Bradley Wiggins became the most decorated and celebrated British Olympic athlete of all time with his gold medal ride in the Men’s Individual Time Trial. Royal Mail celebrated this with the creation and launch of his commemorative Gold Medal Stamp.

via Olympic Legend Bradley Wiggins Gold Medal Stamp launched – YouTube.

You can always tell when the postie is near, the familiar sound of those red motorbikes scooting up and down the footpath, so what is going to happen when our posties are riding push bikes?

This is already happening in some major cities around Australia but it’s now something that Mildura locals can expect to see.

Janeen Moulder from Australia Post in Mildura says that apart from having less of an impact on the environment, it’s a little easier to find people to deliver the mail.

via Stepping back in time with the postie bike – ABC Mildura – Swan Hill Victoria – Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

From Royal Mail:

Royal Mail will have available by lunchtime tomorrow a Gold Medal stamp to celebrate Bradley Wiggins’ gold medal win in the Men’s Cycling Individual Time Trial Final
You can buy these stamps online now!

This is the first time Royal Mail has issued two next day stamps in one day and follows the earlier Gold Medal win by Helen Glover and Heather Stanning in the Women’s Pair Rowing final.

The stamps will be on sale in over 500 Post Office branches across the UK from around lunchtime tomorrow. You can also find your nearest Gold Medal Stamp Stockist here.

A fleet of 90 Royal Mail vehicles will deliver the stamps across the UK to over 500 Post Offices to be on sale by lunchtime tomorrow.

Bradley won Gold less than two weeks after becoming the first British rider to triumph in the Tour de France. He is now Britain’s most decorated Olympian with seven medals, including four Gold.

Bradley’s stamps will be available tomorrow at the Post Office on Cleveland Street in Bradley’s home town of Chorley. Royal Mail will also paint a Post Box gold to celebrate his win.

You can buy these souvenirs as Miniature Sheets and First Day Covers or why not secure all your Gold Medal Stamps by taking out a subscription? Call us now on 0845 266 8756, open 8am to 8pm, 7 days a week (you can leave a message when we’re closed) then you’ll guarantee you don’t miss out on your London 2012 souvenirs. Plus, should Team GB win more than 19 Gold Medals, you’ll receive your 20th souvenir free.

Also, with a foreword by five-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave, our informative official Compendium is designed to keep Gold Medal Winners Miniature Sheets safe.

With the London 2012 Games now in full swing, Royal Mail are ready and waiting for Team GB’s next glorious win. We will update you with all the latest medal winners, so keep an eye on this site during the Games.

As U.S. Postal Service Faces Default, Critics See Manufactured Crisis to Speed Up Privatization.

Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers continue to express a different view regarding the rural mailbox review Canada Post has been conducting.

As many people likely have seen from flyers left in their mailbox, Canada Post says the review is about safety, while the union says it’s about reducing service and saving money.

via Canada Post, union at odds over mailbox review – News – The Vanguard.

Derby, UK – July, 2012. Fax -the 80’s office staple, could soon experience a revival as a survey conducted by Esker UK Ltd, one of the UK’s leading providers of end-to-end document automation solutions, has revealed that many UK companies are considering going ‘Back to Fax’ in a bid to beat the recent Royal Mail price hikes. Read the rest of this entry »

AN internal investigation by Royal Mail found there was ‘regular racist abuse’ at an East Lancashire sorting office for a number of years.

Ex-postie Abdul Musa, from Burnley, has won an estimated six-figure payout after being tormented by racist abuse and intimidation at Blackburn’s Canterbury Street sorting office.

But an employment tribunal, heard in Manchester, uncovered ‘widespread discrimination’, which management seemed powerless to prevent.

via ‘Regular racist abuse’ found by internal Royal Mail probe (From Blackburn Citizen).