Can you reuse stamps or do you ned to use a new one

if it hasn't been franked then yes you can.

Yes if it has not been stamped.
Franked

years ago my friend's brother had a thing going where he was sending parcels back and forth from his mate in a jiffy bag, they put selotape over the stamp and rubbed off the franking each time.. untill the posty noticed the same envolope being deliverd time and time again... he got a right roasting off the posty :hihi:

I once heard of somebody :suspect: who would get 2 stamps - same value - with post marks at opposite sides and litterally cut n paste the good ''unfranked'' edges together with prittstick on the envelope.

Ahhh the penniless days of being a sudent nurse

*cough :suspect: aparrently

Along a similar line, when you get the pre-paid envelopes (from the bank or wherever) can you cross-out the pre-printed address and put another one ?

In other words you post something somewhere else and the bank pays for it ?

Originally posted by nick2
Along a similar line, when you get the pre-paid envelopes (from the bank or wherever) can you cross-out the pre-printed address and put another one ?

In other words you post something somewhere else and the bank pays for it ?
Interesting question...might there be a requirement for such envelopes to have a printed address on them that's not in the form of a label?

Originally posted by nick2
Along a similar line, when you get the pre-paid envelopes (from the bank or wherever) can you cross-out the pre-printed address and put another one ?

In other words you post something somewhere else and the bank pays for it ?
I did try it once nick & posted it to myself to see.

It did work but I wonder if regular abuse may land one in the soup?

Originally posted by nick2
Along a similar line, when you get the pre-paid envelopes (from the bank or wherever) can you cross-out the pre-printed address and put another one ?

In other words you post something somewhere else and the bank pays for it ?

You can't do it legally and it can be traced. Trust me. I worked for someone who had this problem and the company caught them. Royal Mail actively look for this sort of thing now I think aswell.

legally i suppose you could re-use an un-franked stamp....

but to be frank, morally, it's still robbing the post office, although admitedly not with a swag-bag, mask, stripey t-shirt, toy gun and a pair of tights over yer head!

:)

Originally posted by pete_fcs
legally i suppose you could re-use an un-franked stamp....

but to be frank, morally, it's still robbing the post office, although admitedly not with a swag-bag, mask, stripey t-shirt, toy gun and a pair of tights over yer head!

:)

:suspect: You seem to know a lot about this subject Pete :suspect:

Originally posted by Gethical
You can't do it legally and it can be traced. Trust me. I worked for someone who had this problem and the company caught them. Royal Mail actively look for this sort of thing now I think aswell.

Damn, I'll have to just stick to my policy of filling them with junk mail from other companies then.

Originally posted by nick2
Damn, I'll have to just stick to my policy of filling them with junk mail from other companies then.

So it's not just me that doies this then? I try to make them heavy enough to incur excess postage as well...

i peel off unfranked stamps at work and reuse them. It's even easier now they are sticky-backed instead of gummed ones as you can peel and restick them without using glue.:)

Originally posted by Don_Kiddick
:suspect: You seem to know a lot about this subject Pete :suspect:

lol don!!

:thumbsup: :hihi: :hihi:

Re-using stamps is as others have said robbing from Royal Mail.
If too many people do this, it effects Royal Mail's profits meaning they can not provide as good a service.

For the sake of a few pence, why?

Besides there are other ways of telling if a stamp has been reused besides just the fact that it has been franked.

I don't know what these methods are.
But I've come across charges being incurred for re-using stamps, although there was no evident frank mark.

Originally posted by Zenmaster
If too many people do this, it effects Royal Mail's profits meaning they can not provide as good a service.


However using all the pre-paid envelops to send rubbish back to whoever means the Royal Mail makes a bit of money.