The Media Leader’s interview series asks the media industry’s top salespeople revealing questions, drawn from our fishbowl. The questions will be drawn at random and contain some tricky posers set by the commercial chiefs themselves. This week is Phil Ricketts, wholesale commercial director at MarketReach. Phil Ricketts has held various positions …
Read More »Royal Mail releases first special stamps with silhouette of King Charles
THE first special stamps to feature the King’s silhouette have been released by Royal Mail. Ten stamps – celebrating popular flowers grown in gardens in the UK – are now available to pre-order. The King is featured on the stamps without his crown Described as a “significant milestone in British …
Read More »Royal Mail unveils stamps to commemorate the Queen’s life which become the first release to be approved by King Charles III
ROYAL Mail has unveiled four new stamps which are to be released in memory of the Queen. The black-and-white portrait stamps of Queen Elizabeth II are the first to have been approved by the new monarch King Charles III and feature images of his mother which were first used in …
Read More »A double-handed violin bow? Philatelists spot an epic blunder on new Royal Mail…
24 August 2020, 12:54 | Updated: 24 August 2020, 13:12 Sherlock violin stamp. Picture: Royal Mail Newly-issued Royal Mail stamp features a rather uniquely constructed violin bow. Elementary my dear Watson… Stamp artwork and printing is subjected to incredibly high standards of design and scrutiny. However, a virtuosic blunder seems …
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