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As postal rates have changed, so have the values denominated on some of the stamps. The '2nd' and '1st' values have remained constant, but the 'E' value reverted to 40p initially, and then increased to 42p, 44p, 48p, 50p and 56p. The 64p and 65p values have been reissued as 68p, 72p, 78p, 81p, 90p and 97p values.
In the United States in November 2012, the purchase price was $2.20 [6] USD; however, the US Postal Service discontinued sales of IRCs on 27 January 2013 due to declining demand. [7] Britain's Royal Mail also stopped selling IRCs on 31 December 2011, citing minimal sales and claiming that the average post office sold less than one IRC per year.
This is a list of British postage stamps issued by the Royal Mail postal service of the United Kingdom, normally referred to in philatelic circles as Great Britain.This list should be consistent with printed publications, [1] [2] and cite sources of any deviation (e.g., magazine issue listing newly found variations).
2nd Class basic rate from 16 September 1968 to 14 February 1971. [5] 4d Bright vermillion 6 Jan 1969 [6] 5d Blue 1 Jul 1968 [7] 1st Class basic rate from 16 September 1968 to 14 February 1971. [5] 6d Purple 5 Feb 1968 [1] 7d Emerald 1 July 1968 [7] The 7d, 8d and 9d stamps had the value indicator behind the bust. [8] 8d Vermillion 8d Light ...
2024-04-16 100 Years of Commemorative Stamps 10 stamps: 1st class × 10: British Empire Exhibition, Postal Union Congress, Silver Jubilee. Royal Silver Wedding, Centenary of First Adhesive Postage Stamps, Peace and Reconstruction. Tercentenary of ‘General Letter Office’, Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Festival of Britain.
Post Office Limited, formerly Post Office Counters Limited and commonly known as the Post Office, is a state-owned retail post office company in the United Kingdom that provides a wide range of postal and non-postal related products including postage stamps, banking, insurance, bureau de change and identity verification services to the public through its nationwide network of around 11,500 ...
Rowland Hill, creator of the penny post, 1840; Post Office Limited, separated from Royal Mail as a new business in 1986; Parcelforce, separated as a new division within Royal Mail in 1986; Green Paper on Postal Reform (1994) published, options for further privatisation and regulation of the Post Office and Royal Mail
Royal Mail Group Limited, trading as Royal Mail, is a British postal service and courier company. It is owned by International Distribution Services . It operates the brands Royal Mail (letters and parcels) and Parcelforce Worldwide (parcels).