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uk stamps question!

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:23 pm
by Maximdubinin
Could someone please help me to firuge out how to use this stamps?

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v232/ ... 749760.jpg

What does 1st calss mean? can i send this to europe?
what does 1st large mean?
And can i use 2 marks at the same time? (like 10g + 20 g to europe?)
thanx!

Re: uk stamps question!

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 5:57 pm
by Paigey012
1st class stamps are worth 39p each and 1st class letters usually get delivered about 1/2 days faster than 2nd class. The weight ammount for a 1st class letter is up to 100 grams.

1st class large are worth 61p each. They can be used for large letters (Length: 353mm max, Width: 250mm max, Thickness: 25mm max, Weight: 750g max).

Yes, you can use 2 different types of stamps on the same letter as long as you have the correct ammount of postage ;-)

Hope I have helped!

Re: uk stamps question!

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:29 pm
by Maximdubinin
hello! sorry for so many questons!
the last one ... could you please look at this stamps?
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v232/ ... 749760.jpg
Which ones do i need to put on the envelope if postage is about 1.6p?

Re: uk stamps question!

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:31 pm
by Paigey012
Maximdubinin wrote:hello! sorry for so many questons!
the last one ... could you please look at this stamps?
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v232/ ... 749760.jpg
Which ones do i need to put on the envelope if postage is about 1.6p?
No problem ;-)
If the cost of an envelope was £1.60 you would need 5 x 1st class UK stamps {up}

Re: uk stamps question!

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:21 am
by osiris
Paigey012 wrote:1st class stamps are worth 39p each and 1st class letters usually get delivered about 1/2 days faster than 2nd class. The weight ammount for a 1st class letter is up to 100 grams.

1st class large are worth 61p each. They can be used for large letters (Length: 353mm max, Width: 250mm max, Thickness: 25mm max, Weight: 750g max).
Just to clarify: if you are using these stamps for INTERNATIONAL mail, different rules apply. You do not need to use "large" stamps for "large" items, nor do 1st class arrive faster than 2nd class. All you need to worry about is the monetary value of the stamps i.e. 39p for regular 1st class stamps, 61p for the large ones (making sure you have enough to cover the cost calculated by the weight).

For Airmail, the only rules are : Length, width and depth combined must not be greater than 900mm, the greatest single dimension must not exceed 600mm. Price depends on country of destination and weight (which cannot exceed 2kg). Prices are here http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/cont ... d=53800712