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posted 15 Oct 2011 00:24 by Teston Subpostmaster
The King James Bible has been described as "the noblest monument of
English prose", which shaped the way people write and speak English. Now
400 years after its publication Royal Mail celebrates the anniversary
on this year’s Christmas stamps. Seven stamps will be issued
which draw on significant events from the Nativity inspired by verses
from the Gospels of Luke and Matthew. In addition the popular 1st and
2nd Class Madonna and Child stamps, first issued in 2007, will also be
available. |
posted 13 Oct 2011 12:41 by Teston Subpostmaster
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| Wed 14th December | Standard Parcels |
| Sat 17th December | Second Class and Recorded Signed For |
| Tue 20th December | First Class and Recorded Signed For |
| Wed 21st December | Parcelforce express 48 |
| Thu 22nd December | Parcelforce express 24 |
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| Thu 22nd December | Special Delivery |
| Fri 23rd December | Special Delivery with Saturday Guarantee |
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| Fri 30th September | Non-European destinations except Middle East, South Africa, Far East, USA and Canada |
| Tue 4th October | Middle and Far East (except Hong Kong and Singapore) |
| Tue 18th October | South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, the USA and Canada |
| Tue 8th November | Eastern Europe, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Malta and Iceland |
| Tue 22nd November | Western Europe |
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| Mon 5th December | South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Far East (including Japan), Australia and New Zealand |
| Fri 9th December | Eastern Europe, USA and Canada |
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posted 13 Oct 2011 12:29 by Teston Subpostmaster
Thinking about using the Teston Post Office to pay in and withdraw money from your bank account? See what you can do at Teston Post Office.
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Withdraw money
It’s free and convenient to withdraw cash from your bank account when you’re in Teston Post Office, if you have one of the following accounts:
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Current accounts
Santander (Accounts opened in Alliance & Leicester before July 2010), Bank of Ireland, Bank of Scotland, Barclays, cahoot, Clydesdale Bank, Halifax, Nationwide Building Society, NatWest, Lloyds TSB, Northern Bank, smile, The Co-operative Bank, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank,
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Santander (Accounts opened in Alliance & Leicester before July 2010), Bank of Ireland, Bank of Scotland, Barclays, Clydesdale Bank, First Trust Bank, Halifax, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, Nationwide Building Society, NatWest, Northern Bank, The Co-operative Bank, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank, Yorkshire Bank
Pay in cash and cheques
Pay in money if you have one of the following accounts:
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Santander (Accounts opened in Alliance & Leicester before July 2010), Bank of Ireland, Barclays, cahoot, Clydesdale Bank, Lloyds TSB, smile, The Co-operative Bank
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Santander (Accounts opened in Alliance & Leicester before July 2010), Bank of Ireland, Clydesdale Bank, Lloyds TSB, smile, The Co-operative Bank
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posted 4 Jan 2011 09:45 by Teston Subpostmaster
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FAB: The Genius of Gerry Anderson Special Stamp Set
Stingray, Joe 90, and Captain Scarlett - just
some of the ground-breaking TV shows devised by Gerry Anderson in the
1960s, and now set to feature on a set of six stamps. The puppet characters in Stingray, Joe 90, Captain Scarlett and
Thunderbirds have enthralled millions since they first arrived on our TV
screens in the 1960s.
Issued on 11 January, FAB: The Genius of Gerry Anderson marks the 50th anniversary of these ground-breaking programmes, which began with Supercar
in 1961. The set of stamps also includes Royal Mail’s first ‘motion
stamps’ on a miniature sheet using micro lenticular printing. With this special set of stamps is a presentation pack and as well as the miniature sheet's first motion stamps using mirco lenticular printing. |
posted 12 Dec 2010 23:56 by Teston Subpostmaster
Friday 24 December Close at 12.30
Saturday 25 December Closed
Sunday 26 December Closed
Monday 27 December Closed
Tuesday 28 December Closed
Wednesday 29 December 09.00 - 13.15 14.15 - 17.00
Thursday 30 December As Normal
Friday 31st December Close at 16.00
Saturday 1 January Closed
Sunday 2 January Closed
Monday 3 January Closed
Tuesday 4 January As normal
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posted 15 Oct 2010 10:21 by Teston Subpostmaster
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Christmas stamps Wallace and Gromit
The animation man - Wallace - and his dog - Gromit - are shown posting cards on the 1st class
stamp, carol singing on the 2nd class and dressing a tree on the 60p
version.
Gromit carries a big pudding on the 97p stamp and wears a jumper on the £1.46.
This year the 1st and 2nd class Madonna and Child stamps - first issued
in 2007 - can be bought alongside the Wallace & Gromit set. |
posted 16 Sep 2010 23:58 by Teston Subpostmaster
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Children's Books
The Europa theme this year is Children's Literature and Royal Mail is celebrating these events with a set of six Stamps and a special Miniature Sheet depicting characters and text from the Winnie-the-Pooh story by A A Milne, featuring original illustrations by E H Shepard.
1st Class – Winnie the Pooh, Piglet and Christopher Robin
Pooh, Piglet and Christopher Robin illustration taken from A.A. Milne’s book of verse Now we are Six
58p – Winnie the Pooh and Piglet
Pooh and Piglet walk off into the wind on their way to Kanga’s house in ‘A very grand thing’ from The House at Pooh Corner
60p – Winnie the Pooh and Rabbit
Pooh informs Rabbit about the ‘Expotition to the North Pole’ from Winnie-the-Pooh.
67p – Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore
Pooh sings ‘Cottleston Pie’ to Eeyore from ‘Eeyore has a birthday’ in Winnie-the-Pooh.
88p – Winnie the Pooh and friends
Pooh is joined by Rabbit, Kanga and Roo, Owl and Piglet for a Pooh party in ‘We say good bye’ from Winnie-the-Pooh.
97p – Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Pooh discovers that Tiggers don’t like honey in ‘Tigger has breakfast’ from The House at Pooh Corner
The Winnie-the-Pooh Miniature Sheet Stamps
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Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin |
| 60p – Europe up to 10gm |
Christopher Robin reads to Winnie the Pooh |
| 88p – Europe up to 40 gm |
Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin set sail |
| 97p – Rest of World airmail up to 20gm |
Christopher Robin pulls on his Wellingtons |
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posted 5 Apr 2010 09:19 by Teston Subpostmaster
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The Stewart Kings ruled Scotland from 1406 up until the death of Elizabeth I in 1603.
1st Class1st Class – James I (1406-1437)
James I (1394 – 21 February 1437) was nominal King of Scotland from 4 April 1406 until his death, although his effective reign only began in May 1424.
1st Class – James II (1437-1460).
James II of Scotland (16 October 1430 – 3 August 1460) was the son of James I of Scotland and of Joan Beaufort (daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and of Margaret Holland).
1st Class - 1st Class – James III (1460-1488)
62p – James IV (1488-1513)
James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scots from 11 June 1488 to his death.
62p – James V (1513-1542)James V (c. 10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was King of Scots from 9 September 1513 being just 17 months old. 81p – Mary (1542-1567)Mary (popularly known as Mary, Queen of Scots) (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587) was the only surviving legitimate child of King James V.
81p – James VI (1567-1625)
James VI (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scots as James VI from 1567 to 1625, and King of England and Ireland as James I from 1603 to 1625.
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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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