Stampex Postcard 2026

Congratulations to Oscar Young for winning the Stampex 2026 Postcard design competition!

Oscar's design will be printed as the official postcard for Stampex in London 2026. We will print thousands so do pick up your free copy when you visit the show! Read on for more information about how you can request a pre-paid version of this postcard at Stampex and how to get the special 70 Years of Stampex daily cancellation from Royal Mail applied to your postcard.

Here is the winning design:

Stampex 2026 Postcard Design Winner

Oscar tells us of his design, “My design drew inspiration firstly from the postcards which depict stamps of the world in a collage format. Those I see from time to time in collections and were mostly printed in Germany in the late Victorian and early Edwardian era. These colourful postcards which were surely made for stamp collectors are incredibly fun and colourful. I always enjoy seeing them and often the stamps depicted on the cards I have handled in real life! For my design I wanted to incorporate examples of stamps from all the reigns from Great Britain and the iconic ironwork of the roof of the Business Design Centre. A building which has been the home of Stampex for many years.'' 

Designer, Oscar Young

''I'm very pleased that my little design was selected for this years postcard competition. Since childhood I have always been drawing and took up watercolours in my late teens. Glad to see that my A Level art is finally being put to good use! I hope people will enjoy this postcard as a little souvenir of the great philatelic highlight of the year."

We received so many fantastic design entries into this competition so we want to thank everyone who entered. The judges loved learning about your inspiration and passion for philately and Stampex.

The judges selected two runners-up from the entries so we wanted to share these with you.

Runner Up Design by John Phillimore

Designer: John Phillimore

Inspiration: “London Delivers Inspired by London’s long association with the postal service and Stampex, this design combines familiar landmarks, stamps, postmarks, letters and the iconic red pillar box. The imagery celebrates London as a meeting place for collectors while the international postal elements represent philately reaching far beyond the city. At its heart is the 70th anniversary of Stampex and seven decades of connecting collectors, preserving history and sharing a worldwide passion for philately.”

Runner Up Design by César Augusto Henkel

Designer: César Augusto Henkel

Inspiration: “An image was created to invite people to Stampex 2026 in London. It features elements depicting the fascinating world of stamps and philately, the exhibition mascots, and the PTS, as well as a historic coin and stamp. The emotions of a collector with his album and a young boy sending a letter—along with a carrier pigeon—add an emotional touch to the image."

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Will you be at Stampex this October in London?

Don't forget to collect your free postcard designed by Oscar at the Welcome Desk.

Let us know if you'll be there by clicking Going or Interested on our Facebook event.

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Stampex 2026 Daily Postmarks to collect

Thanks to Royal Mail, we are delighted to offer a special daily Stampex cancellation from the show this year. Use our dedicated Stampex postbox at the show to send your mail, letters, covers, postcards and cards and your items will be cancelled using the postmark for that day. Attend and mail items on all four days to collect all four cancellations!

See show opening hours at: stampexinternational.com/visiting

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To celebrate 70 years of Stampex, we’ll be giving away as many pre-paid postcards as we can at the show. With thanks to donations so far from PTS Members David Wild Stamps, Philangles, JC Stamps and MintGBStamps. And several stand holders will be bringing along single postage stamps and sets for you to purchase (many at a discount!) so you can send even more mail - and get our special 70 Years of Stampex postmark from the Royal Mail postbox at the show.

A limited number of pre-paid postcards will be available on a first come first served basis each day! 28th - 31st October, Business Design Centre, London.

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And the designer of this year's postcard, Oscar Young will be signing 10 postcards as prizes. Look out for news on how you might win one.

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Thanks for reading this Blog post! Please enjoy some more postcard designs from this year's competition which the judges particularly liked. What a wonderful, passionate, and talented Stampex community we have. We look forward to seeing many of you at the show in person in October and/or at Virtual Stampex 2027.

A philatelic pun playing with the letters OG, from the Original Gum acronym and the more colloquial 'the OG' meaning original, authentic and respected. It celebrates Stampex's 70 years in the space uses symbols from each country like the Wilding Definitive of 1956. By Francis Searle

Stamps and their equally famous cancellations. By Anthony Assadourian

My design has the Stampex bug standing on top of Earth where every country is a stamp with their queen or king on it. I would like to call it 'The World of Stamps'. I chose the first class stamp to help get the postcards and other cards out quicker than ever before. By Charlotte Hogg

I just like making stamp art and parrots are very colourful; so I made a parrot called 'Stripy'. By Samual Burman

I am a middle school teacher, and the data you presented in the social media video got me thinking about stamp collecting among teenagers. I attended a lecture on the use of artificial intelligence at the online Stampex conference, where I learned new things about my own collection and about collecting in general. My takeaway is that the connection between the world of artificial intelligence and the inner world—and hobbies—of teenagers can also be expressed through stamp collecting. By Hagit Berkovitch

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STAMPEX INTERNATIONAL, Co-Sponsored by BB Stamps Ltd. and Bill Barrell Ltd. 
Wednesday 28th October to Saturday 31st October
2026 Business Design Centre, nearest tube = Angel Islington, Zone 1, Central London
FREE entry on all four days with no need to pre-register - you can simply walk straight in!