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Britain's Royal Mail Celebrates Monty Python

And Now for Some
Completely Different Stamps

Aug 7, 2025 2:30 AM CDT

And Now for Some Completely Different Stamps

Royal Mail celebrates Monty Python

(Newser) - And now for something completely different: Britain's Royal Mail has issued stamps celebrating the absurdist comedy of Monty Python. The 10-stamp series announced on Thursday celebrates some of the troupe's most iconic characters and catchphrases, from "Nudge, nudge" to "The Lumberjack Song," the AP reports....

UK Just Hawked a 500-Year-Old Institution

UK Sells a 500-Year-Old
Institution to Foreign Investor

Dec 16, 2024 5:35 PM CST

UK Sells a 500-Year-Old Institution to Foreign Investor

Czech billionaire is buying Royal Mail for $4.6B

(Newser) - Britain's government gave the go-ahead Monday for the sale of Royal Mail's parent company to a Czech billionaire, paving the way for the postal service to pass into foreign ownership for the first time in its 500-year history. Authorities confirmed Monday that the $4.6 billion takeover of...

UK Honors D-Day With
Very Flawed Stamp

Dec 30, 2018 7:41 AM CST

UK Honors D-Day With Very Flawed Stamp

Image shows troops wading ashore in Asia, 8K miles from Normandy

(Newser) - Britain's Royal Mail decided to roll out a commemorative stamp in honor of the 75th anniversary of D-Day next year, which is completely fitting. What wasn't so fitting, however: The image used on the stamp, which was captioned "D-Day: Allied soldiers and medics wade ashore." That...

Royal Mail Responds to Boy's Letter to Dad in Heaven

Boy Sends Card to Dad
in Heaven, Gets Reply

Nov 30, 2018 4:06 AM CST

Boy Sends Card to Dad in Heaven, Gets Reply

'This was a difficult challenge,' Royal Mail says

(Newser) - This is a busy time of year for Britain's Royal Mail, but they were still able to deliver a heartwarming reply when they received an envelope with this request: "Mr. Postman, can you take this to Heaven for my dad's Birthday." It was from Jase Hyndman,...

UK Mailman
Maimed by Rottweilers

Dec 23, 2008 2:29 PM CST

UK Mailman Maimed by Rottweilers

Passerby clubbed, drove over dogs; may have saved man's arm

(Newser) - A British mailman suffered serious injuries when he was mauled by rottweilers while delivering Christmas cards yesterday, the Times of London reports. The two dogs ripped his arm, and bit his back and legs, until a passerby intervened, clubbing the canines with an iron bar and running over one with...