OLD-STYLE first and second class stamps are set to expire in 2023 as Royal Mail rolls out a new barcode system. The date to use regular stamps that don't have a barcode was originally January 31 ...

Royal Mail's stamp barcode swap out scheme means from July 31, stamps without any expire. ... It’s time to say goodbye to old-style stamps (Picture: In Pictures via Getty Images) ...

The new stamp features Charles’ head and neck facing left, as all monarchs have done since Queen Victoria appeared on the Penny Black – the world’s first postage stamp – in 1840.

The first known piece of mail sent using a pre-paid stamp is expected to fetch between $1.5 million and $2.5 million (€1.38m- €2.3m) at an upcoming sale in New York. If achieved it would ...