Today, 20 November 2025, we release a new multiple definitive stamp set to celebrate the contribution Thames sailing barges made to the development of trade in London and the south-east of England along the Thames Estuary.
The AI
assisted design, the first use of the tool by CILP, reflects early British Edwardian
stamp designs and feature a stylized Thames barge. Printed as a strip on the sheet, the stamps cover the four classes of service available.
Thames sailing barges were a
commercial boat once common on the River Thames. The flat-bottomed barges had a
shallow draught that was ideal for the Thames Estuary, and its surrounding shallow
waters and tributaries. Their heyday was at the beginning of the 20th century
when over 2000 barges were registered. For two hundred years barge design
remained virtually unchanged until the 1860s, when a series of barge races were
started and barge designs improved to compete.
A First Day Cover (FDC27) and a FDI Postcard (FDP19) has also been issued.
All our available stamps and covers can be obtained from Alpha Thematics on Ebid UK.
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