Friday, 7 March 2025

Denmark's Postal Service won't deliver letters after 30 December 2025.

Danish Post Box
According to an announcement on it's website, Denmark's state-run postal service, PostNord, is to end all letter deliveries at the end of 2025.   Letter numbers have fallen since the start of the century from 1.4 billion to 110 million last year.

Press Release
PostNord will deliver its final letter in Denmark at the end of 2025 and focus its business on one core service from 2026: Parcels. Our goal is to become the Danes' preferred parcel courier. We want to be the very best where Danes need us - and that's in parcels.

Danes have become more and more digital, and what was once sent by letter is now received digitally by the vast majority of people. This means that there are very few letters left in Denmark. In fact, letter volumes have decreased by over 90 percent since 2000, and the volume of letters continues to decrease rapidly.

On the other hand, Danes are shopping online like never before. This means, that there is a growing need for fast and good delivery of Danish parcels, and we at PostNord are well equipped to help. That's why we're now focusing on becoming even better where Danes need us most - on parcels.

What this means for you

In the short term, this will not affect you - we will continue to deliver letters as you know it for the rest of the year. From 2026, this means that you will no longer be able to send and receive letters with PostNord in Denmark.

If you need to send basic letters (Letters, Business Letters, Direct Mail and Magazine Mail), it must be handed in to us by 18 December 2025. The last day to hand in Quick Letters, Registered Letters, Letters with Return Receipt and Postal Services is 29 December 2025. We will deliver the last letters on December 30 2025.

We've made sure that all postal labels purchased in 2024 - or to be purchased in 2025 - can be refunded for a limited time in 2026 if you don't use them in 2025. We'll let you know more about how you can do this as soon as possible.

On 1 June 2025, we will begin removing the 1,500 mailboxes that are currently located around the country. We expect all mailboxes to be removed no later than 31 December 2025. The mailboxes that have not been removed can still be used. It will be marked on each mailbox well in advance when it will be removed.

From the FAQs

- You can send letters to and from abroad with PostNord for the rest of the year. PostNord Denmark has been appointed by the Ministry of Transport to handle international mail until 31 December 2025. After that, it will be up to the Ministry of Transport to decide, e.g. through a tender, who will handle the task in the future.  

- Throughout 2025, you will receive letters as usual with PostNord, but from 1 January 2026, it will no longer be PostNord, but other actors on the market, who delivers letters to Danes.

(PostNord's 29 krone inland letter rate has been undercut by an new parcel operator which also handles letters, for a still high 23 krone (£2.59). But since 2024 stamps could only be used on international, not inland mail.  The value of collections of Danish stamps has plummeted and if you like well produced colourful stamps as a sideline, now would be an opportunity to provide a mint collection for a fraction of the catalogue prices. Collectors and dealers will be feeling mightily disgruntled!)


Postal rates 7 April 2025 - basic airmail rate and 1st Large Letter see biggest increases.

By now many of you will have seen news of Royal Mail's next price increases on stamp/Postcrossing forums or social media, but as yet there is no press release so we don't know what weasley words Royal Mail will use this time to justify some quite large rises.

Press Release added 2106 7 March:

Royal Mail carefully considers prices, balancing affordability with the increasing cost of delivering mail. 

Letter volumes have fallen from 20 billion a year in 2004/5 to 6.7 billion in 2023/4, and could fall to 4
billion a year within the next four years. Over the same period, the number of addresses has risen by four million meaning the cost of each delivery continues to rise.

Nick Landon, Chief Commercial Officer at Royal Mail said: “We always consider price changes very
carefully but the cost of delivering mail continues to increase. A complex and extensive network of trucks, planes and 85,000 posties are needed to ensure we can deliver across the country for just 87p.

“Ofcom has recognised that reform is urgently needed to protect the one-price-goes-anywhere Universal
Service which requires Royal Mail to deliver letters to around 32 million UK addresses six days a week.
Reform will allow continued investment in the modernisation and transformation of the business to
provide a more financially sustainable service.” 

Ends

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The new rate chart can be downloaded here.  New prices in bold, unchanged rates in italics, reduced price in red.  The differential between 2nd and 1st for a 100g Large Letter rises from £1.05 to £1.60 (and 12 months ago it was only 55p!). 

