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Nine new King Charles stamps have been released by Royal Mail.
The ‘everyday’ stamps, which will be used to make up postage fees, will start appearing on letters and parcels from this week.
Coming in nine different monetary values ranging from a penny to £5, each stamp also has its own unique colour.
In shades ranging from Saphire Blue to Purple Heather – Royal Mail says it has chosen to retain the colour schemes that preceeding stamps carrying the portrait of The Queen also had.
While the low value everyday stamps are just the latest to be issued with the face of the new monarch – each new release is proving popular with stamp collectors keen to collate another piece of history as Britain makes the necessary changes to acknowledge its new head of state.
First Class, Second Class and Large Definitive stamps bearing the image of His Majesty King Charles were first issued on April 4 this year and are now being seen more often as stocks of stamps produced during the late Queen’s reign are used.
From July 31, non-barcoded definitive stamps were declared no longer valid however customers unable to use the old-style design minus the barcode can exchange them through Royal Mail’s Swap Out scheme.
The Swap Out scheme, which opened on March 21 allows customers to send unused stamps via a Freepost address and receive new ones with the additional technology in their place.
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