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By David Hartwig
Three definitive stamps in a March 26 issue from Great Britain’s Royal Mail meet new international postage rates effective April 7.
The stamps all feature a portrait of King Charles III against a different color background. The king’s effigy appears to the left of a barcode printed in the same color as the stamp and separated by a simulated wavy-line die cut. The barcode can be scanned with a smartphone.
A £3.60 stamp covers the international standard rate for letters and has a background color of what Royal Mail calls purple heather.
The other two stamps pay rates for large letters (up to 35.3 centimeters long, 25cm wide and 2.5cm thick) weighing up to 100 grams: an aqua green £3.80 stamp for Europe and a sapphire blue £4.60 stamp for the rest of the world.
Cartor Security Printers printed the self-adhesive stamps by gravure. Each stamp is perforated 15 by 14.5 and measures 39 millimeters by 30mm.
An available presentation pack contains the stamp and information about the king’s portrait.
Royal Mail also offers first-day covers franked with the set of three stamps. One available first-day cover has a postmark from Tallents House, and the other has one from Windsor.
The stamps can be ordered from Royal Mail’s website at https://shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-issues/definitives. Ordering information also is available from Royal Mail, Tallents House, 21 S. Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, EH12 9PB, Scotland.
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