Royal Mail Postage

ennersdale | 20:27 Sun 24th Feb 2019 | How it Works

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Hi, I wonder if there are any Royal Mail Postal workers out there that can answer this question....?

If a first class letter is delivered to an address in Greater London on a Monday, when would it have been posted please (and this is not at Christmas time when post is generally delayed, but at all other times of the year)?

Also, in what circumstances is a letter not franked?
Does the letter always have a red line through the stamp?
Can the stamp have a black or blue line through the stamp or does it always have to be red?

Therefore, there is no way of knowing where a letter has come from if it's not been franked....I'm assuming?

Thank you...

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TonyV

Not a postal worker but first class should be delivered next working day, so probably posted on Saturday.
As for franking, not impossible but very unusual for it to have missed franking.
If I deliver anything by hand, I just mark on letter "by hand" so that I and recipients know it has been delivered, certainly wouldn't put a stamp on it at the cost they are now.

ennersdale

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Sorry...what I was meant to say was;
Does the letter always have a red line through the stamp - by hand with a marker pen - when the letter hasn't been franked?

ladybirder

No. I occasionally get one not franked and have never had one with a red line through the stamp.

TonyV

Not to my knowledge, have to wait for a postman to reply to get a concise answer.
Ladybirder with old "licky" stamps you used to be able steam them of, with new self adhesive stamps, impossible to remove without destroying stamp.

ladybirder

Tony if they cab to frank it then I would, if I could be bothered, just cut it out envelope and all, then stick it on a new envelope with glue. If it's not franked then why shouldn't we use it again? And if they do object then the receiver will have to pay it haha:-(

EDDIE51

A letter sometimes slips through without being franked ( they do process over 3 million a day ) . If you want to know where an unfranked letter came from just open it and look! There is normally a return address on the back of official letters. I have never seen a red line through a stamp the 'franking' is Black as far as I have ever seen !

TonyV

Ladybirder yes reuse them, especially if recipient has to pay postage, but you would not have not to like them very much to use that ruse lol.