[OT] Face value of stamps and the costs of posting

[JAF]

20+10+5+1

Why can't you?

[Bob Mannix]

Quite so. You *could* do 33p with 33 x 1p stamps - hardly useful though

[Bob Mannix]

Damn, that's clever! Give the man a peanut.

[Linz]

Oh, I have no doubt about that, but it happens when the regular postie is away.

[Linz]

I still use peacock blue.

[Linz]

He is small and lively. And moderately TWO. He can do a tantrum but not on a huge scale, and generally is well-mannered. He's got a cracking sensa yumour too.

[Linz]

It's the Linz you think it is. There are not only witnesses but, I believe, photographic evidence.

[Owain]

So the sequence is 1,2,5,9,10,20,32,37,42...

Does this mean that the next rise in First Class postage *must* be from

32 to 37, or does the whole sequence change every time the rates for 1st and 2nd change?

Owain

[Richard Conway]

Yeah, but they've just outsourced the sale of 1st and 2nd class stamps and these now incur a delivery charge

[Peter King]

I didn't notice that, but a quick look at their web page shows that orders over =A335 get free delivery.

[August West]

YSTHM "loony turquoise".

[Tony Bryer]

Franking machines are convenient but have a significant overhead for smaller businesses like ours. We pay something like £24 per month, each postage recharge (we do £200 at a time) costs £4, ink cartridges cost £££ and when postage rates change it's £50 for a new chip. And when you've franked the mail you have to take it to a post office (luckily my assistant passes one on her way home) or if you have a small volume of letters you can put them in special envelopes (24p each) and post in a box. But it is convenient.

[Mary Fisher]

Why should you want to use 33 or 36p postage?

[Mary Fisher]

That's a matter of opinion.

They charge for delivery.

Mary

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[Mary Fisher]

Quite.

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[Steve Firth]

AKA "Constituent's Ink."

[Bob Mannix]

Because, depending on the scale of charges currently in force (which change from time to time) a package might requie this postage, depending on its weight. The use of a standard set of stamps from which any amount can be made up from 3 removes the need to change the stamp denominations with changes in charges.

[Mary Fisher]

But there aren't any in the current tariffs ...

Mary

[Helen Deborah Vecht]

"Martin Underwood" typed

The Danes put a great big X right through the sender's address, which still remains legible.

Mebbe we should do the same.

[Bob Mannix]

Noooo but, as I said, the tariffs may change (over tens of years) but the stamp denominations never need to so and can remain constant forever, even if some combinations are not in use. The numbers printed will reflect usage, that's all.