New Stamps on the Horizon!

New Start!

With the re-opening of CILP operations the first mail items to be posted from our new base have travelled through the post to reach some new collectors of CILP stamps! This good start is very encouraging.

Mail items posted from our new headquarters will bear the 'Travelling Local Post' c.d.s. dater only (listed as Type 'G' in our catalogue). Items posted from Canvey Island will use the standard Type 'E' and Type 'F' daters (see catalogue for full details).

New Stamps

Now operations are re-established we have plans to use a number of pre-relocation finalised stamp designs to issue in Q4 of 2026. Until we have firm dates for their issue, subject details will remain under wraps!

I would be interested in hearing from CILP collectors as to what ongoing stamp series subjects they would like to see released in 2027. Let me know your thoughts via our Post Room.

Postmaster

CILP Re-Opens!

 We are back!

After closing for relocation for three months it is a relief that we can finally reopen our local post portal on 1 September, 2026. Our philatelic agent Alpha Thematics will also be re opening on the same day to offer CILP stamps and covers to collectors in the UK.

As we are no longer located on Canvey Island the nature of our service must change. We can no longer operate as a fully functioning private local post and all that entails, but we will continue as a local post stamp producer with the occasional cover being carried to, and mailed from, Canvey Island. The alternative option of closure was too harsh to consider seriously after recently celebrating our fifteenth anniversary and the release of our catalogue!

I look forward to continuing to serve CILP's long-standing supporters and new local post collectors in the coming years. If you have contacted the CILP regarding stamps or related matter during our relocation period, you query will be answered in the next week or so. 

A Sour Note - International Orders Suspended

Unfortunately, we must introduce a sour note about international shipping from our agent Alpha Thematics. Following the withdrawal of 'de minimis' limits and imposition of punitive import duties on virtually any item sent from the UK to Europe (3 Euros for items under 45 Euros value in the EU), and to the USA (a base 10% duty surcharge on the value of any item from February 2026), Alpha Thematics have been  forced to suspend all international orders. 

The withdrawal of 'de minimis' limits, which enabled individual philatelists and small part-time dealers to buy and sell their stamps worldwide to build collections, have been indirectly punished. Although small individual stamp exchanges between collectors are unaffected, international micro-scale or hobby trading is practically impossible with the current duty situation for the present time. We can only hope sanity prevails and 'de minimis' limits return.

However, members of the Local Post Collectors Society can still obtain CILP items direct from CILP by contacting me at canveypost@gmail.com quoting their membership number.

Ebid orders from within the UK are unaffected.

Thank you for your patience and support.

Postmaster

Services Update

Relocation completed but re-establishing CILP operations still ongoing. We now estimate re-opening at the end of July.

The Canvey Island Local Post (CILP) suspended all deliveries and Cover Service on  4 June 2026, due to relocation. As all stock and equipment required to continue operations is still packed and unavailable, an extension to our predicted period of suspension is necessary. 

Full details of future operations and stamp schedule will be published as soon as digital communications are established at our new headquarters, currently predicted to be end of July.

Thank you for your support and understanding.

Postmaster

Suspension of Deliveries

UPDATE: 10 June 2026

Relocation completed but re-establishing CILP operations still ongoing. We estimate re-opening at the end of June.

The Canvey Island Local Post (CILP) is suspending all deliveries and Cover Service from the 4 June 2026, due to relocation. Because all stock and equipment required to continue operations will be packed and unavailable, this period of suspension is necessary. 

Full details of future operations and stamp schedule will be published as soon as digital communications are established at our new headquarters, currently predicted to be in mid-June.

Thank you for your support and understanding.

Postmaster

 

Earth Day 2026

The official date for Earth Day this year is Wednesday, April 22, 2026. 

Earth Day is a global event that promotes environmental protection and sustainability, involving over a billion people in 193 countries to take action against climate change and environmental degradation.

CP043

CILP commemorated Earth Day in 2021 with a stamp issue (CP043). This stamp and its variant (CP044 - omitted information line due to printer's error), are still in official postal use by CILP and can be obtained from our agent Alpha Thematics.

Postmaster