![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/royal-mail-stamp-deadline-everything-you-need-to-know-as-millions-to-become-worthless/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_The-Price-Of-UK-Postage-Stamps-Set-To-Increase.jpg&description=Classic stamps are being replaced by ones with barcodes, which allow recipients to watch videos when they scan the barcode - but when is the deadline to use old stamps? Millions of Royal Mail stamps will become worthless from next month - so make sure you use them before the deadline. Classic stamps are being replaced by ones with barcodes, which allow recipients to watch videos when they scan the barcode using the Royal Mail app. The deadline for which you have to use older stamps is July 31, 2023. The cut-off was previously January 31, 2023 - but the Royal Mail has introduced a six month 'grace period'. Here is everything you need to know. You can continue to use old stamps until July 31, 2023. This is covered by the six-month "grace period" from the January 31 deadline. In the FAQs section on the Royal Mail website, it states: 'Mail posted with non-barcoded Definitive stamps after 31 January 2023, will for the first six month be delivered as normal, no surcharge will be raised.' Royal Mail moved the deadline back to give people more time to adjust to the change. After this date, Royal Mail will treat any post sent with non-barcoded stamps as having insufficient postage. This means you may need to pay a fee. For example, sending a letter or large letter currently incurs a £1.50 fee if there is insufficient postage paid. Where no postage has been paid at all on a regular sized or large letter, there is a £2.50 fine. Yes, you can still use commemorative and non-barcoded Christmas stamps even after July 31. You can exchange your old stamps for free through the Royal Mail 'Swap Out' scheme. To do this, download a 'Swap Out' form on the Royal Mail website, call up Royal Mail on 03457 740740, or pick up a form from a local delivery office or Post Office. If you're downloading the form online and you don't have access to a printer, you can instead complete a web form and request for it to be posted to you. Once you've filled it out, post back the stamps you want to swap){kind=link}
Classic stamps are being replaced by ones with barcodes, which allow recipients to watch videos when they scan the barcode – but when is the deadline to use old stamps?
Millions of Royal Mail stamps will become worthless from next month – so make sure you use them before the deadline.
Classic stamps are being replaced by ones with barcodes, which allow recipients to watch videos when they scan the barcode using the Royal Mail app.
The deadline for which you have to use older stamps is July 31, 2023.
The cut-off was previously January 31, 2023 – but the Royal Mail has introduced a six month “grace period”.