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How crooks avoid paying for postage - the video

6/13/2015

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Every modern British definitive stamp has lots of security features to prevent re-use and fraud. They have special keyhole slits, coded printing and special paper which falls apart in water. But, as crooks and philatelists are aware, it's the easiest thing in the world to reuse the stamps illegally. Because the Post Office doesn't cancel stamps properly, it is letting crooks get away with this. The video shows exactly how it's done.

see also - British first day covers - are they a good investment?
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    Jack Shamash is a top journalist who writes for The Times, The Guardian, The Independent as well as various stamp magazines. He is a member of the Royal Philatelic Society London and the author of the book George V's Obsession - A King and His Stamps.

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