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I believe that you can only use stamps which say 1st class or 2nd class on British mail, not on mail going overseas. I have searched the Royal Mail website for proof of this but cannot find any. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I need something official to show my boss!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Like you, Spudqueen, I 'know' this information but proving it seems to be very difficult. Perhaps your boss will accept the official record of the proceedings of the House of Lords (Hansard) as adequate proof?:
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1990/ mar/23/stamps-non-value-indicators
Chris
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1990/ mar/23/stamps-non-value-indicators
Chris
Apparently the Universal Postal Union approved the use of Non-Value Indicator stamps for international mail in 1995.
http://www.gbstamps.com/machins/faq3.html#faq1 6
http://www.gbstamps.com/machins/faq3.html#faq1 6
Thanks for that guys, maybe Chris and myself both remember when the stamps saying 1st and 2nd on them were first issued. But I was not aware that they were now allowed to be used on international post. I'll go and eat humble pie now with my boss!
terambulan - you can ask for stamps to be put on a parcel instead of the stickers.
terambulan - you can ask for stamps to be put on a parcel instead of the stickers.