The 2nd class rate for 100-250g is reduced to below the April 2024 rate and is now only 15p more than the April 2023 rate, presumably reflecting market forces.  If it doesn't matter that 2nd class will only be delivered on alternate days this seems to be a much better option than 1st class. 


1st

2nd

Letter

1.70

1.65

0.87

0.85

Large Letter – 100g

3.15

2.60

1.55

1.55

- 250g

3.60

3.50

2.00

2.10

- 500g

3.60

3.50

2.40

2.50

- 750g

3.60

3.50

2.70

2.70

Small Parcel 2kg

4.99

4.79

3.90

3.75

Medium Parcel 2kg

7.19

6.99

6.29

6.15

- 10kg

8.99

8.69

7.89

7.65

- 20kg

13.69

13.19

11.89

11.55

Special Delivery rates are also increased.  The 100g rate rises by 40p from £8.35 to £8.75, the 500g rate by 50p to £9.85. Increases for delivery by 9am are between 11% and 21%.

UK Tracked rates see minor increases.  The basic 1st class Large Letter rate is again raised by 10p to £3.70, the Small Parcel rate by 16p to £5.15.  The 2nd class rate remains at £2.80 for 750g the Small Parcel is up by 10p to £4.05. 

UK Signed is up from £3.35 to £3.60 1st class and from £2.55 to £2.77 for 2nd class.

International rates.   The basic letter rates are increased, but not the Large Letter and Parcel rates.  The airmail rate which increased in October from £2.50 to £2.80 goes up a further 40p to £3.20, and the surface rate is up 50p to £3.10.  This is bad news for PostcrossersIt will bring a new barcoded definitive of £3.20; however creating either rate from special stamp issues is going to be more difficult especially with the size of new barcoded stamps to make up any shortfall.

A quick look at Premium services - International Tracked, Signed, and Tracked & Signed see changes of up to 15% but not at all levels.

 

We will bring more news on the new stamp etc as details are announced.

This post is now open for comments - and corrections.


Thursday, 6 March 2025

Is this the second in a new series? Garden Wildlife set of ten - 11 March 2025

Ahead of the next tariff increase Royal Mail will issue a set consisting only of 2nd class and 1st class stamps depicting Garden Wildlife.  As pointed out on Commonwealth Stamps Opinion, this follows a similar series of River Wildlife two years ago.

Might this mean Woodland, Moorland and Seashore Wildlife in future years? (I hope this doesn't put ideas into the minds of the stamp commissioners at Royal Mail - they do read this!)

This stamp issue is a celebration of the plethora of amazing species that inhabit the UK’s gardens, from frogs to foxes, bees to badgers.

It is estimated that there are some 24 million gardens in the UK which support a huge diversity of wildlife. Gardens can contain a wide range of habitats, including flowerbeds, shrubs, fruiting trees, lawns, ponds, vegetable plots, compost bins and woodpiles. When managed with wildlife at heart, they provide food, water and refuge to enable many species to thrive.

 

Garden Wildlife stamps issued 11 March 2025

The stamps

2nd class: Fox, Blackbird, Common Frog, Blue Tit, Badger

1st class: Smooth newt, Hedgehog, Robin, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Garden Snail.

Technical Details and acknowledgements

The 41 x 30 mm stamps, designed by Stop, Look, Listen, are printed in litho by Cartor Security Printers in sheets of 50. The 2nd class do have the single phosphor band this time.

Fox © Rosemary Roberts/Alamy Stock Photo; Blackbird © Kim Taylor/naturepl.com; Common Frog and Robin © Mark Hamblin/2020VISION/naturepl.com; Blue Tit, photograph by Ben Birchall © PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo; Badger © Lee Hudson/Alamy Stock Photo; Smooth Newt © David Kjaer/naturepl.com; Hedgehog © Guy Edwardes/naturepl.com; Buff-tailed Bumblebee © Ernie Janes/naturepl.com; Garden Snail © Stephen Dalton/naturepl.com.

 

Collector Sheet

Not able to let an money-making opportunity go, Royal Mail have also produced a collector sheet with all 10 stamps alongside labels depicting the same species.   I wrote this about the Business Customised Sheets in 2011 six years before the facility was ended.

The stamp dealers, in conjunction with Royal Mail, were producing - in effect - glossy colourful posters, which happened to have 10 or 20 1st class stamps in them.  Purely money-making, not even philatelic. 

