Do you have a hoard of 1st & 2nd class stamps?

[billsstamps]

I have a folder of low value stamps including 9p through to 2nd and 1st class commemorative which I hope to use until it is no longer possible to swap them.
Really I needed over 5 years notice to work through them all.
So, sending a parcel to China will be covered all over with stamps to use them up

[tony41]

I have a folder of low value stamps including 9p through to 2nd and 1st class commemorative which I hope to use until it is no longer possible to swap them.
Really I needed over 5 years notice to work through them all.
So, sending a parcel to China will be covered all over with stamps to use them up

I had a quantity of low value stamps from 1p upwards. I sent them back to Royal Mail and have received exact replacements but of the new bar-coded stamps. There is no need to rush to use them up.

[billsstamps]

Thanks Tony, that is reassuring, Posting back to Royal Mail sounds less stress than being 12th in the queue at the local sub-post office - which is one reason I don't go there to post mail!

I had a quantity of low value stamps from 1p upwards. I sent them back to Royal Mail and have received exact replacements but of the new bar-coded stamps. There is no need to rush to use them up.

[tony41]

Thanks Tony, that is reassuring, Posting back to Royal Mail sounds less stress than being 12th in the queue at the local sub-post office - which is one reason I don't go there to post mail!

You don't even have to go to your local post office for a form. You can print one off from https://www.royalmail.com/sending/barcoded-stamps They claim to try to return the replacement stamps within 7 days. My exprerience is that it takes over twice that long but it is FREEPOST to send them.

[billsstamps]

You don't even have to go to your local post office for a form. You can print one off from https://www.royalmail.com/sending/barcoded-stamps They claim to try to return the replacement stamps within 7 days. My exprerience is that it takes over twice that long but it is FREEPOST to send them.

That's great, though my non self-adhesive stamps would need three or four pages! Thanks for this, the pdf is not easy to find on the Royal Mail website