Post by swvl on Jan 12, 2022 2:57:10 GMT
Does anyone outside the U.K. have experience making their own FDCs with new Royal Mail issues? I ask because I'm interested in branching out to some other countries, and Great Britain seems like a good place to start. In the U.S., as I'm sure many of you know, USPS allows collectors to send in their own self-addressed covers with new issues affixed to the central Stamp Fulfillment Services office, which will apply a first-day postmark and send the covers back through the mail free of additional charge. It's a nice service that's brought me lots of fun in recent years, when a cover I sent out weeks earlier shows up in my mailbox with a nice new first-day postmark.
My question is... Will Royal Mail do the same thing for a philatelist overseas? I see they have detailed instructions for handstamp postmarks on the Royal Mail site that seem similar to USPS' procedure, but I assume those are meant for U.K. residents. If I send a cover to them with a new U.K. issue representing sufficient postage for an international letter, will it make its way back to me in the U.S. with the first-day postmark? Has anyone tried this? Or am I dreaming of something impossible?
Edited to add: P.S. apologies if this post is in the wrong part of the forum, I'm still learning the ropes!
My question is... Will Royal Mail do the same thing for a philatelist overseas? I see they have detailed instructions for handstamp postmarks on the Royal Mail site that seem similar to USPS' procedure, but I assume those are meant for U.K. residents. If I send a cover to them with a new U.K. issue representing sufficient postage for an international letter, will it make its way back to me in the U.S. with the first-day postmark? Has anyone tried this? Or am I dreaming of something impossible?
Edited to add: P.S. apologies if this post is in the wrong part of the forum, I'm still learning the ropes!
