Stamps

[spudqueen]

I believe that you can only use stamps which say 1st class or 2nd class on British mail, not on mail going overseas. I have searched the Royal Mail website for proof of this but cannot find any. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I need something official to show my boss!

[Buenchico]

Like you, Spudqueen, I 'know' this information but proving it seems to be very difficult. Perhaps your boss will accept the official record of the proceedings of the House of Lords (Hansard) as adequate proof?:
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1990/ mar/23/stamps-non-value-indicators

Chris

[terambulan]

I used 1st & 2nd class stamps on xmas cards abroad and they all got thru. When I posted parcels the PO shop stuck those horrid printed receipts on instead of stamps.....was NOT impressed especially as the stamps are collected!

[kempie]

Apparently the Universal Postal Union approved the use of Non-Value Indicator stamps for international mail in 1995.

http://www.gbstamps.com/machins/faq3.html#faq1 6

[spudqueen]

Thanks for that guys, maybe Chris and myself both remember when the stamps saying 1st and 2nd on them were first issued. But I was not aware that they were now allowed to be used on international post. I'll go and eat humble pie now with my boss!

terambulan - you can ask for stamps to be put on a parcel instead of the stickers.

[dzug]

Yes you can ask for stamps to be put on a parcel rather than a label, but you need to make sure there is room to stick them and the surface suitable.

There could be rather a lot of them - the highest value stamp currently sold (by Post Offices) is �1.