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Christmas Postage Stamps.; Information for Members and Guests
Topic Started: Sunday, 25. November 2007, 13:42 (252 Views)
Alan	Sunday, 25. November 2007, 13:42 Post #1
Posts: 686 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 26, 2006	I am including this as a point of information rather than as a discussion subject as I have no doubt members will be interested in the Post Office Instruction. Following a complaint from the Secular Society regarding the Religious Imagery on this years Christmas Stamps, Post Office Management has instructed Postmasters not to actively promote their sale or use. This means that you may only get them if you specifically ask for them. Please do ask for them so as that the Correct Christmas message is heard throughout our country.
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PJD	Sunday, 25. November 2007, 15:40 Post #2
Posts: 2,423 Group: Members Member #11 Joined: September 26, 2006	Yes our Bishop mentioned this yesterday in a pastoral letter. PJD



Clare	Sunday, 25. November 2007, 19:50 Post #3
Wacko Schismatic Traditionalist Woman Posts: 3,093 Group: Members Member #70 Joined: March 27, 2007	Typical. :rolleyes: Where can I find that story online, incidentally? I've done a quick Google search, but not brought up anything that looks relevant.
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Gerard	Sunday, 25. November 2007, 20:38 Post #4
Posts: 3,125 Group: Members Member #12 Joined: September 26, 2006	This is terrible - I too would be interested in sources. Gerry
	"The institutional and charismatic aspects are quasi coessential to the Church's constitution" (Pope John Paul II, 1998).


Rose of York	Sunday, 25. November 2007, 21:17 Post #5
Administrator Posts: 14,560 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	The chances are Royal Mail know that, in this age of equality, if they are asked to sell stamps commemorating Eid and Dwali, they will have to. To avoid protests, the answer is "don't actively encourage any religion". That is just my personal hunch.
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maklavan	Monday, 26. November 2007, 22:30 Post #6
Posts: 190 Group: Members Member #26 Joined: September 28, 2006	Another example of the tail wagging the dog.



paul	Saturday, 8. December 2007, 18:35 Post #7
Posts: 75 Group: Members Member #92 Joined: August 3, 2007	As a philatelist of almost fifty years I feel I speak with some authority. British philately has been abused by the Post Office since about the 70s. The British Philatelic Bureau realised that British and indeed foreign philatelists were there to be exploited. As a result annual issues were raised to about one new issue per month. This increased revenue for the Post Office and detracted from the hobby. The matter of subject matter is a matter for the Philatelic Bureau to decide. My suspicions are that this is based on projected financial gains. Whether a political multi cultural faith aspect is being brought to bear on the bureu is a matter of conjecture. I finish my splurb sobbing into my albums! Dominus vobiscum paul



Derekap	Sunday, 9. December 2007, 16:56 Post #8
Posts: 3,415 Group: Members Member #14 Joined: September 26, 2006	Going a litle further into this topic, not many letters show a date of posting so we have no idea when they were and therefore how long they have been on the way. It is also therefore most aggravating when the business letter says: "Date as Postmark"!
	Derekap


Em.	Sunday, 9. December 2007, 19:16 Post #9
Posts: 757 Group: Members Member #69 Joined: March 24, 2007	http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2007/11/06...british-stamps/ Perhaps you care to log onto the above sight.
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KatyA	Wednesday, 12. December 2007, 13:20 Post #10
Administrator Posts: 5,419 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: September 26, 2006	Royal Mail 'is not phasing out religious Christmas stamps' The Royal Mail has dismissed rumours claiming that it is trying to phase out religious Christmas stamps. A chain e-mail criticises one of this year's designs - featuring angels - claiming that the image of an angel is "just vaguely Christian but not explicitly so and certainly not specifically Christmassy." It goes on to say that a second design, featuring a Madonna and Child, for first and second class stamps, is only available from Post Offices. The message says: "It seems that Post Office staff have been instructed to only sell this design if people specifically request it, but obviously people can't request it if they don't know it exists! If people don't buy these stamps, Royal Mail will claim there is no demand for religious Christmas stamps and not produce them in future. Please therefore ask for Madonna and Child stamps when you do your Christmas posting and also ask your friends to do the same." Royal Mail spokesman Patrick O'Neil told ICN: "These claims are frankly rubbish. This is scaremongering. To say that the image of an angel has nothing to do with Christmas is just wrong. And the Madonna and Child stamps are widely available. We have been selling religious postage stamps at Christmas every other year for more than 40 years and this year is no different. Why on earth would we want to phase them out? Our Christmas stamps are on sale in 55,000 retail outlets around the country as they are every year. " � Independent Catholic News 2007 (with permission)



KatyA	Friday, 21. November 2008, 16:30 Post #11
Administrator Posts: 5,419 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: September 26, 2006	Fr Finigan The Hermaeneutic of Continuity draws attention to Christmas postage stamps and an invitation to chose the design you prefer Quote: Many thanks to a correspondent who has observed that the Royal Mail have made available the Christmas stamps from 2007 which have an image of the Our Lady with the child Jesus. There are designs for first and second class stamps. Go to the Stamp Sheets page in the online shop and scroll to the foot of the page. I think that this is a very good idea. Nowadays, a company like the Royal Mail can offer "print on demand" via the internet and people can vote with their plastic for the stamps that they would like to use to send Christmas cards. (The 2008 stamps feature pantomime characters.)



SeanJ	Friday, 21. November 2008, 16:42 Post #12
Moderator Posts: 880 Group: Moderator Member #208 Joined: September 26, 2008	As the spokesman said, the British Post Office has been selling Christmas stamps for more than 40 years. I can remember when they first started selling them. Prior to that, no stamps were issued with the likeness of any person other than that of the reigning monarch.



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