Essex postcodes with Royal Mail delays today

Royal Mail has warned some of its Essex depots and offices are still experiencing disruption due to staffing issues today. Bosses have said a mix of illness and Covid means they cannot commit to delivering to certain postcodes in the county everyday. The Essex offices experiencing problems and postcodes affected are …

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Signed, sealed and eventually delivered | Letters

I expect you have had numerous stories of Royal Mail detective work after your report (‘Lives across from the Spar’: bizarrely labelled letter finds way to UK address, 7 January). Here is mine. A friend we made in Cuba promised to send us a card the following year when he …

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2021 U.S. ‘Stamp Yearbook’ available for purchase

Philatelic Foreword by Jay Bigalke Without an announcement, I nearly missed it. Right before the end of last year, the United States Postal Service placed its 2021 Stamp Yearbook for sale. The website states that the yearbook went on sale Dec. 17, which is slightly later than is typical. For a …

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