tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post7482360771080175979..comments2024-01-12T00:20:22.174-12:00Comments on Machin Mania: Postal Rate Increase Is HUGE!Machin Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518381259926478157noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-20380003411874957982009-02-22T22:19:00.000-12:002009-02-22T22:19:00.000-12:00I'm sure that most British postal users will find ...I'm sure that most British postal users will find an increase of 3p on the basic First Class stamp enormous - this increase represented, after all, the price of a First Class letter upon decimalisation in 1971! But where it really hurts is on some of the overseas rates. I regularly use the European Airmail Printed Papers rate to receive post office grille cards for stamp issues. Today, a 400g package costs £2.71. After the April increase, the same price will only "buy" 180g; the same 400g package will cost £5.31, very nearly a 100% increase!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-31864194371160080902009-01-25T06:54:00.000-12:002009-01-25T06:54:00.000-12:00I'm reliably advised that there are no plans to is...I'm reliably advised that there are no plans to issue the new rate stamps in security format - nor the booklet airmail stamps, before anybody asks!<BR/><BR/>The 54p was issued in the new form with the dark line along the left margin of the sheet and the colour name at top left, so there is no reason to suppose it will not be redistributed. A new cylinder is more than possible.Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-47791697341716486762009-01-24T02:58:00.000-12:002009-01-24T02:58:00.000-12:00Surely the 54p will re-emerge in the new security ...Surely the 54p will re-emerge in the new security format?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com