Free Stamps for Christmas - A bit outdated now.

[Krafty]

I'm not grumbling about the stamps we receive each christmas but I just noticed them on the table next to my computer which I've not used many of.

I sell the odd thing on ebay and over the years I used the stamps for this, but everything is done online now.
The stamps are just about redundant.

[DryPop]

Sell the stamps on eBay
I sold mine for £45

[tramssirhc]

I'm not grumbling about the stamps we receive each christmas but I just noticed them on the table next to my computer which I've not used many of.

I sell the odd thing on ebay and over the years I used the stamps for this, but everything is done online now.
The stamps are just about redundant.

Find a reason to use them. Send a card, a letter. Stamps are far from redundant.

[PostmanEd]

If every RM employee used all their stamps each year that would put a stop to letter decline for sure.

[Krafty]

I would use them at the post office when posting items I've sold on ebay but they can't be used for tracked

[Jefferson Starfish]

If every RM employee used all their stamps each year that would put a stop to letter decline for sure.

No it wouldn't!

If every free stamp was used to send 1 letter, it would add about 0.1% onto the total letters delivered by RM.

[moonjaguar]

I found a load of old Xmas stamps without the barcode. Are they still valid?

[ted_e_bear]

I found a load of old Xmas stamps without the barcode. Are they still valid?

Yes

[Mr Rush]

If every RM employee used all their stamps each year that would put a stop to letter decline for sure.

Like the idea that everyone before 1492 thought the world was flat, it's a company-sanctioned fairytale that stamped letters ever constituted anything close to a majority of what was posted. Retail finance and utilities were the cornerstone of mail volumes - you'd see far greater impact if everyone insisted their bank and water/electricity/gas provider sent out statements. Naturally those were the first to go to DSA before disappearing completely.

[tramssirhc]

I found a load of old Xmas stamps without the barcode. Are they still valid?

No. You were able to exchange them.

[Jefferson Starfish]

I found a load of old Xmas stamps without the barcode. Are they still valid?

No. You were able to exchange them.

Christmas stamps are still valid, even those without a barcode

[Binsey]

All picture stamps are still valid tender.

Hence where the fraudsters are now plying there trade.

[PostmanEd]

If every RM employee used all their stamps each year that would put a stop to letter decline for sure.

No it wouldn't!

If every free stamp was used to send 1 letter, it would add about 0.1% onto the total letters delivered by RM.

I dunno, 50 letters x what, 100,000 employees? Quite a few letters I reckon.

[HTPostman]

If every RM employee used all their stamps each year that would put a stop to letter decline for sure.

No it wouldn't!

If every free stamp was used to send 1 letter, it would add about 0.1% onto the total letters delivered by RM.

I dunno, 50 letters x what, 100,000 employees? Quite a few letters I reckon.

If 100,000 employees sent 50 letters each, it’s a 0.075 increase. Royal Mail delivered 6.6 billion letters in 23/24. An extra 5 million (just 96000 extra letters a week) doesn’t even touch the sides.

[Jefferson Starfish]

If every RM employee used all their stamps each year that would put a stop to letter decline for sure.

No it wouldn't!

If every free stamp was used to send 1 letter, it would add about 0.1% onto the total letters delivered by RM.

I dunno, 50 letters x what, 100,000 employees? Quite a few letters I reckon.

If 100,000 employees sent 50 letters each, it’s a 0.075 increase. Royal Mail delivered 6.6 billion letters in 23/24. An extra 5 million (just 96000 extra letters a week) doesn’t even touch the sides.

I was going on 120,000 employees and 6 billion letters a year, but my maths is the same as yours.

Whatever the exact numbers are, the free stamps are a drop in the ocean.