Redwing Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I've saved our company £££s over the years by peeling off unfranked stamps and re-using them - my contribution to bucking the system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted June 17, 2009 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 You betcha! They also have new watermarks on them - that'll have cost a fortune too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 another waste of money then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Yup I have managed to peel one off too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I've never even seen one of these stamps . Maybe they've not reached Scotland yet . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Only the self adhesive sheets or books of stamps have these little tabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Only the self adhesive sheets or books of stamps have these little tabs. How else do you get stamps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 So far I've only seen it on the books of 1st and 2nd class stamps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Chick Wiggle You've done it. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
