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Y'all probably already know that the Royal Mail, in their infinite wisdom, are replacing the current range of (non special issue) stamps with ones that are bar-coded.
You can still use the current 1st and 2nd class stamps etc until 31st January 2023, at which point they'll be no longer valid.

If you've been buying up stamps to avoid the regular price increases (like me!) you've probably got a lot hanging around, and far more than you're possibly going to use by next January.
So there's a "Swap Out" scheme - download and fill out a form, then send it off to the Royal Mail at a Freepost address.
You don't have to do it now, you can do it later in the year if you want.

I've decided to swap out about 80% of my hoard now, to get it done, and I'll probably make a second claim sometime around next Xmas for any still left over.
You can find the details here:
https://www.royalmail.com/sending/barco ... ODEDSTAMPS
https://www.royalmail.com/sites/royalma ... 022-v2.pdf
(They've stuck the prices up from today, so you use the new rates when calculating the value of the stamps you're sending off)
https://www.royalmail.com/sites/royalma ... pounds.pdf

And if you can't be bothered with any of the above, there's always the explanatory Shaun the Sheep video - if you can work out how to access it!!