Week 31: Olympic tennis - Wimbledon (grass ;) ) - singles

RJA · Hall of fame

RE: Week 31: Olympic tennis - Wimbledon (grass ;) ) - singles

philwrig · Hall of fame

Fully deserved by Andy, looked poised all week with very few nerves, just needs to get that frame of mind in a slam, and he will win a few.

Spectator · All-time great

Just amazing. Beautiful work. Well done!

Jan · Hall of fame

so very proud of Andy

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

I was so nervous at match point, hoping he wouldn't do a Tim and bottle is and go to five sets. So proud that he served out with and ace/unreturnable on the first attempt.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
How good does this look?

https://twitter.com/royalmailnews/status/232156919459102721/photo/1

And I've just become the proud owner of a miniature sheet! biggrin

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I don't know what they mean by a "miniature sheet" but I ordered one yesterday. Trouble is I don't think I can bear to put them on an envelope. . . certainly not to pay a bill! Desecration.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Madeline wrote:
I don't know what they mean by a "miniature sheet" but I ordered one yesterday. Trouble is I don't think I can bear to put them on an envelope. . . certainly not to pay a bill! Desecration.

A strip (three across & two deep) of six first class stamps, hence the asking price of £3.60 per sheet. I queued for about 20 minutes at the Post Office in Borough High Street SE1, about 15 minutes' walk from where I work (& the other side of the river, but the office about five minutes away is only a "business office", which doesn't deal with many tourists & doesn't, therefore, receive a particularly generous supply of the stamps, so they go quickly furious ), & could hear other people in front of me doing exactly the same thing as I was. It's effectively instant profit for the Royal Mail, as I, like you, have no intention of sticking one single one of them on an envelope (I bought seven other sheets...) & I'm pretty bloody sure the other people who were buying them had little or no intention of using them either. At the same time, I can't really blame the Royal Mail for taking advantage of the situation & if it helps delay the next rise in postal rates, so much the better! wink

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I ordered mine online from the Royal Mail site.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
You're lucky! Murray's been sold out (or the stamps haven't been available at all) wherever I enquired!

I'll be going back for some of the more recent medals tomorrow or on Friday (& maybe on Monday as well, depending on whether "FlyMo" wins the 5,000m at the weekend) & would be happy to see whether I can get an "Andy" for you (I even got a "Wiggo" & a "Jess" yesterday! wink ). Cost would be the £3.60 face value of the sheet + the current price of a first class stamp, so £4.20. The Royal Mail charges a total of £1.45 P&P on orders of this kind (classed as standard & delivered in five days), which is what persuaded me to amble over London Bridge to try my luck in Borough High Street & which costs me nowt! wink PM me if you're interested.