So Royal Mail are also producing unnecessary 'posters' which happen to have stamps in them, going so far as to use different printing process or paper (these are self-adhesive of course), so that collectors who must have everything want these as well.  It doesn't help that some preprinted albums and catalogues list the individual stamps separately even though they will never be used - at least not until sold for discount postage.  This is £13.70 compared with the £12.50 face value.  (After the tariff increase, of course, they will be worth more!)

2025 Garden Wildlife Collectors Poster with self-adhesive stamps

Products available

Set of 10 stamps, presentation pack, first day cover, stamp cards, collector sheet, framed set.

Previously from Royal Mail

Most people wouldn't regard the badger as a garden animal, though obviously some do visit gardens, though not as many as foxes, which are also not primarily garden animals, hence both featured in the 2004 Woodland Animals set on our website.  Incidentally we still have some of these limited edition (25) FDCs available for this issue: they marked the 1350th Anniversary of Dereham, and were postmarked at the town Post Office.

Woodland Animals 2004 first day cover - price now £7.50


Tuesday, 4 March 2025

Marching on through 2025 another round of slogan postmarks and other postal markings.

Without any announcement from Royal Mail's press office (why do they not promote the organisations and campaigns they support?) we had a new slogan used on 1st March.  After that I expect a return to the normal default British Heart Foundation slogan, possibly with St Patrick's Day (though we didn't see anything for St David's Day).

Examples of the new slogan below - send us anything else you get that hasn't already been shown, please.

Alongside a logo, we have this slogan supporting uksaysnomore and Hestia .

TOGETHER WE CAN
END DOMESTIC ABUSE
& SEXUAL VIOLENCE

UKSAYSNOMORE.ORG | HESTIA.ORG
 

The first example came on a letter from a customer in Cornwall - but the stamp made it impossible to work out what the postmark is all about.

UKSaysNoMore & Hestia slogan used Plymouth and Cornwall 01/03/2025


Fortunately this better image was offered by M, taken from a square envelope processed at Gatwick Mail Centre, also 01/03/2025

UKSaysNoMore & Hestia slogan used at Gtwick Mail Centre 01/03/2025

There should be the other layout from the other type of machine as well.

 



UPDATE 6 MARCH: In predicting other slogans in use this month I didn't refer to previous years; had I done so I would have remembered International Women's Day which Royal Mail this time did mention on social media.

My latest return from the SwapOut scheme in Edinburgh was unnecessarily put through the ink-jet machine at the Mail Centre, which is how I first saw this new slogan used yesterday, I think.
International Women's Day slogan Edinburgh Mail Centre, probably 04-03-2025

UPDATE:  Thanks to RS for this example of the slogan from Medway Mail Centre 04-03-2025

International Women's Day slogan Medway Mail Centre, 04-03-2025

UPDATE 7 March.  Thanks to DB for this example of the other layout for the IWD slogan, from Lancashire & South Lakes (Preston) - but unfortunately with a mangled dateline.

International Women's Day slogan Preston Mail Centre, ??/03/2025

 



Other postmarks and postal markings

 

 



Remember, all postmarks appearing in March will be added to this post, so check here before you spend time scanning and emailing.




Thursday, 27 February 2025

Machin and Regional Invalidation: SwapOut delays update

It is many months since I wrote anything substantive about the SwapOut scheme to replace invalidated stamps with new barcoded definitives.  The system worked substantially well, and apart from the occasional glitch (soon corrected), most people seemed satisfied if annoyed at the amount of effort involved and that the change had happened at all.

Since Christmas, however, readers and other dealers have been commenting that the turnaround has moved from the original 7 days to much longer.  Indeed I'm told the Terms and Conditions have been changed to '30 days' - but the allegations are that it is closer to 7 weeks!

UPDATE -  I received a batch today dated 27 February but posted 4 March, for the stamps I sent on 30 January - so not quite 7 weeks.


Use up your non-barcoded stamps slogan August 2022.

I decided to try to find out whether this was the occasional glitch or an on-going problem.

Mechanics

I phoned and established what the mechanics are for the process.  The support line is at Doxford (Sunderland) but that it only the very important call centre.  We send stamps in to Edinburgh, and we get stamps back from Edinburgh.  

Each of our packages is logged onto a database in Edinburgh when it is opened for processing, not before.  So of my 8 packages in the last four weeks only that posted on 30 January has so far been logged into the system.  

