Norvic Philatelics: Ian Billings
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New stamp from #Denmark, announced yesterday.
You might not like Spam, or the Spanish Inquisition, but The Dead Parrot, & Lumberjacks were a lot of fun! Royal Mail marks Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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August 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
You might not like Spam, or the Spanish Inquisition, but The Dead Parrot, & Lumberjacks were a lot of fun! Royal Mail marks Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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blog.norphil.co.uk/2025/08/nobo...
Texas Hill Country Is Underwater, and America’s Emergency Lifeline Is Fraying www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
Opinion | Texas Hill Country Is Underwater, and America’s Emergency Lifeline Is Fraying
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July 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Texas Hill Country Is Underwater, and America’s Emergency Lifeline Is Fraying www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
The Royal Observatory Greenwich (www.rmg.co.uk/royal-observ...) celebrates its 350th anniversary this year & Royal Mail are issuing some very attractive stamps which you can see here; more details: blog.norphil.co.uk/2025/06/350t...
June 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The Royal Observatory Greenwich (www.rmg.co.uk/royal-observ...) celebrates its 350th anniversary this year & Royal Mail are issuing some very attractive stamps which you can see here; more details: blog.norphil.co.uk/2025/06/350t...
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During Pride Month, the Navy has removed Harvey Milk’s name from a ship honoring him. Milk was a gay rights pioneer and Korean War Era Navy veteran who was forced to resign in 1955. His legacy deserves remembrance—not erasure.
#USNavy #HarveyMilk #USNSHarveyMilk #QueerVeterans
#USNavy #HarveyMilk #USNSHarveyMilk #QueerVeterans
June 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
During Pride Month, the Navy has removed Harvey Milk’s name from a ship honoring him. Milk was a gay rights pioneer and Korean War Era Navy veteran who was forced to resign in 1955. His legacy deserves remembrance—not erasure.
#USNavy #HarveyMilk #USNSHarveyMilk #QueerVeterans
#USNavy #HarveyMilk #USNSHarveyMilk #QueerVeterans
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Gotta love a postcard with a sense of humor.
May 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Gotta love a postcard with a sense of humor.
Royal Mail to commemorate The Chronicles of #Narnia next week, see full details here Full philatelic details here
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The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis, 75th anniversary set & miniature sheet 22 May 2025
News about Great Britain (United Kingdom) stamps & postmarks, postal history, Royal Mail, & Post Office Ltd., and philately in general
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May 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Royal Mail to commemorate The Chronicles of #Narnia next week, see full details here Full philatelic details here
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#PostOfficeScandal end to Horizon system now set in stone with replacement to come off-the-shelf www.computerweekly.com/news/3666238...
Controversial Post Office Horizon system could stay until 2033 | Computer Weekly
Post Office seeks off-the-shelf Horizon replacement as part of £492m tender that includes ongoing support for Horizon up to 2033.
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May 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
#PostOfficeScandal end to Horizon system now set in stone with replacement to come off-the-shelf www.computerweekly.com/news/3666238...
We produced these limited edition first day covers when Royal Mail marked the 60th anniversary of the end of WW2 - only one of each left in stock.
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May 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We produced these limited edition first day covers when Royal Mail marked the 60th anniversary of the end of WW2 - only one of each left in stock.
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“Trump has helped us so much for Canadian unity that I will propose him for the Order of Canada. But they told me that in Canada, you can’t give the Order of Canada to someone who has a criminal record.”
🏅🇨🇦 ~Jean Chrétien, hero, winner of it all 😱😂❤️🍁
🏅🇨🇦 ~Jean Chrétien, hero, winner of it all 😱😂❤️🍁
April 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
“Trump has helped us so much for Canadian unity that I will propose him for the Order of Canada. But they told me that in Canada, you can’t give the Order of Canada to someone who has a criminal record.”
🏅🇨🇦 ~Jean Chrétien, hero, winner of it all 😱😂❤️🍁
🏅🇨🇦 ~Jean Chrétien, hero, winner of it all 😱😂❤️🍁
Barcoded 1s class stamps - all genuine from Royal Mail Swap Scheme - now on special offer prices.
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April 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Barcoded 1s class stamps - all genuine from Royal Mail Swap Scheme - now on special offer prices.
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It's Earth Day today - we'll include Middle Earth, here are our first day covers for Royal Mail's Lord of the Rings stamps in 2004.
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2429 Lord of the Rings Norvic FDC
26 February 2004 - 50th Anniversary of publication of 'The Lord of the Rings' by J R R Tolkien -
Royal Mail commemorated the 50th anniversary of the publication of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Fellowship o...
