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An executive at Royal Mail said: “When letters arrive at the mail centre, they all go through the system and the barcode is read. If the barcode comes up as suspicious it is rejected and goes into a separate channel for further checks. “A revenue protection person will then inspect …

Royal Mail has been playing the blame game for quite some time now. When the beleaguered company’s former chief executive Simon Thompson appeared in front of the business, energy and industrial strategy committee in March 2023, he pointed the finger at rogue workers carrying tracking devices, which he later admitted …

Alicia Kearns, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, demanded the Chinese state launch an investigation and crack down on factories “brazenly” producing the counterfeits. She said: “It is incumbent upon the Chinese state to now crack down on these companies who are openly supporting illicit trade in stamps, investigate printing …

The Royal Mail introduced barcode stamps in 2022 in an effort to put a stop to forgeries that were costing the postal service tens of millions of pounds every year.  The barcodes are scanned when post arrives at sorting offices and suspicious stamps are then inspected by staff who then …

What colour is the logo? If you have bought individual stamps, this step won’t apply to you. However, when purchasing a book of stamps or even a sheet of stamps, find the Forest Stewardship Council certification. All genuine Royal Mail stamp books and sheets will have the FSC logo. What …

The USO requires post to be delivered Monday to Saturday and sets targets for first and second class post. Ofcom estimated the USO costs Royal Mail between £325 million and £675 million and warned it could become “financially and operationally unsustainable” unless the rules are eased. The company lost £319 …

In a further headache, Royal Mail risks another clash with unions after bruising strikes last year that cost the company £1m a day. The changes are expected to cut the number of delivery routes by up to 9,000 – a move that is expected to lead to around 1,000 redundancies. …

If you’ve ever rummaged through a box of old postcards at an antiques fair, you might have noticed not only the quaint images from the 1890s or 1900s, but the extraordinary messages on the back: “Dear Cissie, Elsie and I will come for tea today. Will arrive about 4.30. Yours, …

Previously traditional stamps were delivered to a sorting office where they were stamped with ink to show they had been used. However the Post Office claims fraudsters were able to wash away the postmark ink and resale used stamps. David Gold, the head of public affairs and policy at Royal …

25 August 2023, 11:44 Brand new Paddington stamps have been revealed. Picture: Royal Mail Everyone’s favourite bear is going to have their own stamps. Paddington Bear is set to appear on 10 special stamps released by Royal Mail to mark the bear’s 65th anniversary. Paddington made his first appearance in …