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Creating The Jolly Postman
Janet and Allan Ahlberg's The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters celebrates its 40th birthday in 2026 – but what inspired this much-loved children’s picture book?
- Design
- Exhibitions
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Meet the Maker: MogCherie
We chatted to Illustrator MogCherie, ahead of World Postcard Day, about their process, inspiration, and love of Postcrossing.
- Design
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Meet the Maker: Tabara N’Diaye
Meet the artist behind La Basketry, created as a way to reconnect to her Senegalese roots and celebrate the traditional craft of basket weaving.
- Design
- Exhibitions
- Human Stories
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Meet the Maker: Niccy Iseman
Get to know the graphic designer and owner behind London-based design studio, Type and Story.
- Design
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Meet the Maker: Flotsam Flo
Meet the designer behind our unique new partnership, turning discarded Royal Mail trolley sleeves into fashionable bags.
- Design
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Textile Treasures: Practical tips for looking after them. Part 1
In a two-part blog, conservator Eleni outlines the best care and storage decisions for your textile heirlooms.
- Archive & Collections
- Design
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Textile Treasures: Practical tips for looking after them. Part 2
In a two-part blog, conservator Eleni outlines the best care and storage decisions for your textile heirlooms.
- Archive & Collections
- Design
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Identifying a Button
Learn how to recognise and label historical buttons with Deputy Curator Georgina
- Archive & Collections
- Design
- Exhibitions
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Meet the Maker: Sakina Saïdi
Exploring Ramadan and Eid greetings card design with artist Sakina Saïdi
- Archive & Collections
- Design
- Human Stories
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Delivering Comfort: maternity clothing and the postal service
To mark International Women’s Day, Senior Curator Corinne looks at history of postal maternity uniform.
- Archive & Collections
- Design
- Exhibitions
- Human Stories
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Penning the Perfect Letter
From the fancy postal products to strict etiquette guides, how did letter writing change during the Victorian period?
- Archive & Collections
- Design
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Pigs and Diplomacy: Lunar New Year Controversy in Hong Kong Stamp Design
As Lunar New Year approaches, Assistant Curator Yupeng explores the story behind Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year stamps, from the first designs by local artists to controversial pigs.
- Archive & Collections
- Design
- Post Office
- Stamps
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A history of Christmas Cards
With the festive season upon us we take a look at how Christmas cards came to feature images of smartly dressed posties, pillar boxes, and even delivery robins.
- Archive & Collections
- Design
- Post Office
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Meet the Maker: Bokiba
Meet one of the artists behind new stamp designs celebrating Windrush 75.
- Design
- Human Stories
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Meet the Maker: Kareen Cox
Meet one of the artists behind new stamp designs celebrating Windrush 75.
- Design
- Human Stories
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The Queen’s Final Christmas Stamps
Christmas is just around the corner and Royal Mail have issued their last Christmas stamp featuring Queen Elizabeth II’s profile.
- Design
- Stamps
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Royal Cyphers on Letter Boxes
What is “cypher-spotting”? A renewed interest in Royal Cyphers is making more people stop and take a second look at post boxes.
- Archive & Collections
- Design
- Post Office
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Meet the Maker: Sofie Birkin
Meet the illustrator behind the new Royal Mail stamps celebrating 50 years of Pride in the UK.
- Design
- Post Office
- Stamps
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Meet the Maker: Dean Morris
Exploring LGBTQ+ greetings card design with Dean Morris and the Gay Pride Shop in Manchester.
- Design
- Human Stories
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Meet the Maker: Cherelle Brown
Read our new interview from a series of blogs exploring representation in greetings card design.
- Archive & Collections
- Design
- Human Stories