Re: Now Tell the Truth.....Would You?
Originally Posted by
Xandra
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As a regular stamp re-user I really dislike those post persons who put a line through an unfranked stamp. Fortunately most don't bother.
I too was a Postman in the UK (London SW1) in about 1975 and I can assure you I never put a line through any unfranked stamp.
Also in those days if you put a stamp in the upper left or lower right corner of the envelope the franking machine on the facing table couldn't reach it. They were supposed to be hand stamped but there was far too much mail to bother with that the envelope was alway faced with the address readable for sorting, bugger where the stamp was.
What happens nowadays with automatic sorting I can't say, perhaps the machines are much cleverer.