Paul Rigg wrote:

I seem to recall that the post office put second class mail up from 4d to
2.5p (ie 6d) and first class mail up from 5d to 3p (7.2d) and claimed that
it wasnt really a price increase.

I'm fairly sure the rates went to 6d and 7d before decimalisation, but
apparently after Christmas 1970. So not very long before.

Colin McKenzie



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