The, "Philately will get you everywhere," thread

[The Call of the Wendigo]

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[The Call of the Wendigo]

Don't panic! Dad's Army turns 50 with set of stamps https://t.co/43gHyT3H6E

— Joanne (@jmlsmith) June 12, 2018

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I don't like photos on stamps. Stamps should only feature drawings.

[Fangirl Three]

Gosh, a stamp thread not started by me. The NHOTW is being swept by stamp mania!

I don't like any of these silly modern sets with TV characters on them.

[Nightjar]

I only like octagonal ones with William IV on them.

[Guest]

Flame Mahogany,

[Nightjar]

Wrong thread...

https://hallofthewendigo.forumotion.com/t137-the-official-occasional-table-megathread#3118

[The Call of the Wendigo]

The Royal Mail will refuse to accept the current 1st and 2nd class stamps from January 2023 onwards.

https://www.aol.co.uk/news/royal-mail-will-not-accept-common-stamps-from-january-104816749.html

[Nightjar]

By gum!

[SiberianPrincess’sMidriff]

That's a sticky situation.

[Nightjar]

I like to think that I pushed the envelope there.

[Fangirl Three]

So what's actually going on here isn't that the NVI concept - the "1st" and "2nd" indicators instead of an actual value - is being abolished, it's that they're adding barcodes to the new NVI stamps, and so won't be accepting the old NVI ones without the barcodes.

https://www.royalmail.com/sending/barcoded-stamps


A new stamp with a barcode, yesterday

[Nightjar]

Freddie Mercury’s ‘priceless’ stamp collection to be celebrated

Postal Museum show celebrates the Queen singer’s youthful passion for philately

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/11/freddie-mercurys-priceless-stamp-collection-to-be-celebrated

[Nightjar]

We will, we will frank you!

[Nightjar]

Don't Post Me Now...

[SiberianPrincess’sMidriff]

The 7 unperforated stamps of Rhye

[Fangirl Three]

Killer Queen (Wilding portrait)

[Nightjar]

I actually get that one because earlier I was cross referencing philately terms and Queen songs and considered doing that exact same title but thought it too obscure and subtle.

[Nightjar]

Oh, no, on reflection, I think that the angle on "Killer Queen" I was considering was even more obscure than what the Countess was aiming at.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_(philately)#:~:text=In%20philately%20a%20killer%20is,the%20whole%20of%20the%20stamp.

[Fangirl Three]

I'd forgotten that 'killer' was a philatelic term. I've only recently got interested in postmarks.

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