Shop

Want a souvenir of London 2010 Festival of Stamps? Buy a postal heritage gift from The British Postal Museum & Archive online shop at www.postalheritage.org.uk/shop

Are you a collector of GPO memorabilia? Order a high quality digital print of a vintage GPO poster from The Royal Mail Archive at www.postalheritageprints.co.uk.

Help to preserve and provide ongoing access to Britain’s postal heritage by supporting The British Postal Museum & Archive. Visit www.postalheritage.org.uk/support to find out how.

Resources

• The Stamp Active Network has launched a new scheme to help anyone who wants to start a new school or junior stamp club. Click here to find out more.
• New to stamp collecting? Find out why and how stamps were invented
• Want to know what maximum cards or cindarella stamps are?  Check out the philatelic glossary
• How to care for your stamps and postal history items (PDF, 30kb)
• Find out more about how British postal communications helped to shape the modern world. The British Postal Museum & Archive's blog illuminates the lives of people in the Post Office, the messages carried by Royal Mail and the history we all share
• Explore online some of the finest collections in the UK, The British Postal Museum & Archive, The British Library and the Royal Philatelic Collection
• Looking for stamp fairs and presentations near you?  Browse the Association of British Philatelic Societies' calendar
• Planet Stamp - resources and information for young collectors
• Find out about special stamp issues from Royal Mail
• If you'd like to learn more about the stamps of King George V's reign, visit the BPMA's online catalogue of nearly 800 records from this period, including: images of the original artwork submitted by artists alongside the final approved stamp issue; registration sheets for all George V commemoratives, the first Downey Head definitives and the Seahorse high value.
• Free resources for teachers and free education visits