Postage paid: Hoylake postmaster, Mr Thorley, seems stuck on one of his postmen, Steve McGowan who is also a crew member of the Hoylake lifeboat. But rather than tear him off a strip, it's several sheets to the wind! To mark the issue of the stamps in the series 'Safety at Sea' Mr Thorley presented Steve McGowan with sheets of the 17p stamp, featuring a lifeboat. The stamps have been distributed to RNLI offices for use on correspondence. A first class gesture!.