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[Redwing]

I bought six first class stamps the other day and noticed that they now have 'cutouts' in them, sort of two lozenge shaped cuts through the stamp but with the cut-out bit still attached (am I making any sense at all?!)

 

We are having a debate in the office about what use these cuts are in the stamp

 

the most credible explaination so far is that it is to prevent the stamp being peeled off and re-used if not franked however a 24 hour experiment has proved that it can be sucessfully removed intact, the envelope has been through all our pressing/franking machines

 

I suggested I post here and have said I will have the answer in the next 24 hours, the others say we only talk about chickens so it is unlikely

 

So...does anyone know?

[The Dogmother]

You're right Tasha - it's to prevent them being peeled off and used again.

 

Not that it works as you pointed out - we've tried too and they still come off with a little care.

 

I've saved our company £££s over the years by peeling off unfranked stamps and re-using them - my contribution to bucking the system

[Chucky Mama]

I've saved our company £££s over the years by peeling off unfranked stamps and re-using them - my contribution to bucking the system

 

[Redwing]

I wonder how many people got paid to think up that waste of time then there was probably a think tank involved and the cut outs probably have a flash name

 

Thanks for the swift answer

[The Dogmother]

You betcha!

 

They also have new watermarks on them - that'll have cost a fortune too

[Cooks]

another waste of money then.

[Blackrocksrock]

Yup I have managed to peel one off too

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I've never even seen one of these stamps . Maybe they've not reached Scotland yet .

[The Dogmother]

Only the self adhesive sheets or books of stamps have these little tabs.

[Geoid]

Only the self adhesive sheets or books of stamps have these little tabs.

How else do you get stamps?

[Lewis]

Only the self adhesive sheets or books of stamps have these little tabs.

How else do you get stamps?

You can buy big sheets of them which you tear the stamp off and lick the back of them

 

 

Are these new stamps recent or just the self adhesive ones that have been around for a while?

[Geoid]

You can buy big sheets of them which you tear the stamp off and lick the back of them

 

I thought they phased the ones you lick out ages ago.

[Lewis]

You can buy big sheets of them which you tear the stamp off and lick the back of them

 

I thought they phased the ones you lick out ages ago.

So did I but I saw some recently, I think they were the ones that aren't standard prices and build up to make a bigger total amount

[Looney]

The new stamps are far harder to remove and reuse than the old ones. We always save and reuse unfranked stamps.

 

Saying that, we have a lot of stamps here from all different decades so we use those. It's quite good fun and makes the envelopes look a bit more interesting!

[chick wiggle]

I've never even seen one of these stamps . Maybe they've not reached Scotland yet .

 

Do they not still use pidgeons up there then

 

sorry ANH

[redhotchick]

You can buy big sheets of them which you tear the stamp off and lick the back of them

 

I thought they phased the ones you lick out ages ago.

 

Nope! I bought an ordinary lick the back first class stamp yesterday.

It was over the counter in the post office though.

[The Dogmother]

So far I've only seen it on the books of 1st and 2nd class stamps.

[Plum]

Chick Wiggle You've done it. Congratulations.

[Lewis]

You can buy big sheets of them which you tear the stamp off and lick the back of them

 

I thought they phased the ones you lick out ages ago.

 

Nope! I bought an ordinary lick the back first class stamp yesterday.

It was over the counter in the post office though.

I'm not going mad