A recent comment on the previous post asserted that it was not possible to use 2 x 1st class (£1.70) stamps to pay the international postcard or letter rate as the non-denominated (NVI) stamps were only to be used for the service mentioned.
This is totally incorrect as the following examples will demonstrate. Of course many of these are old-style Machins but the same applies now to stamps and Post and Go stamps.
International Mail
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| £1.57, 5p and 1st class paying correct rate to Australia |
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| World 20g, World 60g, Europe 20g and Machins airmail to Australia |
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| Denominqted and 2 x 1st class to France |
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| Postage on this expensive package to the USA includes a 1st class stamp |
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| From a reader in Canada for the postmarks posts, the postage here is made of 4 recent 1st class stamps, an old 2nd class plus 50p |
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| Likewise this one does precisely what was suggested in the other post, using very old 2 x 1st class stamps to (over-)pay the current £3.20 rate |
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| Recent packet to Belarus used 1st class Large datamatrix Machin and denominated stamps |
I don't have examples of airmail stamps used inland, nor special delivery used on medium parcels sent by ordinary mail, but they do exist. They are a way to get these higher value stamps fine used for collections.
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