Royal Mail to join the Lord Mayor's show as part of its 500 year anniversary celebrations

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Royal Mail is taking part in this year’s Lord Mayor’s Show (Saturday November 12) as part of its 500 year anniversary celebrations.
Royal Mail to join the Lord Mayor’s Show as part of its 500 year anniversary celebrations
Royal Mail has been headquartered in the City of London since 1635 following the opening of the first Letter Office at Sherborne Lane
Royal Mail employees and supporters will accompany a 19th century Royal Mail horse-drawn coach along the 3 mile parade through the City.

Employees will carry giant copies of a selection of iconic Special Stamps including designs commemorating Winston Churchill, the Routemaster bus and the Penny Black

Also joining the procession is nine year old stroke survivor Mason White

Postman Mark Penfold, who earlier in the year completed a marathon 500 mile walk from Edinburgh to London to raise money for the Lily Foundation is also taking part

Royal Mail is taking part in this year’s Lord Mayor’s Show (Saturday November 12) as part of its 500 year anniversary celebrations.
Royal Mail has been headquartered in the City of London since 1635 following the opening of the first Letter Office at Sherborne Lane, signalling the start of a deep association with the City.

Royal Mail employees and supporters will accompany a 19th century Royal Mail horse-drawn coach along the 3 mile parade through the City. Horse drawn coaches featuring the Royal Mail livery were deployed for the first time in 1784 to transport the mail between Bristol and London.

The Royal Mail employees will carry giant copies of a selection of iconic Special Stamps including designs commemorating Winston Churchill, the Routemaster bus and the Penny Black, the world’s first postage stamp. Royal Mail Special Stamps were introduced in 1965 by then Postmaster General Tony Benn. They are designed to celebrate events and commemorate anniversaries relevant to UK heritage and life. Every new stamp design is approved by Her Majesty The Queen before it is issued.

Also joining the procession is Mason White, a nine year old stroke survivor who met Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall at a special reception to mark 500 years of Royal Mail. Mason, whose father works at Royal Mail’s Central London Mail Centre at Mount Pleasant, is a determined fundraiser. Dubbed Royal Mail’s “youngest postman”, he has raised over £16,000 (including matched funding from Royal Mail) for Royal Mail’s Charity of the Year, the Stroke Association.

Since Royal Mail’s partnership with the Stroke Association began in 2014, the company has raised £1.8m for the charity, enough to pay for 9,000 “Life After Stroke” grants.

Postman Mark Penfold, who earlier in the year completed a marathon 500 mile walk from Edinburgh to London to raise money for the Lily Foundation, a charity committed to finding a cure for into Mitochondrial Disease, will also be part of the parade. Mark has raised more than £65,000 including matched funding from Royal Mail.

Moya Greene, Royal Mail’s Chief Executive,said: “We are delighted to take part in the Lord Mayor’s show as part of our 500 year anniversary celebrations. Even though today’s postal service is very different to the one King Henry VIII founded in 1516, we are proud of our heritage and have never erred from our core aim – to deliver mail safely, swiftly and securely.”