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Also, we would like to thank everyone who has patronized the village post office throughout the year. Without your support this small village post office would not survive.
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posted 29 Jan 2010 06:07 by Teston Subpostmaster
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The stamps - all 1st class
Robert Boyle, Chemistry
Boyle (1627 – 1691) was a natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, inventor, and gentleman scientist, also noted for his writings in theology. He is best known for the formulation of Boyle’s Law. Although his research and personal philosophy clearly has its roots in the alchemical tradition, he is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry. Among his works, The Sceptical Chymist is seen as a cornerstone book in the field of chemistry.
Sir Isaac Newton, Optics
Newton (1643 –1727) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian who is perceived and considered by many as one of the most influential men in history. His Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, is by itself considered to be among the most influential books in the history of science, laying the groundwork for most of classical mechanics. In this work, Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. Newton was also president of The Royal Society. The 300th anniversary of Principia Mathematica was marked by a set of four stamps in 1987.
Benjamin Franklin, Electricity
Franklin (1706 –1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, soldier, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He was important in the development of scientific experimentation and invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'. Franklin appeared on the 11p US Bicentenary stamp issued in 1976.
Edward Jenner, Vaccination
Jenner (17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823) is widely credited as the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, and is sometimes referred to as the ‘Father of Immunology’. Jenner observed that milkmaids rarely got smallpox and concluded that exposure to the bovine disease cowpox conferred immunity a theory he tested and proved by injecting a child with pus from cowpox blisters. Jenner's development of the smallpox vaccine was marked by a 20p stamp in the 'Patients Tale' Millenium set in March 1999.
Charles Babbage, Computing
Babbage, (1791 – 1871) was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer. Babbage was pictured on a 22p Scientific Achievements stamp in 1991.
Alfred Russel Wallace, Evolution
Wallace (1823 – 1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist. He is best known for independently proposing a theory of natural selection which prompted the joint reading of his and Charles Darwin’s papers on evolution in 1858, and spurred Darwin to publish his own theory the following year.
Joseph Lister, Antiseptic Surgery
Lister, 1st Baron Lister, (1827 – 1912) was an English surgeon who promoted the idea of sterile surgery while working at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He successfully introduced carbolic acid (phenol) to sterilize surgical instruments and to clean wounds, which led to reduced post-operative infections and made surgery safer for patients. The centenary of Lister's discovery of Antispectic Surgery was marked by two stamps issued in 1965.
Ernest Rutherford, Atomic Structure
Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, (1871 – 1937) was a New Zealand born chemist and physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics. He discovered that atoms have a small charged nucleus, and thereby pioneered the Rutherford model (or planetary model, which later evolved into the Bohr model or orbital model) of the atom, through his discovery of Rutherford scattering with his gold foil experiment. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908. He is widely credited as splitting the atom in 1917 and leading the first experiment to ‘split the nucleus’ in a controlled manner by two students under his direction, John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton in 1932. He was also president of The Royal Society.
Dorothy Hodgkin, Crystallography
The stamp marks the centenary of the birth of Dorothy Mary Hodgkin, (1910 –1994). She was a British chemist, credited with the development of Protein crystallography. She advanced the technique of X-ray crystallography, a method used to determine the three dimensional structures of biomolecules. Hodgkin was also the first female Briton to win a Nobel Prize. Hodgkin was also featured on a 20p 'Famous Women' stamp in 1998.
Sir Nicholas Shackleton, Earth Sciences
Shackleton (1937 – 2006) was a British geologist and climatologist who specialised in the Quaternary Period. Much of Shackleton's later work helped to clarify the rates and mechanisms of aspects of climate change - a fitting subject to bring the stamp set right up to date.
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posted 29 Jan 2010 05:49 by Teston Subpostmaster
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To celebrate this important anniversary Royal Mail
has worked with Girlguiding UK to produce a miniature sheet
highlighting the four age-group categories of the organization with
just some of the activities they undertake.
