17 February 2016 - set of 6 and miniature sheet
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3 x 1st class:
Sir Brian Tuke, Master of the Posts (1516) (letter from Brian Tuke to Cromwell);
'Mail Packet off Eastbourne' by Capt Victor Howes RN ;
Penfold Pillar Box (letter written by Anthony Trollope proposing pillar boxes).
3 x £1.52:
River Post Woman;
Mail Coach (letter from John Palmer re introduction of Mail Coaches);
The new Medway Mail Centre, a £70m facility which replaced four Kent sites.
In 1933, Stephen Tallents was appointed the Public Relations Officer for the General Post Office (GPO) and set out to change the way the company communicated with the public.
Prior to the early 1930s, the GPO had relied on the work of internal staff but from his experience with the Empire Marketing Board, Tallents
commissioned many of the period’s most exciting graphic designers in a move which saw the GPO become a leader in poster design.
Poster advertising was the first form of conscious publicity for the GPO, and was used to promote service and product innovations, and public notices to help improve efficiency and delivery times. The commercial poster reached cultural maturity during the era from the 1930s to the 1960s, with major corporations such as the GPO, London Transport, Shell and the railway companies all commissioning innovative designs.
The GPO posters featured work by those associated with both fine art and graphic design, demonstrating the merging of high art and popular culture. Abram Games, Tom Eckersley and Frank Newbould were among those whose work defined the era.
1st class: Quickest Way by Air Mail; Address your letters Plainly.
£1.33: Pack your parcels carefully; Stamps in Books Save Time
ADDITIONAL PRODUCT: Not having learned the lesson from Europhilex, and in response to a suggestion from the Philatelic Traders Society (organisers of Spring Stampex) Royal Mail will offer a limited edition of the miniature sheet with Spring Stampex overprint/inscription, to be sold only at the event in London's Business Design Centre. The official statement reads:
To support attendance at Stamp shows a numbered limited edition pack featuring the Classic GPO Posters Minisheet with
Stampex Overprint will be on sale at Spring Stampex. A small number may be available to collectors from Tallents House.
18 February 2016 - Retail booklet, Generic Sheet, and Prestige Stamp Book
175th anniversary of the Penny Red.
Self-adhesive booklet containing
6 x 1st class Queen Victoria 1d red commemorative definitives and features a quote from
Rowland Hill, whose proposal paved the way for the 1840 Act which introduced the Uniform Penny Post.
Generic Smilers Sheet
175th Anniversary of
the Penny Red
20 x 1st class Penny Red stamps with various labels.
On the anniversary of the Penny Red the 2015 commemorative stamp joins the Penny Black and Two Penny Red
versions issued in 2015 in the Smilers and Business Customised stamps service. The background image of the Generic Sheet features details of the ‘Rainbow Trials’ from which the Penny Red evolved and cancellations were changed from red to black.
Prestige Book - Royal Mail 500
Pane 1:
1st class Sir Brian Tuke, Master of the Posts (1516);
£1.52 River Post;
1st class Penfold Pillar Box.
Pane 2: 8 x 1st class:
1d black, 1d red, 2d blue
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2d blue, label, 1d red
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1d red, 1d black, 2d blue
Pane 3:
Stamps as the miniature sheet but in different layout.
Pane 4: 1st class Packet Ship;
£1.52 Mail Coach;
£1.52 Medway Mail Centre.
Front cover of PSB:
Penny Red on 'cover' with 308 numeral postmark of Stirling
