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What are the rules regarding postage stamps copyright in the UK? Yann 16:32, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)
According to Isle of Man Post, Manx stamps have not been valid in the UK since 1973, nor are UK stamps valid in the Isle of Man. Should the references to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands be removed from the section relating to regional issues? 45ossington ( talk) 12:51, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
At the time that the IOM and Channel Island Regional stamps were issued they were valid for UK postage so I believe they should still be included. 82.34.107.136 ( talk) 17:43, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
Ww2censor has twice reverted edits I have made to the article regarding the name of the country. In the edit summary, Ww2censor has suggested I read WP:COMMONNAME. I have looked at this guideline and it appears that it agrees with and supports my edit: the common name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is "United Kingdom". I appreciate that the terms "Great Britain" and "Britain" are also commonly used to refer to the UK (as is "England"), however, this is an encyclopedia and should reflect accuracy as discussed in the COMMONNAME article in the section Descriptive names and the section Precision and disambiguation. The Naming conventions article also points to Wikipedia:Use common sense in the introduction. It follows common sense that the article is about stamps of the UK and not merely of the island of Great Britain nor of England - both of which are common names for the UK, but inaccurate and imprecise.
To this end, I am going to make a provisional edit to the article in the hopes that Ww2censor can accept the logic of my edit before we can proceed with determining the correct course of action and possible renaming of the article itself. -- 94.4.252.57 ( talk) 01:21, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
There is no mention of the introduction of post boxes. I saw at the end of a BBC DVD that Anthony Trollope was responsible for their introduction, which happened at the same time as the introduction of the postage stamp. Prior to this all mail was collected from the sender's address by courier. ixo ( talk) 08:51, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
It's a modern development of postage in the UK, so should be part of the main article and is really not notable enough to have an article in its own right. ww2censor ( talk) 13:39, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
It would appear that the image of a Mr Harold Blumenthal (who may have been a local councillor) was accidentally included on a stamp issued to celebrate the Queen's 65th birthday. I don't know enough about the affair to compose an article on it (let alone cite references), but is it not something that should be mentioned? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.239.123.184 ( talk) 13:42, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved. ( non-admin closure) TonyBallioni ( talk) 17:32, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain → Postage stamps and postal history of the United Kingdom – Although some of the back history in the article deals with the period of time before the UK came to be, some of it deals with a time before Great Britain was an entity (ie. the Kingdom of England). Primarily, however, the country is now the United Kingdom: there are no articles entitled Postage stamps and postal history of the Thirteen Colonies or Postage stamps and postal history of North America or Postage stamps and postal history of the Continental Congress. 8.40.49.30 ( talk) 02:46, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
As of the date and timestamp of this paragraph, the article contains the text QUOTE:Once colonised countries of Great Britain at one point all used the Penny Black portrait of Queen Victoria, such as Barbados, Nevis, Fiji, Trinidad, British Guiana, and India.UNQUOTE I assume that "once colonised" is a typo for "once-colonized" (as otherwise it is redundant to "at one point") but I'm not writing about that. There is a phobia against hyphens lately. I'm writing because of the text "ALL used" (emphasis added by me). There is a once-colonised country that has never used the Penny Black postage-stamp. Google for the phrase "United States of America" (the name of that ex-colony) and you should find enough data to verify that it does exist. 2603:7000:9906:A91C:1C64:8308:33BC:E2D6 ( talk) 11:58, 26 June 2021 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson
"In February 2022 new barcoded "definitive design" stamps were introduced. The rectangular (matrix) codes, unique to each stamp, use a trademarked coding designed to prevent counterfeiting and to enable tracking of letters, and to enable correspondents to link digital content to their stamps" Is there any evidence of either intention or efficacy in prevention of counterfeiting or tracking? S C Cheese ( talk) 17:28, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
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What are the rules regarding postage stamps copyright in the UK? Yann 16:32, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)
According to Isle of Man Post, Manx stamps have not been valid in the UK since 1973, nor are UK stamps valid in the Isle of Man. Should the references to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands be removed from the section relating to regional issues? 45ossington ( talk) 12:51, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
At the time that the IOM and Channel Island Regional stamps were issued they were valid for UK postage so I believe they should still be included. 82.34.107.136 ( talk) 17:43, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
Ww2censor has twice reverted edits I have made to the article regarding the name of the country. In the edit summary, Ww2censor has suggested I read WP:COMMONNAME. I have looked at this guideline and it appears that it agrees with and supports my edit: the common name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is "United Kingdom". I appreciate that the terms "Great Britain" and "Britain" are also commonly used to refer to the UK (as is "England"), however, this is an encyclopedia and should reflect accuracy as discussed in the COMMONNAME article in the section Descriptive names and the section Precision and disambiguation. The Naming conventions article also points to Wikipedia:Use common sense in the introduction. It follows common sense that the article is about stamps of the UK and not merely of the island of Great Britain nor of England - both of which are common names for the UK, but inaccurate and imprecise.
To this end, I am going to make a provisional edit to the article in the hopes that Ww2censor can accept the logic of my edit before we can proceed with determining the correct course of action and possible renaming of the article itself. -- 94.4.252.57 ( talk) 01:21, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
There is no mention of the introduction of post boxes. I saw at the end of a BBC DVD that Anthony Trollope was responsible for their introduction, which happened at the same time as the introduction of the postage stamp. Prior to this all mail was collected from the sender's address by courier. ixo ( talk) 08:51, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
It's a modern development of postage in the UK, so should be part of the main article and is really not notable enough to have an article in its own right. ww2censor ( talk) 13:39, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
It would appear that the image of a Mr Harold Blumenthal (who may have been a local councillor) was accidentally included on a stamp issued to celebrate the Queen's 65th birthday. I don't know enough about the affair to compose an article on it (let alone cite references), but is it not something that should be mentioned? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.239.123.184 ( talk) 13:42, 20 June 2014 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved. ( non-admin closure) TonyBallioni ( talk) 17:32, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain → Postage stamps and postal history of the United Kingdom – Although some of the back history in the article deals with the period of time before the UK came to be, some of it deals with a time before Great Britain was an entity (ie. the Kingdom of England). Primarily, however, the country is now the United Kingdom: there are no articles entitled Postage stamps and postal history of the Thirteen Colonies or Postage stamps and postal history of North America or Postage stamps and postal history of the Continental Congress. 8.40.49.30 ( talk) 02:46, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
As of the date and timestamp of this paragraph, the article contains the text QUOTE:Once colonised countries of Great Britain at one point all used the Penny Black portrait of Queen Victoria, such as Barbados, Nevis, Fiji, Trinidad, British Guiana, and India.UNQUOTE I assume that "once colonised" is a typo for "once-colonized" (as otherwise it is redundant to "at one point") but I'm not writing about that. There is a phobia against hyphens lately. I'm writing because of the text "ALL used" (emphasis added by me). There is a once-colonised country that has never used the Penny Black postage-stamp. Google for the phrase "United States of America" (the name of that ex-colony) and you should find enough data to verify that it does exist. 2603:7000:9906:A91C:1C64:8308:33BC:E2D6 ( talk) 11:58, 26 June 2021 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson
"In February 2022 new barcoded "definitive design" stamps were introduced. The rectangular (matrix) codes, unique to each stamp, use a trademarked coding designed to prevent counterfeiting and to enable tracking of letters, and to enable correspondents to link digital content to their stamps" Is there any evidence of either intention or efficacy in prevention of counterfeiting or tracking? S C Cheese ( talk) 17:28, 21 January 2023 (UTC)