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posted 29 Jan 2010 05:29 by Teston Subpostmaster
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updated 29 Jan 2010 05:45
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Following research with philatelic business customers Royal Mail has selected
six new subjects to extend this service into the key thematic areas of
rail transport, vehicle transport, air trav el, sea travel, royalty and
remembrance. All ten of the new Smilers, which are presented in a presentation pack, are contained with a decorative border bearing appropriate messages illustrated by Lucy Davey and designed by Hat-trick. |
posted 15 Jan 2010 01:13 by Teston Subpostmaster
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Customers can make donations by completing an Alliance & Leicester Transaction form available at the post office.
Payments can be made by cash, debit card or cheque made payable to Post Office Ltd.
If customers are unable to get to a post office, then they can post cheques made payable to Post Office Ltd to Teston Post Office making sure you include your name and address with post code. Please do not send cash through the post.
There is also a collection bucket at Teston Post Office where customers can leave donations.
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posted 7 Jan 2010 07:28 by Teston Subpostmaster
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Government consultation on the future of banking at the Post Office
 The government is asking for people's views about banking services currently available at the Post Office, and ideas on possible future services. You can make sure your opinions are heard by contributing to the government's public consultation on Post Office banking.
Send your thoughts by post or email to: Post Office Consultation, Shareholder Executive, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET; or postofficebanking@bis.gsi.gov.uk You may wish to write to your MP about your views. Find out your MP's name and address at http://findyourmp.parliament.uk or by telephoning the House of Commons Information Line on 020 7219 4272. Please note that the consultation closes on 24th February 2010 |
posted 15 Dec 2009 12:33 by Teston Subpostmaster
Thursday 24 December 0900 - 1230
Friday 25 December CLOSED
Saturday 26 December CLOSED
Monday 28 December CLOSED
Thursday 31 December 0900 - 1600
Friday 1 January CLOSED
Saturday 2 January Open as normal
Monday 4 January Open as normal |
posted 11 Dec 2009 03:30 by Teston Subpostmaster
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THE Royal Mail has gone rock ’n’ roll with its own “top 10” – a set
of stamps celebrating some of the best-known album covers from the past
four decades.
From The Rolling Stones to Pink Floyd, The Clash to Coldplay, the
Classic Album Covers series released on January 7 will boast “some of
the greatest examples of album design”.
From the final list of 10, designs were produced which show each album cover.
1. Pink Floyd: Division Bell
2. Coldplay: A Rush of Blood to the Head
3. Blur: Parklife
4. New Order: Power, Corruption & Lies
5. The Rolling Stones: Let it Bleed
6. The Clash: London Calling
7. Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells
8. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV
9. Primal Scream: Screamadelica
10. David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars |
posted 22 Nov 2009 07:54 by Teston Subpostmaster
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UK
1st Class –------ 21st December 2nd Class –------ 18th December Special Delivery – 23rd December Standard Parcels – 15th December International Airmail
Friday 4 December South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Far East, Asia New Zealand and Australia Thursday 10 December Japan, USA Canada and Eastern Europe Friday 11 December Western Europe |
posted 22 Nov 2009 07:30 by Teston Subpostmaster
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updated 22 Nov 2009 07:51
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Pre-Raphaelite art inspires this year's Royal Mail Christmas stamps. Three of the stamps (1st, 56p and £1.35) feature the work of the prolific artist and designer Henry Holiday who spent time at the studios of the artist Sir Edward Burne-Jones, designer of the Wise Man (90p) stamp. The Angel with Mandolin stained glass window (2nd class) was designed by William Morris and manufactured by Morris & Co, the design firm formed in 1861 with Edward Burne Jones. |
posted 18 Aug 2009 01:33 by Teston Subpostmaster
The four exclusive stamp panes in the Treasures of the Archive
Prestige Stamp Book are:
A pane of four 1st and four 20p
definitives, both stamps bearing the double image of Queen Elizabeth
and Queen Victoria from the 150th anniversary of the Penny Black
stamps, set around a Penny Post label first issued in 1990
A pane of four 20p stamps
featuring the Royal Mail Coach from the 1989 Lord Mayor's show issue
A pane featuring all four of the
Post Boxes stamps
A definitive pane featuring four 17p Machins, two 22p Machins
and two 62p Machins around a GPO label
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