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Re-using an un-franked postage stamp?

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mrs.chappie | 21:33 Sun 10th Oct 2010 | Law
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While browsing eBay I found a listing (several listings in fact) for batches of un-franked postage stamps - from letters that have been through the postal system but have no visible cancellation sign on them.

I mentioned this unusual listing to my cousin and he said that stamps are now cancelled using a frank that is invisible to the naked eye, so you cannot tell if the stamp has been cancelled or not.

Anyhoo, my question is - are eBay sellers lawfully allowed to sell these stamps? And do you think my cousin is right about invisible franking?
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I sent my mum in law a birthday card with a tiny ladybird on the front. I felt sure it wouldn't need a large-letter stamp on it - the ladybird was very small indeed.

Well, it turns out it did need the extra postage on it. MIL had to pay over a quid at t'other end for her birthday card. She phoned me up and gave me some GBH of me ear 'ole. Since then I have invested in a perspex price guide .... the same one that the Post Office uses.
It's narrower than you think, mrs c - I've got a cardboard version (isn't the perspex one about seventeen quid?).
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Boxy, I think I paid around a tenner for it off eBay. It's exactly the same as the PO one.
The eBay sellers often state that the stamps they have for sale are purely for collectors and should not be used for postage.

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