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Postage stamps were first used in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 6 May 1840, with the introduction of the world's first adhesive postage stamps, the Penny Black and Two Pence Blue. Until 1924, all British stamps depicted only the portrait of the reigning monarch, with the exception of the 'High Value' stamps (the so-called ...
Silver wedding 26 April 1948 (first issue to commemorate a personal Royal occasion rather than a state event, £1 value was the first British stamp designed by a woman and the issue is notable for the omission of the words 'postage' and 'revenue'). Channel Islands Liberation 10 May 1948; Olympic Games 29 July 1948
1.45 Price change announced October 7, 2022; new non-machinable surcharge: 40 cents July 9, 2023.66 .24 (letters) .51 1.50 Price change announced April 10, 2023 January 24, 2024.68 .24 (letters) .53 1.55 Price change announced October 6, 2023 July 14, 2024.73 .28 (letters) .56 1.65 Price change announced April 9, 2024
Stamps featuring King Charles’ portrait have gone on sale as prices increase. The cost of a first class stamp, featuring the monarch’s head, went up from 95p to £1.10 on Monday (3 April ...
The group reported an 8% rise in underlying operating profits to £758 million for the year to the end of March.
The Royal Mail Group Limited, trading as Royal Mail, is a British postal service and courier company. It is owned by International Distributions Services. It operates the brands Royal Mail (letters and parcels) and Parcelforce Worldwide (parcels). The company used the name Consignia for a brief period in the early 2000s but changed it afterwards.
After increasing the price of a first-class postage stamp to 68 cents ... jump this year was initially made in April. ... quarter of fiscal 2024 alone, USPS reported a $2.1 billion net loss, more ...
On 13 April 2015, Queen Letizia visited the Artillery Academy, which marked her first solo military event. [55] [56] A few days later, she travelled with her husband to Copenhagen , Denmark , to commemorate the 75th birthday of Queen Margrethe II .