New: Travelling Local Post Cancellation

The Travelling Local Post c.d.s. was introduced on 24 July 2025 to accompany the Postmaster or authorised volunteer postal staff, when delivery of large or heavy mail, or standard contract mail is required, and travelling to the mainland UK is necessary.

This also includes any requirement for motorised delivery for priority items which is occasionally required for large packets and heavy parcels that normally would take too long to reach their destination via local standard or express services, or by normal onward transit through mainland postal services. 

Its inaugural use was on mail and postcards posted on the mainland by the new Travelling Local Post Mobile Service on 25 July 2025.

Postmaster

New Issue: Heritage Series - Laundry Delivery c.1930

CILP is pleased to announce the release on 25 July 2025 of our latest stamp issue from our Heritage Series, Laundry Delivery c.1930. This issue features the Postmaster's maternal grandmother and great-grandfather delivering clean laundry on their horse-drawn cart c.1930.

Laundry Delivery c.1930 (CP072)

A First Day Cover and a Maxi Card have also been produced to accompany this stamp issue. 

Laundry Delivery c.1930 Maxi Card (FDP16)

CILP stamps are available from our agent, Alpha Thematics on Ebid UK.

Postmaster

Cover Service Extended to FDCs

CILP is pleased to announce that our Cover Service has now been extended to include a new option for pre-ordering First Day Covers and First Day Issue Postcards and Maxi Cards (when issued).

Service Option 'C' (see Cover Service page) enables collectors in the UK, Europe, North America and Oceania, to pre-order our new issue covers direct from CILP.

All orders will be despatched under separate cover bearing CILP stamps (and onward transit by Royal Mail UK 2nd Class or International Standard). A tracked shipping option is also available on request.

This service enables collectors to get covers sent to them directly on issue, and helps us to meet the demand for FDCs prior to their production and avoid leaving some collectors disappointed when cover stock is sold out quickly. 

The Cover Service now offers a full range of options for personalised covers bearing c.d.s. cancellations and Pictorial Postmarks, and pre-orders for FDCs and FDI Postcards.

Postmaster

Additional Stamp Issues for 2025

 Canvey Island Local Post (CILP) is pleased to announce that our stamp schedule has been extended with three new additions for 2025 and announcing our first issue for 2026. All these issues have elements of AI assisted design and our first foray into this new and exciting tool for stamp production. As usual, images of the stamps will be released on their respective issue dates.

River Thames Sailing Barge Definitives (20 November 2025)

This is our first stamp issue to be produced using AI assisted design. It features a central image of a River Thames sailing barge which were the most common commercial river transport for over two hundred years, reaching their peak in the mid-nineteenth century. The border and supporting legend are in a engraved style typical of the Edwardian period. The set of four stamps are non-value indicated (NVI) but are service indicated featuring Standard, Express, Priority, and Official services.

Cornelius Vermuyden (1 December 2025)

Released as part of our Heritage Series, this stamp depicts a portrait of Cornelius Vermuyden rising from the sea, with the Dutch Cottage landmark in the background. The design is a metaphor for the reclamation of large parts of Canvey Island from the River Thames by this Dutch Engineer and around 300 Dutchmen between 1621-23. It is an NVI stamp but has an Express service indicated, the whole design is in a photogravure style.

1960s Nostalgia Christmas (8 December 2025)

Recalling childhood days of Christmas in the late 1950s and early 1960s, this pair of stamps are produced in a colourful cartoon or poster style reminiscent of the period. They are NVI and no service is indicated either, having a nominal service allocated for the holiday season. A single stamp will be used for Standard delivery, and two stamps for Express or bicycle delivery.

 World Local Post Day (5 January 2026)

In anticipation of World Local Post Day in January 2026, we have produced a generic poster style stamp featuring a globe promoting the event. This is an NVI stamp with no service indicated and is intended to be used on all mail during the month of January.

First Day Covers

The issue of accompanying FDCs, First Day Issue Postcards and other philatelic material for these new releases has yet to be decided.

 

Postmaster