Royal Mail barcoding stamps - existing stamps valid only until 31 Jan 2023

NBLondon

Quick Update:  I got my swaps returned today!

Form went in post Monday, swaps delivered Friday.  Normal 1st class post.

Sent booklets of Large 1st - returned sheets of barcoded Large 1st. 

Web address is given as royalmail.com/swapoutsupport which redirects to https://www.royalmail.com/sending/barcoded-stamps/swap-out-enquiry to report problems.

soolin

NBLondon said:

Quick Update:  I got my swaps returned today!

Form went in post Monday, swaps delivered Friday.  Normal 1st class post.

Sent booklets of Large 1st - returned sheets of barcoded Large 1st. 

Web address is given as royalmail.com/swapoutsupport which redirects to https://www.royalmail.com/sending/barcoded-stamps/swap-out-enquiry to report problems.

My test batch of just less than £200 went on Monday, so hopefully mine are on their way back. Mine consisted of sheets of odd amounts like £1.88 and 76p plus loads and loads of smaller denominations like 5p and 10p. I don’t seem to get post every day but hopeful something will come back shortly. 

Olinda99

I ordered the form and envelope online, arrived in 2 days, posted 1 x 100 book 1st stamps today.

molerat

NBLondon said:

Quick Update:  I got my swaps returned today!

Form went in post Monday, swaps delivered Friday.  Normal 1st class post.

Sent booklets of Large 1st - returned sheets of barcoded Large 1st. 

Web address is given as royalmail.com/swapoutsupport which redirects to https://www.royalmail.com/sending/barcoded-stamps/swap-out-enquiry to report problems.

That's a bit of a bummer, the books tucked away nicely in the corner of my desk drawer.  Will have to find some other way to store these.

NBLondon

molerat said:

That's a bit of a bummer, the books tucked away nicely in the corner of my desk drawer.  Will have to find some other way to store these.

Yep - I'd have preferred booklets back so they could be re-sold.  However, they will get slowly used over the rest of the year/next year.

BooJewels

I just received my first piece of post using a new barcoded stamp - from someone who probably goes into the PO and buys a single when she needs to post something - so they are being sold somewhere already.  This lady definitely won't have bought them on-line.

soolin

BooJewels said:

I just received my first piece of post using a new barcoded stamp - from someone who probably goes into the PO and buys a single when she needs to post something - so they are being sold somewhere already.  This lady definitely won't have bought them on-line.

There’s no indication that the stamps aren’t available yet, it just seems to depend on which Post offices have them and which are still using up old stock. Even before the price rise a friend on another forum posted about these new weird stamps she had been given , going as far to wonder whether they were actually real or whether she should go back to PO and demand proper ones. 

BooJewels

Indeed @soolin - they'll no doubt drift in gradually as POs, supermarkets etc. go through their stock.  I was only commenting after posts a page or two back about trying to buy them at the counter and the PO having lots of old ones and none of the new version yet.  Plus I think they were already trialled some time ago in some regions, so they're not that new - just the first one I've received.

custardy

BooJewels said:

I just received my first piece of post using a new barcoded stamp - from someone who probably goes into the PO and buys a single when she needs to post something - so they are being sold somewhere already.  This lady definitely won't have bought them on-line.

They were available before Christmas.
RM staff Christmas stamps were all barcoded

soolin

It just occurred to me how little post I get with stamps on, my post is either ‘official’ with printed envelopes or printed online from eBay or other shops .I don’t recall the last time I got something with a stamp on apart from some Mother’s Day cards .