Royal Mail

Encore Envelopes staff praised for helping outnebusiness.co.ukTHE boss of an envelope and mailing firm has praised his staff after beating forecasts and keeping up revenues despite the Royal Mail strike. … More: continued here

Ed Balls opposes plans to privatise Royal MailWalesOnlineLABOUR leadership contender Ed Balls yesterday urged people to oppose plans to privatise the Royal Mail. He made the call during a visit to Cardiff's …Cable hints at part-privatisation of Royal MailWalesOnlineEd Balls uses fight against selling Royal Mail to bolster his campaignWalesOnlineall …

Royal Mail must be privatised to preserve the universal postal service, a government-commissioned report will say next week. More: continued here

Royal Mail launches stamp with smartphone smartsTop10.comThe "world's first intelligent stamp" has been issued by the Royal Mail, offering iPhone and Android owners access to some exclusive, nostalgic content. … More: continued here

Ed Balls uses fight against selling Royal Mail to bolster his campaignWalesOnlineA YouGov poll last month showed that only 15% of the public agree with privatising Royal Mail while 60% believe it should remain a wholly publicly-owned … More: continued here

Royal Mail make a Smart Stamp: stamps are suddenly interestingShiny Shiny (blog)Royal Mail have just released the coolest stamp of a train ever. It's a smart stamp that has a code that can be read by Android handsets or iPhones. … More: continued here

First 'intelligent' stamp launchedThe Press AssociationRoyal Mail is due to launch the world's first "intelligent" stamp. The stamp is the first to work with image recognition technology, which will launch … More: continued here

PSFK Consuming Issues: The Royal Mail is still delivering first-class serviceIndependentIt probably depends whether you view Royal Mail as customer or owner. In December 2008, an Ofcom executive, Richard Hooper, published his …Royal Mail start using intelligent postage stamps in the UKGeek.comSnail Mail Goes High Tech (Sort Of)Forbes (blog)First 'intelligent' …

The future of mail: world's first 'intelligent' stamp issued in BritainSmartPlanet.com (blog)Britain's Royal Mail issued this week what it calls the “world's first intelligent stamp,” which links to online content … More: continued here

Around the world the stamps we use to send snail mail have different designs on them. There’s also usually a few special edition stamp sets released every year. But unless you already know what the picture on a stamp represents, it can take a bit of searching to find out. …