New King Charles Stamps Introduced

NSK - thanks for the clarification. And sorry to hear of Royal Mail restricting purchasing options and, thereby, turning off colelctors.

I agree it was an expensive item for the face value. I usually stay away from overpriced products but I find it easier as a US resident to simply splurge on this for its historical interest and the beauty of the product (and of course the difficulty getting a full counter sheet here in the US). My attitude about getting these is such purchases should be done far and few between and usually for thins that would be cumbersome to get. Also, current British stamps are not one of my main areas of collecting so the interest is more how the stamps reflect the change of monarchy in the UK.

Very interesting to hear this about the Royal Mail. TO me that despite the ups and downs of US Postal service, their products aren't too excessive with fluff (although there is some - field books based on stamp issues and press sheets without die-cuts)

I was pleased to receive the definitives and an FDC from a UK seller a day or two ago. The time from 'Bay purchase to receipt, with Royal Mail and USPS from Wales to Texas, was 14 days.

Royal Mail announced they would first distribute remaining QEII Machins before distributing the new KCIII Jennings products. Up to now, only the £ 2.20 worldwide-rate new tariff stamp has been issued since 4 April. It is unclear if any further stamps had even been printed for distribution once the stock of Machins would be depleted. Other than that value not issued for QEII, Royal Mail issued the four NVI stamps in the new design. See previous post.

This will change on 28 August (2023). I received an 'Order Advice Note' for "Kings Definitive Make Up Value" first day covers. I cannot find any information on the stamps. As far as I can ascertain, they cannot yet be pre-ordered. (I use a specialist dealer for my definitives so, there is no set price on the advice. Unfortunately, this dealer does not really send stamps frequently. The last batch, I received after some 10 years without a sending of stamps.) The prices suggest a £ 3 and £ 5 high value will be issued, as well some of the low values. The price quoted suggests these will be the 10p, 20p, 50p, and £ 1 values. That suggests the 1p, 2p, and 5p remain in plentiful supply in the Machin design.

The £ 2 Machin may remain in plentiful supply also. It will be interesting to see if Royal Mail will issue it as 'Make Up Value' again. There are plenty international stamps of higher value. So, it is not really a 'High Value Definitive' anymore. But that, equally, holds for the £ 3 value I suspect is part of the new high-value set.

For collectors of presentation packs, this will be an interesting period. No doubt, there will be a 'Low Value' and a 'High Value' presentation pack. If the 1p, 2p, and 5p values will be issued in the future, as I suspect will happen, will there be a presentation pack with just those three values? Or, will there be a new presentation pack with the 10p, 20p, 50p, and £ 1 value? If the £ 2 value is issued, will there be a new 'High Value' presentation pack with just that stamp? The presentation pack issued for the £ 2.20 international tariff stamp contains just that stamp. Or will there be a new 'High Value' presentation pack with the £ 2, £ 3, and £ 5 stamps. Or will the £ 2 value be relegated to 'Low Value?'

After reading many articles from over the last several months from Britain there may be the possibility that Charles will be the last King.

That is something people say with every Royal nowadays.

Of course, that is a possibility. However, the probability remains high that Britain will have a King William V.

Got my first printed envelope (junk mail) with a Charles III stamp!

The US Mint chose a younger image for FDR.

This is an article about the Investiture medallion issued when he was 21:

The new KCIII definitives to be issued August 29.

Available for preorder here: https://shop.royalmail.com/special-...cated-stamps

I suppose we will be seeing the KCIII stamps in prestige stamp books now,
Will there be a prestige book issued with the 5 September 'Paddington Bear' issue?
Another question would be if that issue will commemorate the late Queen Elizabeth II.
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The 'Paddington' stamps to be issued on 3 September, now, can be pre-ordered. The images suggest Royal Mail did not 'commemorate' Elizabeth II by including a stamp depicting the famous sandwich sketch with Her Majesty and Paddington.

The reason for today's issue of make-up values may be related to the new Prestige Stamp Book that Royal Mail will issue on 21 September. It is dedicated to Dame Shirley Bassey. If the past is anything to go by, it will contain a mixed pane of permanent stamps. I suspect they will be make-up values of the 'Jennings' type.

I think you'll find Royal Mail spies are on this forum and pinched the idea from me, when I proposed it back in March 2021 - see top post:

https://goscf.com/t/10785&whichpage=37

(only kidding, by the way)

It appears the stamps were printed in February and had been distributed. Some post offices that ran out of 20p Machin stamps may have sold the new 20p stamp before the official release date, according to the Norphil Blog.

The Royal Mail site also shows the new mixed-value permanent stamps pane from the 'Dame Shirley Bassey' prestige stamp book.