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.
I spoke too soon in the previous entry - I've just been told a commemorative 1st Class Regional (Wilding style) has been surcharged as not valid 😕. Surely that's a RM error?
ReplyDeleteYes; and coincidentally RW has told me that the London SHC wouldn't accept them for special postmarks although I'm having that clarified by Edinburgh.
DeleteRegardless of their technical validity, use of decimal wildings on post has *always* been risky for obvious reasons.
DeleteThe possibility of incorrect surcharging on those is so high, that as a dealer I wouldn't dare to use them postally in case I inflicted the inconvenience of having to deal with the incorrect surcharge on the customer.
Rob
Robert
ReplyDeleteMy contact in London told me that he had been in touch with the HandStamp Centre in Edinburgh and they had told him that the 50th Anniversary Wilding 1st Class Stamps and the other Values are not Valid for Special Postmarks, but Revenue Protection have said that they are Valid to use on Posted Items but that could change at any time, i have use some on Mail to the US with no trouble.
I am not sure what the standing is for the Queen Victoria Red, Black, Blue Issue of a few years ago are.
Maybe some Mail Centre's might not know that they are okay and put a fee on the item?? RW