I am starting a new post on this since the postage rates were increased again in October. Please send images of any special stamps (except Christmas low values) used on letters or parcels.
A customer is still using up Peppa Pig stamps (issued 16 May) when writing to me: sad to see that using the £2 stamp produces a cover only overpaid by 35p at the new 1st class rate.
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| Peppa Pig £2 stamp (issued 16 May 2024) used 7 November to pay first class rate of £1.65 |
Porridge 2nd class used quite soon after issue.
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| 2nd class 'Porridge' stamp used soon after issue probably early October. |
I'll repeat the conclusion of the previous post:
So what can we conclude? Use of modern stamps is scarce - missing from the 2024 issues are Spice Girls, Dinosaurs, Dungeons & Dragons, Porridge, Spiders...
But I will harvest a few usages from the Stampboards forum where some others have been shown. I do have a report of a Spice Girls 1st class used with a 1st class Machin on a postcard to Australia, but there is no postmark.
If you receive any, especially from businesses or friends and family, then I would be interested to record them, obscuring addresses. Given their general scarcity, it would also be useful to record when dealers and other collectors are using new stamps, given the relatively cheap postage deals available.
Scans, rather than photos, please and no more than 200 dpi - smartphone photos are megabytes tooo big!
