Too Many UK Stamp Issues - Sign the Petition

Someone in the UK has started to do something about it by raising a petition to the Royal Mail.

Unfortunately it needs 1000's of signatures for RM to even look at it seriously.

If you collect UK issues - wherever you are domiciled - and of course if you agree there are too many issues - please take a minute to sign this and add your own comments if you wish.

Sign The Petition Here Now

I have included the significant part of the original email I received.

Do you think the British Royal Mail is issuing too many stamps?
We get letters from collectors every week complaining that there are just too many stamp issues and they can't keep up.

We couldn't agree more. Do you? If so, PLEASE sign our on-line petition – and pass it on!

What's it all about? We are campaigning to stop Royal Mail issuing so many stamps each year.

Why? You might think that, from a cover producer's point of view, we must love all these extra stamp issues. Doesn't it make more money for us?

The answer is "no"!

Long term, we believe too many stamps is killing the hobby. Many cover collectors have given up all together because they just can't afford (or find storage space!) for all the extra covers each year.

And designing and producing (let alone arranging autographs for) this high number of covers (sometimes at the last minute, like this year's Harry Potter issue), is difficult and stressful.

We love many of the stamps being issued at the moment. The Beatles, Grand Prix and World of Inventions sets this year are especially terrific. And Harry Potter is a fabulous issue, which we hope will encourage kids to start collecting.

But! While Royal Mail is getting it right with many of the designs, we think they are getting it wrong with the sheer number of stamp issues. There were 3 stamp issues in July alone! And once you add Smilers sheets, miniature sheets and prestige booklets into the picture, it really is becoming unsustainable.

Please help us and the rest of the collecting community by signing our petition!

Ironically - just as I was about to post this I received yet another email from Royal Mail - this time advertising the "Scouts" issue of 26th July.