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Postage stamps going up in April - Veggie - 03-03-2023
[b]The price of a first class stamp is to rise above £1 in April, Royal Mail has announced.[/b]
From 3 April, first class stamps will increase by 15p to £1.10p, while second class stamps will rise by 7p to 75p.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64840646
Time to stock up? I'll be buying Large Stamps.
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - JJB - 03-03-2023
Thanks for the heads up V, as you say large letter stamps here I come.
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - Veggie - 07-03-2023
From Monday 3 April, the cost of stamps will rise as follows:
Standard letters (max 100g, 24cm x 16.5cm x 5mm)
First class: £1.10 (up from 95p)
Second class: 75p (up from 68p)
Large letters (max 100g, 35.3cm x 25cm x 2.5cm)
First class: £1.60 (up from £1.45)
Second class: £1.15 (up from £1.05)
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - JJB - 08-03-2023
Thank you Veggie. Even more reasons not to send Christmas cards.
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - Veggie - 31-07-2023
Today is the last day that Royal Mail stamps without a Bar Code can be used - there will be a £1.10 charge for using the old stamps from August 1st.
Time to bid a fond farewell to all our well-travelled envelopes - they've served us well.
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - Farendwoman - 31-07-2023
Such a bugger!!
Got many unfranked stamps here that will just have to be dumped!
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - Veggie - 31-07-2023
Don't send them to me!!
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - JJB - 31-07-2023
I sent my old style ones in for swapping. I didn't have the cheek to send off reclaimed unfranked ones. As you say that era is gone.
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - Veggie - 31-07-2023
I have noticed that some of the new barcoded stamps are also arriving unfranked.
End of one era and the beginning of another.
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - JJB - 31-07-2023
Ah but do the barcoded stamps get recorded on a computer so are voided?