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April 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It's Earth Day today - we'll include Middle Earth, here are our first day covers for Royal Mail's Lord of the Rings stamps in 2004.
shop.norphil.co.uk/product/2429...
shop.norphil.co.uk/product/2429...
>How can I help to create the conditions under which the global systemic change that we need can become possible?>Create environment in which the price paid for deliberately misleading the public (by any means)... is so high that it is not worth... being caught.
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April 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
>How can I help to create the conditions under which the global systemic change that we need can become possible?>Create environment in which the price paid for deliberately misleading the public (by any means)... is so high that it is not worth... being caught.
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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Yes but I think they did send a memo… 🙄💌
April 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Yes but I think they did send a memo… 🙄💌
As expected this was in use yesterday for deliver today - so it may not be in use on Thursday as suggested.
April 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
As expected this was in use yesterday for deliver today - so it may not be in use on Thursday as suggested.
Following Rory McIlroy’s historic win at the US Masters on Sunday, becoming only the sixth male golfer to complete a career Grand Slam, Royal Mail will be applying a special postmark on stamped mail from Tuesday 15 April to Thursday 17 April 2025
April 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Following Rory McIlroy’s historic win at the US Masters on Sunday, becoming only the sixth male golfer to complete a career Grand Slam, Royal Mail will be applying a special postmark on stamped mail from Tuesday 15 April to Thursday 17 April 2025
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It's a bit embarrassing in a way. It's like putting in a submission to the Department of Health arguing that operating theatres shouldn't be filthy, or to the Department of Education that teachers should be literate.
April 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
It's a bit embarrassing in a way. It's like putting in a submission to the Department of Health arguing that operating theatres shouldn't be filthy, or to the Department of Education that teachers should be literate.
Well, this will be interesting: but does it really mean stamps or just a different (printed postal impression)?
NHS given special stamps to cut late letters
Specific barcodes will help Royal Mail prioritise post from hospitals and reduce missed appointments
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04...
NHS given special stamps to cut late letters
Specific barcodes will help Royal Mail prioritise post from hospitals and reduce missed appointments
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04...
NHS given special stamps to cut late letters
Specific barcodes will help Royal Mail prioritise post from hospitals and reduce missed appointments
www.telegraph.co.uk
April 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Well, this will be interesting: but does it really mean stamps or just a different (printed postal impression)?
NHS given special stamps to cut late letters
Specific barcodes will help Royal Mail prioritise post from hospitals and reduce missed appointments
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04...
NHS given special stamps to cut late letters
Specific barcodes will help Royal Mail prioritise post from hospitals and reduce missed appointments
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04...
Royal Mail's miniature sheets of #stamps are printed in larger sheets called Press Sheets (ie off the press) & then cut to size. Makes sense: but why is there an extra set of perforations in the top (and maybe bottom) margin?
I have top left & top right if anyone is interested, £12+post. DM/email.
I have top left & top right if anyone is interested, £12+post. DM/email.
April 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Royal Mail's miniature sheets of #stamps are printed in larger sheets called Press Sheets (ie off the press) & then cut to size. Makes sense: but why is there an extra set of perforations in the top (and maybe bottom) margin?
I have top left & top right if anyone is interested, £12+post. DM/email.
I have top left & top right if anyone is interested, £12+post. DM/email.
Did you know? On and off at Christmas - I just found these so clearing them out now.
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On and off at Christmas - or, did you know?
News about Great Britain (United Kingdom) stamps & postmarks, postal history, Royal Mail, & Post Office Ltd., and philately in general
blog.norphil.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Did you know? On and off at Christmas - I just found these so clearing them out now.
blog.norphil.co.uk/2025/04/on-a...
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Unprecedented protests this morning on Heard and MacDonald islands, as the population rises up against Trump’s imposition of 10% across-the-board tariffs.
April 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Unprecedented protests this morning on Heard and MacDonald islands, as the population rises up against Trump’s imposition of 10% across-the-board tariffs.
The first Royal Mail slogan postmark used in April will be for the DEC Myanmar Earthquake Appeal.
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Real examples will be added to the blog as soon as we see any!
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Real examples will be added to the blog as soon as we see any!
April 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The first Royal Mail slogan postmark used in April will be for the DEC Myanmar Earthquake Appeal.
blog.norphil.co.uk/2025/04/apri...
Real examples will be added to the blog as soon as we see any!
blog.norphil.co.uk/2025/04/apri...
Real examples will be added to the blog as soon as we see any!
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This is lovely.
March 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is lovely.