The target turn-around is still 30 days, so if we experience a longer delay and phone Duxford, they check the database and they might arrange to send replacements.  I imagine they wait a couple of weeks after the 30 days to ensure that when we ask, the replacements are not in transit which might mean we end up with two sets of replacements!

Manpower

It is evident that the manpower devoted to this task has was reduced after the original surge in submissions.  I'm told that additional staff were added when there was a further surge late last year, but that the numbers have probably been reduced again.  Obviously the call centre can't answer for management but it does seem likely that if more people are sending in larger batches additional staffing must be applied.

Freepost address and certificates of posting

A reminder that you cannot get a certificate of posting if you use the Freepost SwapOut address. If you require one for anything not sent by Special Delivery or Signed For (and you should) then you must use the address shown above, with the EH12 9GT postcode or to this address for batches over £200:

Royal Mail
Swap Out
Tallents House
21 South Gyle Crescent
EDINBURGH
EH12 9PB

 


Monday, 24 February 2025

Welcome news from Royal Mail

It would seem that someone at Royal Mail has been listening to reaction from collectors to the ever-increasing cost of their products.  Either that or rapidly declining numbers of traditional collectors has suddenly awoken them.

News release

Important Change to Special Stamp Issuing Policy
We are making a change to our Special Stamp Programme that we’d like to share with you.

From March 2025, all Special Stamps will feature 1st and/or 2nd Class values only. This means we will no longer include stamps with International values or alternative monetary values such as £1.00 or £2.00. 

One important exception to this rule will be the annual Christmas issue which will continue to feature International rate stamps along with the Large Letter stamps.

This change is part of our efforts to provide an accessible and affordable stamp programme, designed to better meet the needs of our customers. 

We will continue to listen to Customer feedback and explore further improvements. Feedback from our customers helps us shape the future of our Stamp Programme, and we encourage you to share your ideas with us. Thank you for your continued support.

Unfortunately the tariff change in April will probably see 1st class letters rise to £1.75 and 2nd to 90p - dropping the £1 values and replacing them with 1st class offers no benefit to collectors so it is good to see that there will be more 2nd class.

(My thanks to the readers who alerted me to the email sent from Customer Services which confirms what the trade was told under embargo last week.)

UPDATE  28 February - new tariff.  Although not yet officially announced it would seem that from 31 March the new rates for 1st and 2nd class mail will be in the range £1.75 to £1.85 and £0.87 - 0.90.   These are the basic new rates for business users before discounts (which can see those rates drop as low as £1.37 and 63.5p for high volumes).  (See Business Rates 2025.)


In other news Royal Mail will be at EuroPhilEx 7-11 May 2025

EuroPhilEx Birmingham 2025 will be the United Kingdom’s mid-decade international stamp exhibition and for the first time ever the organising committee has decided to move its international exhibition out of London. Birmingham is the country’s second city, located in the centre of England and surrounded by a massive population and several other large cities.

Royal Mail is pleased to have a stand at the exhibition and will also be issuing two EuroPhilEx products on the VE Day theme to complement the latest new issue and in recognition of the national commemorations that will take place on the 8th May 2025, day 2 of the stamp exhibition.

Special EuroPhilEx Postmarks will be available for each day of the show. 

A team from Tallents House, and the call centre in Doxford, plus some of the London leadership team will be on our stand offering current stamp issues and products including the range of Barcoded Definitive Stamps. 



LondonRobert - the comment about the SwapOut does not belong here, please recomment on a relevant post.



Friday, 21 February 2025

Joint Royal Mail / Evri parcel locker box at Swindon

Last month I wrote about the new Royal Mail lockers provided from Ukraine.   BM has supplied some photographs of the similar Evri/Royal Mail lockers at Kingshill in Swindon. 

Joint Royal Mail/Evri Parcel locker

 

This is his description of the box:

It allows Evri customers to drop off and collect parcels – printing labels if necessary.  Royal Mail customers only have the option to drop off but need to have the label affixed already.

The process is:

Choose drop off on opening screen



 

Scan barcode (or enter manually).   This then establishes it is Royal Mail and reminds you not to post prohibited items.

You are then invited to enter your email address to enable a proof of posting to be sent

You then choose the size of locker you require.  (Sometimes one or more option is greyed out if all of the ones of that size are full)

Door opens.


After placing item in locker and closing door, screen asks you to confirm all is well and the process is complete.

Sadly a further nail in the coffin of stamp use, though.


