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- 18 April 2018
National Tea Day

Tea glorious Tea! Assistant Curator Georgina talks nation's favourite drink appearing on stamps and even under the sea.

Stamps
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- 11 April 2018
Under the Sea

Whales, crabs, octopus or even submarines. Assistant Curator Georgina shows you her favourite underwater stamp designs.

Stamps
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- 04 April 2018
Exhibition Behind the Scenes

Go behind-the-scenes with Exhibitions Officer Emma and find out what it takes to put a new exhibition together.

Behind the Scenes

Exhibitions
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- 28 March 2018
Suffragette Florence Feek

Archivist Louise explores a story of a suffragette Florence Feek, who fought tirelessly for women's rights.

Archive & Collections

Human Stories
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- 23 March 2018
10 Facts About Gairsoppa

Exhibition Officer Emma shares interesting facts you probably didn't know about the wartime ship SS Gairsoppa.

Exhibitions
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- 09 March 2018
Do You Have Postal Roots?

Archivist Helen gives some useful tips on how to research your family history and introduces our new Discovery Room.

Archive & Collections

Behind the Scenes
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- 01 March 2018
Stamp Products Explained

Collect, or not to collect? Here's all you wanted to know about stamp products, explained by our Assistant Curator Georgina.

Stamps
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- 23 February 2018
Human Letters

109 years ago, two suffragettes posted themselves to 10 Downing Street to deliver a message personally to Prime Minister.

Archive & Collections

Human Stories
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- 16 February 2018
Tolhurst Envelopes: Part 2

The mystery of Tolhurst illustrated envelopes continues as Curator Joanna uncovers the human story behind the mail art.

Archive & Collections

Human Stories
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- 09 February 2018
Make Your Valentine’s Card

Fancy making your own Valentine's Day card? We have some beautiful images of the cards from our collection for you to get creative.

Archive & Collections
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- 06 February 2018
The Suffrage Movement

Today we're celebrating 100 years since Parliament passed a law which allowed some women to vote for the first time in history.

Archive & Collections

Human Stories

Stamps
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- 30 January 2018
What is a Rotation?

Having completed the first object rotation Assistant Curator Jessica explains what it is and why it is vital for objects on display.

Behind the Scenes

Exhibitions
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- 24 January 2018
Tolhurst Envelopes

We love a mystery at The Postal Museum, and the identity of the artist behind these envelopes has intrigued us for years.

Archive & Collections

Human Stories
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- 17 January 2018
Museum Selfie Day

It's a Museum Selfie Day and we've recreated some of our favourite archive images and paintings to showcase postal fashion.

Behind the Scenes
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- 03 January 2018
New Year’s Resolutions

Making New Year's resolutions this year? Assistant Curator Georgina explores some of the most popular ones on stamps.

Stamps
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- 20 December 2017
An illustrator’s Christmas

This festive season Assistant Curator Georgina shows us some iconic Christmas stamp designs made by illustrator Axel Scheffler.

Design

Stamps
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- 06 December 2017
Fifty Years of Innocence

It's been 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality. Archivist Helen looks at the Post Office's records.

Archive & Collections

Human Stories
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- 29 November 2017
Archive Moustaches

Taking part in Movember this month? Here's some inspiration from our collections to style your new moustache.

Archive & Collections
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- 20 November 2017
Wedding Anniversary

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip married 70 years ago. Assistant Curator Georgina shares their wedding anniversary stamps.

Stamps
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- 13 November 2017
Patrons Evening

Last week our Patrons spent an evening at an arty venue The New Craftsmen with a British visual artist Rosalind Wyatt.

Behind the Scenes