Royal Mail

Telegraph.co.uk Brownlee postbox war hits Leeds suburbsBBC NewsRoyal Mail painted a postbox gold in Horsforth, where the brothers grew up, to mark the victory, annoying people in Bramhope where the brothers now live. A mystery vigilante painted a postbox in Moor Road, Bramhope, gold but Royal Mail repainted it red …

Royal Mail's Olympic task nears conclusionprintweek.com"Before the Olympics Royal Mail had never issued stamps on a Sunday before let alone issued six in one day, so it has been a record-breaking achievement in many ways. We tried to pin down as much as we could beforehand to make sure things …

Telegraph.co.uk Over-excited Olympics fan caught painting London post box goldTelegraph.co.ukHe got carried away with Olympic fever and decided to give a Royal Mail pillar box in Belvedere, south London, the treatment reserved for the hometowns of gold medallists. The 38-year-old was caught red-handed by police officers in Station Road at …

Going for gold: Royal Mail issues Olympian stampsBusinessweekThe Royal Mail has been busy paying tribute to the country's Olympians in the last two weeks with special-issue stamps for gold medalists. The stamps feature the athlete in an action photo taken as they were competing — and with Britain in third …

Telegraph.co.uk Overexcited Olympics fan caught painting London post box goldTelegraph.co.ukHe got carried away with Olympic fever and decided to give a Royal Mail pillar box in Belvedere, south London, the treatment reserved for the hometowns of gold medallists. The 38-year-old was caught red-handed by police officers in Station Road at …

Leeds suburbs fight over the which should have the golden postbox for Olympic triathlon gold medallist Alistair Brownlee. More: continued here

Coos Bay World (blog) Britain's Royal Mail in hot water over gold-medal Paralympic discriminationCoos Bay World (blog)While most of Great Britain celebrates surpassing the nation's prescribed pre-Olympics total medals target, the Royal Mail service has found a way to embroil itself in a political snafu after it admitted that it …

A row over where the golden postbox should be for Olympic winner Alistair Brownlee leads to an unofficial version in a neighbouring Leeds suburb. More: continued here

DM sector demands more transparency in mail surchargesprintweek.comIn addition to publishing a league table of the most common faults on its website, Royal Mail will adopt a phased approach to the reimplementation of sealing surcharges after the grace period ends on 15 September, starting at 20% and rising to 50% …

The Royal Mail missed out hereThis is BristolAt 80p for only one first class stamp, the Royal Mail could have made a huge profit. At 6 x 80p for each set souvenir stamps they would have made a huge profit. The Olympics have been so successful I wonder if they …