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Richard Rundle · October 9th 05, 08:05 PM posted to uk.transport.london

"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Barry Salter) wrote:

On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 13:28 +0100 (BST), (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

In article ,
(Nick Cooper) wrote:

The ones marked 1st or 2nd are the ones sold in books (6 or 12) and
in vending machines.

The come in larger packs than that. 100s, for example.

And rolls of 500, 1000 and 10000 (available in both 1st and 2nd Class).

You can also buy sheets of 100 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 35p, 42p, 47p, 50p,
68p, £1, £1.50, £2, £3 or £5 stamps.

Is that a change? Definitives used to come in sheets of 200 (240 before
decimalisation).

200 is, I believe, still the standard sheet size for definitives supplied to
POs. Of course, all the values quoted above (with the possible exception of
those over £1) are available in quantities from 1 to
however-many-the-PO-has-in-stock-at-the-time.

Commemoratives or "special stamps" are now generally dispatched in sheets of
25.

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Richard