Tuesday, 11 February 2025

February 2025 slogan and other postmarks and postal markings

As mentioned last month Royal Mail have announced that the British Heart Foundation variant for RevivR (used last February) will be used again this year.    

We haven't seen any yet and I suspect some people will not notice the difference from the default wording, so if you have a copy, however bad!, please send it.

British Heart
Foundation

Learn lifesaving CPR with RevivR
Find out more at
bhf.org.uk/revivr

UPDATE 26 February. This 'default for the month' slogan was continued after Apprenticeship week and Valentine's Day.

Here's one version from Chester & N Wales on 20/02/2025 from JW.  There's also a slightly better one from Sheffield on the same date and the other format from Peterborough Mail Centre courtesy of JH.

British Heart Foundation RevivR slogan Chester & N Wales 20/02/25

British Heart Foundation RevivR slogan Sheffield Mail Centre 20/02/25

British Heart Foundation RevivR Peterborough Mail Centre 20-02-25


The first report for the month comes from JM who sends this example from Sheffield Mail Centre of the National Apprenticeship Week slogan which has been a regular feature in recent years, but now in new wording.  Perhaps someone can supply a better one?

Royal Mail supports
National
Apprenticeship Week
10-16 February

nationalapprenticeshipweek.co.uk

National Apprenticeship Week slogan Sheffield Mail Centre,  --/02/2025


UPDATE ♥︎ 14 February 2025 ♥︎

Royal Mail used this image today to advertise their slogan on social media.  Two examples arrived yesterday, the Warrington Mail Centre one from RW, and the Birmingham Mail Centre one from JM.  It's the same slogan as last year.

Send a little love
this ♥︎
Valentine's Day
♥︎ ♥︎ February 14

 


Valentine's Day Slogan Birmingham Mail Centre 11/02/2025

Valentine's Day Slogan Warrington Mail Centre 10-02-2025



Other postmarks and postal markings

 

 



Remember, all postmarks appearing in February will be added to this post, so check here before you spend time scanning and emailing.

 


 

Sunday, 9 February 2025

Announcement

Because of other commitments I shall be limiting blog posts for the foreseeable future.

I shall post the usual 'new issue' news as it becomes free of embargo; I shall report on the 'monthly postmarks post' and new definitives when there is news; and I shall try to add other information once a week.

So apologies to JW who has sent a stack of news, some of which will be on the postal history blog, and BM who has news on Parcel Lockers, and anybody else I have forgotten.

UPDATE 19 FEBRUARY: And now the big iMac has failed and although I can handle emails and blog comments on the iPad, anything else will have to wait until I have it repaired and sort out the backup.

Oh, and a 'thank you' - more comments are now coming with aliases or names, rather than anonymous.


Thursday, 6 February 2025

Music Giants XI: AC/DC stamps, MS & PSB - 18 February 2025

Fancy a Music Giant issue being ousted from first place in the year by the Vicar of Dibley!  A seemingly unending supply of music greats continues with number 11, AC/DC which, as Wikipedia tells us is, "an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock and heavy metal, although the band calls it simply "rock and roll". They are cited as a formative influence on the new wave of British heavy metal bands."  

So how do Royal Mail justify including this band from a land down-under?

Royal Mail is celebrating the legendary rock band AC/DC with a set of special stamps and collectibles marking the 50th anniversary of their groundbreaking debut album High Voltage. Formed in Australia by Scottish brothers Angus and Malcolm Young , their music has forged an enduring connection with British fans. From their iconic performances to the critical acclaim of albums like Highway to Hell and Back in Black, AC/DC’s electrifying sound has become part of the fabric of British rock history.

Eight new stamps capture the band in full force, with dynamic images of AC/DC performing live, while an additional miniature sheet of four stamps features the record covers from some of their most successful and influential albums. Alongside the stamps are a number of officially licensed and limited-edition souvenirs to appeal to music fans and collectors alike.

With over 200 million albums sold worldwide and a legacy of high-energy rock that spans decades, AC/DC remains a defining force in music, as proven by their Power Up album of 2020 and its namesake tour of 2024.

The stamps

Set of 8 special stamps honouring the band AC/DC issued 18 February 2025.

