Stamp Website Graphics

This is the main splash page of the Royal Mail website. They have a banner to advertise the special edition music stamps.

They then have a page that displays all the special stamp ranges together.

If you click on the music stamps it leads to page which has an image of each of the products within the music range, a description and the price with the option to add it to your shopping basket.

They also have a special website to promote the stamps which has an iTunes promotion, information about the stamp designs and the editions that are available to buy.

E-Cards

This is the form on the e-cards.com website. You have to choose from a list of options, add your info and write a personal message. This then sends an email with the card graphic and a postcard style image that delivers the message to the email recipient.

Most e-card websites use a similar format, the main difference is that some e-cards are animated. But due to my lack of animation skills I think I'll stick with the plain graphic.

Stamp Packaging Sizes

 

  

  

Now that I'm creating the full range of stamp products for the brief I decided to look at how the normal stamps are packaged as well as the special editions. The packaging has some interesting information on the back of the pack about what the stamps are valid for and the contact details for Royal Mail. I think I need to add these and a barcode onto my limted edition packaging before I print the final version. The dimensions for this packaging is 80x58mm and the front panel is a bit shorter at 75mm so I will need to cut off half a centimeter from the front.

50th Anniversary Of Country Definitives Stamps

The presentation of these stamps is stunning, love the packs they come in.

Women Of Distinction Stamps

I like these a bit more as they incorporate more text into the design.

Charles Darwin Stamps

Olympic Stamps

Classic Album Covers

The current range of collectable stamps available from Royal Mail are classic album covers. Studio Dempsey were in charge of designing them using famous images of album covers. They were issued on 7th Jan 2010.

"For decades the album sleeve has been the canvas for some of the most imaginative graphic artists in the world. This stamp issue salutes this unique art form and celebrates some of the greatest examples, used by UK artists.

This band of designers and photographers have not only reflected the visual styles of many musical cultures, but have also defined and created them, too.

The stamp issue explores some of the most potent graphic images of modern times, many of which have provided a visual soundtrack to people’s lives."

As well as providing the stamps in a set they also present them in a nice book and on souvenir sheets. I think the sheet is really well designed: "The Classic Album Covers Souvenir Sheet is a superb way to collect the new stamps. The sheet reproduces them as gummed stamps, and they have been arranged in order of album release. The sheet design mimics that of a record cover and is 22.4cm x 18.9cm."

Smilers

Royal Mail allow you to personalise your stamps by uploading own photographs. Its quite a good idea as you could have a chosen image to send out birthday invitations and another for a new pet etc. They call this service Smilers. Here are some of the images on the site.