**Be aware this is all international mail, postmarks may be a little different for mail sent to people inside the UK.**
From March 2019 to Queen Elizabeth's Death, the Royals switched their PPI number from W7047 to W4047. This forced them to redesign all of their postmarks.
This blog post covers all the postmarks I received that feature their new PPI number W4047. These postmarks were first used in 2019.
You can find info on the past postmarks used here.
Court Post Office at Buckingham Palace
Air Mail Stamped
(2019-2022)
(2019-2022)
Air Mail Sticker
(2019-2022)
Double Postmark
(2019- 2022)
Occasionally, you will get a reply that has the typical Buckingham Palace postmark and another postmark. This is just accidental and done when the mail is taken to the next post office on its route to you. The Mount Pleasant Mail Centre (as seen on the postmark) is London's largest sorting center and most of London's international mail is sorted through that center before heading to the Heathrow Worldwide Distribution Centre.
2nd class
I have not yet received this postmark since the redesigned.
Other
Occasionally, you will see them use a stamp on their envelopes. This is usually done to mark special occasions and is only used on mail sent out during a few days. And I believe only done on mail to people in the UK.You may also see special postmarks for the organizations that have offices at one of the Royal Buildings, that is being processed through this office.
Court Post Office at Windsor Castle
The other year-round Court Post Office is at Windsor Castle, which handles mail for the Royal Residences in that area (Windsor Castle, Royal Lodge, etc.). Although I have seen people get mail from Windsor Castle with the Buckingham Palace postmark. Windsor Castle is the Queen's weekend residences. She also spends her Easter Holiday there.
I have not yet received this postmark since the redesigned.
Without Cypher
The other Royal Residences don't have their own full-time Post Office. I'm not entirely sure on the details on how their mail is processed. Some of them will just have their mail taken to London and dealt with the Court Post Office at Buckingham Palace. Others have their own Franking Machine to stamp the envelopes, and then they will just deliver it to their local post office.
Sandringham House
This postmark is used for Sandringham House. The Queen spends Christmas and her Winter holiday at Sandringham House. The Royal Mail sets up a temporary post office on the Sandringham estate when the Queen is in residence.
I have not yet received this postmark since the redesigned.
Other Royal Residences
This postmark is for Bagshot Park, the Wessex's residence and office. It has in the past been used for other royal residences, which is why it is not specific to Bagshot Park.This was never redesigned.
Just the 1st Class box
We sometimes see mail just feature the 1st class box with the Royal's PPI Number. This is because the mail isn't processed through a Court Post Office.
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