More than 40 young people visited Stamp Active during the four days of Stampex at London’s Business Design Centre, and 17 applied to join Kidstamps. The group reported more than 20 young visitors on Thursday alone. Families who had attended the previous show helped spread the word among home-educating families, bringing some to the stand for the first time.

On Saturday, the stand ran a pet-themed quiz and activities about animals on stamps. Young visitors could address postcards to themselves, frank them with stamps from Royal Mail’s Pets issue and have them marked with the official Stampex cancellation. Fifteen young bidders took part in the auction, where lots on Harry Potter, the Mr Men and railways drew competitive bidding. A volunteer from Spink conducted the auction; Mulready Philatelics donated the Penny Black awarded at the show.

In the British Youth Championships, a study of Mahatma Gandhi’s life and legacy received Small Silver in Class C, for ages 14–16. Lancaster Royal Grammar School Stamp Club earned Silver-Gilt for its exhibit on what goes in the post.