#Bletchley Park
Guide to collecting cricket stamps and covers
In association with Stamp and Coin Mart, Chapman and Mitchell Covers have released a guide to collecting cricket stamps and covers. Contributors include cricket legends Tom Graveney and John Jameson plus Cricket Philatelic Society President Arthur Melville-Brown. India's leading cricket historian, Dr Boria Majumdar also contributed a piece on the India's rise to cricket prominence. The content and
Secret Women of Distinction
For Royal Mail's 'Women of Distinction' stamp issue on 14th October Bletchley Park Post Office is servicing a rather special cover. Artist Jayne Abbott has created 6 exclusive portraits of Bletchley Park's women code breakers from wartime photographs. The ultra secret activities of wartime Bletchley Park meant that such photographs are very rare. Each woman represents a particular aspect of the wo
Special stamp for England v New Zealand Test
A limited edition stamp will be released on May 15th for the first England v New Zealand Test at Lord's Cricket Ground. Issued by the MCC in association with Bletchley Park Post Office the stamp features Lord's famous Old Father Time weathervane. A limited edition first day cover will also be issued. This is a specially prepared envelope to which the stamp will be added and cancelled using a uniqu
Secret Love stamp from Bletchley Park
It's traditional for the sender of Valentine cards to remain secret. Now Bletchley Park is helping add to the secrecy. It is issuing a special stamp and postmark for cards sent through its secret little post office. Collectors are already snapping up the limited edition stamps at £40 for a sheet of 20. But visitors who bring their Valentine cards along to Bletchley Park before the 10th Februa
Operation Ruthless
This first day cover for the James Bond stamp issue is based on Ian Fleming's links with Bletchley Park. A source of inspiration for his James Bond stories. "Operation Ruthless" was an Ian Fleming plan to obtain the Enigma codes in 1940. It has all the elements of a "Bond" plot. The stamp designs are early book jackets for the Bond series. Designer George Thompson has taken this theme into the fir
Bletchley Park covers up for Vulcan flight
On board Vulcan XH558 as it took to the sky were one thousand very special envelopes. On each is a limited edition Vulcan stamp with a unique Vulcan postmark for 18 October 2007. The day the Vulcan returned to the skies after 15 years and a £7 million refit. These little pieces of art and history were been prepared by volunteers at Bletchley Park's tiny post office to celebrate the success of
