Postage stamps without barcodes will be unusable from 31st July

Richard Frost · Post by **Richard Frost** » Fri Mar 03 2023 3:54pm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64840646 3rd April 1st class to rise from 95p to £1.10

planteria · Post by **planteria** » Fri Mar 03 2023 6:56pm

i had no idea a First Class stamp now costs 95p.

blythburgh · Post by **blythburgh** » Sat Mar 04 2023 11:15am

planteria wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 03 2023 6:56pm
i had no idea a First Class stamp now costs 95p.

Me neither as we have a stock of 1st and 2nd class stamps for the odd occasion we need them

Richard Frost · Post by **Richard Frost** » Sat Mar 04 2023 11:28am

blythburgh wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 04 2023 11:15am

planteria wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 03 2023 6:56pm
i had no idea a First Class stamp now costs 95p.
Me neither as we have a stock of 1st and 2nd class stamps for the odd occasion we need them

It was an incredibly clever move of the Post office to get offcom to agree to 1st & 2nd on stamps rather than the price. People lost all track of what they were spending. The other side of the coin is that they now have a very long life and can be bought to hedge against future rises. It is also the fact that they can be bought far cheaper on ebay than you can get them in the PO. In fact if you have a stock to sell. They are selling so cheap on Ebay it is hardly worth the effort.

planteria · Post by **planteria** » Sat Mar 04 2023 1:32pm

i see yes.. everything i post is weighed and charged direct to my card. it's very rare i stick a stamp on a letter nowadays. not sure whether i have many obsolete stamps that are scrap now.

pabenny · Post by **pabenny** » Sat Mar 04 2023 2:09pm

planteria wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 04 2023 1:32pm
not sure whether i have many obsolete stamps that are scrap now.

All definitives (except £sd ones) can be traded in for barcoded stamps.
All commemoratives (pictoral) remain usable.

But if you have stamps you don't want, PM with details.

Sarah · Post by **Sarah** » Sat Mar 04 2023 3:53pm

Are you buying? What do you pay?

pabenny · Post by **pabenny** » Mon Mar 06 2023 10:03am

I'm well-stocked, so not actively buying but always open to attractive opportunities, particularly lower values (<20p).

planteria · Post by **planteria** » Mon Mar 06 2023 7:42pm

pabenny wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 04 2023 2:09pm
All definitives (except £sd ones) can be traded in for barcoded stamps.

what does this mean?

pabenny · Post by **pabenny** » Tue Mar 07 2023 7:06am

Definitives are the 'standard' stamps with just the Queen's head in profile, and a value (1p, 2p etc or 1st, 2nd). The current design was introduced in the late 1960s and those with the new King's head are very similar.

Or was there some other part of the sentence that you didn't understand?

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