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In celebration of the life and works of Charles Dickens, the Royal Mail recently revealed a sneak preview of two stamps – officially launching in June – to celebrate the bicentenary of the novelist’s birth. The two stamps feature illustrations from his first novel, The Pickwick Papers (originally serialised and entitled The Posthumous Papers of Pickwick) and his 1838 novel, Nicholas Nickleby. The character of Read More
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First class Olympics stamps to go on sale

Saturday, December 31st, 2011
Sets of “everyday” first class stamps displaying the Olympic and Paralympic logos will go on sale next week in shops around the UK. They will be available from thousands of retailers and all post offices in books of six from 5 January. This type of stamp – known as the “definitive” version – usually only features an image of the Queen. This is the first time a commercial logo has Read More
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OFCOM, the new postal services regulator recently issued a consultation about how postal services should be regulated over the next seven years. Concerns about the potential impacts of these proposals prompted the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) along with POSTAF (Postal Trade Association) to host a meeting of all key stakeholders in the postal market – including ONEPOST – to explore how best to resp Read More
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Towards the end of July the European Commission opened an investigation to determine whether the UK government’s planned financial restructuring of Royal Mail breaches EU state aid rules. The probe will examine whether the Government’s proposals to write off Royal Mail’s debts and take responsibility for its multi-billion pound pension deficit meet EU guidelines for state aid. According to the Eur Read More
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