"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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True. It's only a recent thing, though - I'm fairly sure that 1st and
2nd class stamps used to have the price printed on them, so if you had
a load and the price went up you had to go to the Post Office and buy
a load of 1 or 2p stamps to be able to use them.


Yes, stamps inscribed 1st and 2nd were introduced in 1990. So, it depends on
your definition of "recent" I guess.

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Richard

On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 16:57:59 +0000 (UTC), "Richard Rundle"
wrote:

Yes, stamps inscribed 1st and 2nd were introduced in 1990. So, it depends on
your definition of "recent" I guess.

They weren't universal, I think. I have had stamps (1st/2nd) marked
with the price much more recently than that, as I recall.

Neil

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In article ,
(Neil Williams) wrote:

On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 16:57:59 +0000 (UTC), "Richard Rundle"
wrote:

Yes, stamps inscribed 1st and 2nd were introduced in 1990. So, it
depends on your definition of "recent" I guess.

They weren't universal, I think. I have had stamps (1st/2nd) marked
with the price much more recently than that, as I recall.

You can still buy stamps with cash values on if you prefer.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 17:09:09 GMT, (Neil
Williams) wrote:

On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 16:57:59 +0000 (UTC), "Richard Rundle"
wrote:

Yes, stamps inscribed 1st and 2nd were introduced in 1990. So, it depends on
your definition of "recent" I guess.

They weren't universal, I think. I have had stamps (1st/2nd) marked
with the price much more recently than that, as I recall.

The ones marked 1st or 2nd are the ones sold in books (6 or 12) and in
vending machines.

--
Nick Cooper

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In article ,
(Nick Cooper) wrote:

On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 17:09:09 GMT, (Neil
Williams) wrote:

On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 16:57:59 +0000 (UTC), "Richard Rundle"
wrote:

Yes, stamps inscribed 1st and 2nd were introduced in 1990. So, it dep
ends on your definition of "recent" I guess.

They weren't universal, I think. I have had stamps (1st/2nd) marked
with the price much more recently than that, as I recall.

The ones marked 1st or 2nd are the ones sold in books (6 or 12) and in
vending machines.

The come in larger packs than that. 100s, for example.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 13:28 +0100 (BST), (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

In article ,
(Nick Cooper) wrote:

On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 17:09:09 GMT, (Neil
Williams) wrote:

On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 16:57:59 +0000 (UTC), "Richard Rundle"
wrote:

Yes, stamps inscribed 1st and 2nd were introduced in 1990. So, it dep
ends on your definition of "recent" I guess.

They weren't universal, I think. I have had stamps (1st/2nd) marked
with the price much more recently than that, as I recall.

The ones marked 1st or 2nd are the ones sold in books (6 or 12) and in
vending machines.

The come in larger packs than that. 100s, for example.

True, but then people of more likely to be aware of the examples I
gave.
--
Nick Cooper

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