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question about UK stamps

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 6:24 pm
by marksautographs
How much is one 1st stamp worth? And, what's the difference between 1st Large, 1st, 2nd Large and 2nd?

Thanks!

Re: question about UK stamps

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:50 pm
by tyler_jrb
1st stamps are like 60p, i think and large 1st are for large letters no bigger than A4 and with a certain weight. the 1st, 2nd means basically the priority so if you put a 1st class stamp on there it will get there quicker than a 2nd class stamp will, but 1st class stamps are slightly more expensive than 2nd class. Large 1st class stamps are around 90p. i usually put large stamps on all of mine just to make sure there paid for.

hope this helped.

Re: question about UK stamps

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:01 pm
by marksautographs
tyler_jrb wrote:1st stamps are like 60p, i think and large 1st are for large letters no bigger than A4 and with a certain weight. the 1st, 2nd means basically the priority so if you put a 1st class stamp on there it will get there quicker than a 2nd class stamp will, but 1st class stamps are slightly more expensive than 2nd class. Large 1st class stamps are around 90p. i usually put large stamps on all of mine just to make sure there paid for.

hope this helped.
Thanks! So, if I put a 2nd Large stamp plus 4 .02 stamps, then I'll have 77p. Is this fine if I want to do surface mail from UK to US?

Re: question about UK stamps

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:13 am
by EmmaSheree
marksautographs wrote:
tyler_jrb wrote:1st stamps are like 60p, i think and large 1st are for large letters no bigger than A4 and with a certain weight. the 1st, 2nd means basically the priority so if you put a 1st class stamp on there it will get there quicker than a 2nd class stamp will, but 1st class stamps are slightly more expensive than 2nd class. Large 1st class stamps are around 90p. i usually put large stamps on all of mine just to make sure there paid for.

hope this helped.
Thanks! So, if I put a 2nd Large stamp plus 4 .02 stamps, then I'll have 77p. Is this fine if I want to do surface mail from UK to US?
no you will need at least 4 second class or 2 large letters and 1 second class

international UK to US is £1.90 for under 30 grams

Re: question about UK stamps

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:40 am
by marksautographs
EmmaSheree wrote:
marksautographs wrote:
tyler_jrb wrote:1st stamps are like 60p, i think and large 1st are for large letters no bigger than A4 and with a certain weight. the 1st, 2nd means basically the priority so if you put a 1st class stamp on there it will get there quicker than a 2nd class stamp will, but 1st class stamps are slightly more expensive than 2nd class. Large 1st class stamps are around 90p. i usually put large stamps on all of mine just to make sure there paid for.

hope this helped.
Thanks! So, if I put a 2nd Large stamp plus 4 .02 stamps, then I'll have 77p. Is this fine if I want to do surface mail from UK to US?
no you will need at least 4 second class or 2 large letters and 1 second class

international UK to US is £1.90 for under 30 grams
If my letter is under 20g, then surface mail is 77p. Since, second large = 69p, then if I added 8p more, then I would be at 77p.

Re: question about UK stamps

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:41 am
by CharityStarDonations
77p Is the reccommended yes :)

That is for a letter under 10g C5 or smaller :)

This is the general letter :)

Thanks

Re: question about UK stamps

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:33 am
by marksautographs
CharityStarDonations wrote:77p Is the reccommended yes :)

That is for a letter under 10g C5 or smaller :)

This is the general letter :)

Thanks
But, here it says up to 20g. (under prices)
http://www.royalmail.com/packet-despatc ... face-mail/

Thanks for the help :)

Re: question about UK stamps

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:45 am
by CharityStarDonations
Hiya Mark,

As you can see I need to apoligize! :)

It's 20g