head were used for Special Delivery items at just one post office in London. See Machin Horizon Label page. (In need of updating - see blog meanwhile.)

From the Scandinavia Philatelic Society in the United Kingdom:

Spitzbergen Cruise Mail: 1890-1914 - newly published, 60 A4 pages

For full details and sample images click here.

News about Great Britain new stamps and postmarks with links to this site will be announced on our blog, on the Virtual Stamp Club, and on Stampboards forum.

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