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From: Tim Merrigan <tppm@rr.ca.com>
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Subject: Re: Things I never thought would disappear
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 05:10:59 -0700
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On 10/11/2024 3:58 AM, Paul Dormer wrote:
> In article <95lggjdsbkjgknic0e49dodeemhq3je3qc@4ax.com>,
> jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid (Joy Beeson) wrote:
> 
>> Definitive stamps that allowed one to mail a letter without affixing
>> an opinion.  I didn't even know that plain, ordinary not-special
>> stamps *had* a name.
> 
> Default stamps in the UK just have the monarch's head on them.  There are
> commemorative stamps but you can still get the plain ones.  King Charles
> started appearing on stamps last year.

Most of the generic American first class stamps I've seen for the last 
few decades have had American flags on them.  They change the design 
slightly when the postage rates change.

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