Images and acknowledgements:

1st class Bon Scott and Angus Young of AC/DC performing in London, UK, 1976, photo © Chris Walter/WireImage/Getty Images; Brian Johnson and Angus Young of AC/DC performing in Melbourne, Australia, 2015, photo © Daniel Pockett/WireImage/Getty Images; Angus Young of AC/DC performing in Chicago, USA, 1979, photo © Paul Natkin/WireImage/Getty Images; AC/DC performing during the Power Trip music festival, Indio, California, USA, 2023, photo © Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Power Trip; 

£2.00 AC/DC filming the ‘Thunderstruck’ music video, Brixton Academy, London, UK, 1990, photo © Steve Rapport/Getty Images; AC/DC performing during the Fly on the Wall Tour, London, UK, 1986, photo © George Bodnar Archive/IconicPix; AC/DC performing during the Black Ice Tour, London, UK, 2009, photo © Awais Butt/IconicPix; AC/DC performing in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1978, photo © Ron Pownall/Getty Images. © 2025 Leidseplein Presse B.V. Under License to Perryscope Productions LLC.

Miniature Sheet

The Miniature Sheet features an additional four 1st class stamps which immortalises the legacy of four iconic AC/DC studio albums:
• High Voltage – AC/DC’s explosive debut, packed with raw riffs and rock anthems
• Highway to Hell – The ultimate hard rock masterpiece that put AC/DC on the global map
• Back in Black – A tribute to resilience and rock perfection. The biggest-selling rock album of all
time, this record redefined the genre and introduced Brian Johnson’s iconic voice.
• Power Up – AC/DC’s triumphant return in 2020. A modern classic filled with the high-voltage
energy fans love, proving that AC/DC remains the ultimate powerhouse in rock.

AC/DC album covers, albums and background artwork © 2025 Leidseplein Presse B.V. Under License to Perryscope Productions LLC. Photography of vinyls and Back in Black album cover by John Ross
© Royal Mail Group Ltd 2025.

Miniature sheet of four special stamps honouring the band AC/DC issued 18 February 2025.

Technical details

The 50 x 30 mm stamps are printed in litho on gummed paper by Cartor Security Printers in sheets of 60 (30 se-tenant pairs), perforated 14 x 14.  The 192 x 74 mm miniature sheet has four stamps 38 x 31 mm printed in litho on self-adhesive paper. 

Special Stamp Book - Back in Black (ie, not a retail booklet)

"A special stamp book celebrating the legacy of one of the greatest albums in rock history.  Released in 1980 as a heartfelt tribute to the late Bon Scott, Back in Black has sold over 50 million copies worldwide and stands as the best-selling rock album of all time.  This booklet includes four 1st Class Back in Black stamps which appear in the AC/DC miniature sheet within a specially designed booklet inspired by the iconic record sleeve artwork.  These stamps are printed in gravure, whereas the stamps in the miniature sheet are litho."  Unlike the similar booklet for The Who, C1 cylinder numbers have been found on these booklets.

This is an unbelievably poor booklet, and one can see why it is not on retail sale. Even the Royal Mail logo and the crown is in black.  Obviously not intended for postal use as postmarks would be impossible to detect increasing the likelihood that any so used on a letter would be subsequently cancelled with a pen!




Prestige Stamp Book

In this booklet, priced a £26, the stamps are printed in the same way as the sheet and miniature sheet stamps. The definitive pane is also printed on self-adhesive paper and includes 5p, 50p, £1 and 1st class stamps. They are coded MPIL M24L - so we still don't have any 2025 printings.  There is also a limited edition (3,000) book which is priced at £49.99.

AC/DC prestige stamp book issued 18 February 2025


Fan sheets and Collectors Sheet

Two Fan Sheets (3,000 each) and a Collectors Sheet (print-run not revealed) are also available.  The A4 Collectors sheet of 8 stamps is printed on self-adhesive paper with labels showing different versions of the AC/DC logo.  (Price £15.80)

One Fan Sheet celebrates the Back in Black album (with four Back in Black stamps) and the other features a collage of iconic albums, with all four album cover stamps from the miniature sheet. These too are self-adhesive and priced at £7.50 each.




Full range of products

Stamp set, miniature sheet, presentation, first day covers (3 including PSB pane), stamp cards, press sheet of 8 miniature sheets, Special (non-retail) Book, Prestige Stamp Book, Collectors Sheet, Fan Sheets, Medal Covers, Souvenir Carriers (2 - stamps and MS), Limited Edition (1975) Platinum MS, framed products.

These should be on Royal Mail's website by the time this is published.