Royal Mail: will privatisation hit stamp collecting? Brian Reeve, of Brian Reeve Stamp Auctions, in London, believes that the privatisation of the Royal Mail will have an impact on stamp collecting. Mr Reeve assures collectors, though, that "we will still buy them whether they go up or down, whatever the price is." At Spink, in London's Bloomsbury district, postage stamp specialist Dominc Savastano says that although for some people the cache of stamps may be diminsihed, it won't alter their desirability. "I think the last [stamp] issued by the Royal Mail will be very popular and the first stamp issued by the new post office will, toor," he says.