First Day Cover Envelopes

Do you sometimes find that you wished you could change the arrangement of stamps on your First Day Covers - or personalise it according to each stamp issue and your interest?

Well, now you can.

We are the only company, other than Royal Mail, that can sell you a blank First Day Envelope so you can do precisely that. Also, it is an opportunity to reduce the cost of your hobby as you might not wish to purchase all the stamps. Whether you wish to purchase for every new issue, or just those that appeal, we are happy to help you. We supply other trade outlets, Post Offices and individual collectors - many of whom come to rely on information we go to great lengths to pass on when Royal Mail is a little slow!

We aim to get the FDEs out to collectors at least one month prior to the stamp issue. This gives you plenty of time to do what you need to do. We find increasingly these days that it gets more difficult to take holidays! Well, relax - if you happen to be away, for our "trade" customers, we are happy to supply these at cost price to help out.

With each sending, you receive a Newsletter entitled Trade News giving you details of forthcoming items issues whether they are stamps, minisheets, booklets etc.

How it works:

decide whether you want a Cotswold First Day Envelope, a Stuart Envelope, or even a Royal Mail
decide how many you wish to take
decide whether you wish to take for each stamp issue or just let us know when
cost per one is £1.45 excluding postage and packing (for up to three add £1.20 UK rate)
let us have your postal address and they will be sent with invoice so you can pay on receipt

Cost: £1.45 for one (add £1.20 postage UK rate)

Winnie the Pooh: Issue Date: 12th October 2010

The classic children's literary book Winnie the Pooh is commemorated on these delightful stamps and minisheet. Royal Mail worked with the Disney organisation in order to use the illustrations by E.H. Shepard from the original book by A.A. Milne. The minisheet features four different stamps from the main set showing just Pooh and Christopher Robin and reproduces lines from the famous poem "Us Two".

1st Class: Pooh and Christopher Robin

58p: Pooh and Piglet

60p: Pooh and Rabbit

67p: Pooh and Eeyore 101012sfde

88p: Pooh and Friends

97p: Pooh and Tigger

Price: £1.45 First Day Envelope (+ £1.20 pp)

Birds Of Britain-Post & Go: Issue Date: 17th September 2010

The intention of the first set of pictorial Post & Go Stamps is to celebrate the beauty and variety of Britain's birdlife. Birds have long been one of the most popular thematic subjects and for this set Royal Mail referrred to the results of the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch; selecting six of the most commonly seen species from the top 20.

1st Class: Blue Tit- Cyanistes caeruleus

1st Class: Goldfinch- Carduelis carduelis

1st Class: House Sparrow- Passer domesticus

1st Class: Robin- Erithacus rubecula

1st Class: Starling- Sturnus vulgaris

1st Class: Wood Pigeon- Columba palumbus

Price: £1.45 First Day Envelope (+ £1.20 pp)

Medical Breakthroughs: Issue Date: 16th September 2010

The United Kingdom has been at the forefront of medical research and technology since William Harvey first described the circulation of the blood in 1628.

The issue celebrates six of the most significant medical breakthroughs each covering a different area of medicine and the stamps are:

First Class: Beta Blockers

58p: Discovery of Penicillin

60p: Hip Replacement

67p: Artificial Lens Implant Surgery

88p: Malaria Transmitted by Mosquito Proved

97p: Computed Tomography Scanner Invented

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Medical historian, Professor Porter, was consulted to determine the 20 most significant British medical breakthroughs of the past century. Her recommendations were then shortlisted to the six chosen subjects.

Price: £1.45 First Day Envelope (+ £1.20 pp)

Discounts for bulk purchases available on request