Having consulted with the Office and Journal Editor, who has spoken to the printer, the consensus of opinion is that what has gone wrong is that copies have escaped from the compostable plastic wrappers in the post, because of the extra weight of the Handbook, and have got lost, or been repackaged and not yet delivered.
We have told the printer to revert to using paper wrappers. We hope this will solve the problem.
Paul, Alan and Roy should get theirs direct from the Office shortly.