On April 7, 2025, the price of a First Class stamp for a standard letter in the UK will increase to £1.70. And we might wonder how that stacks up against the cost of mail in previous decades. Here’s a chronological list of First Class stamp prices since the year 2000: Chronology Of Prices Of…

What’s the difference between Royal Mail Special Delivery and Royal Mail Signed For? Does Royal Mail track items at every step of the journey with both services? Signed For used to be called Recorded Delivery. And I’ve heard people say it is as safe as Special Delivery for items up to the compensation limit of…

Is there hope on the horizon for Royal Mail? In March 2023, under the title Royal Mail Is Undermining The Postal Service, I wrote that the parent company of Royal Mail had approached Government to ask for a five day letter delivery. The carrot they threw to sweeten the request was a declaration of continuing…