Can you use First class stamps to post a letter outside the UK? ?

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Caz

yes but you will need to make sure it is going to somewhere that accepts them too
check at your post office

Chevelle

im in America, and I have gotten packages or letters that have stamps from the UK.

mike1942f

No, unless the EU allows something, the stamps on posted letters havve to match the country in which they are posted. Years ago, my wife and I exchanged letters between Italy and Thailand while she traveled in Italy and I was in the Army and she wrote via UPO and Italian mail and the american air letters she carried from the states could not be mailed in Italy - she would have had to get Italian air letters (and actually sent postcards, buying postage for them.)

SteveT

Do you mean "to post a letter to a destination outside the UK" or "to post a letter from a place outside the UK"?

Theoretically, you shouldn't use UK first class stamps for the former, unless they show their prices (ie not part of a book of stamps) and the total of the stamps comes to or is in excess of the correct fee. However, by concession, letters are usually delivered even if this is not the case.

However, you certainly shouldn't use UK stamps if you meant the latter of the two

alphameega

Poviding the letter meets size & weight regulations. Best to get the letter weighed at post office.

lecl.4eva

yeah, but it's gonna cost you money. the more stamps you put on the less it will cost :)

bighazeleyes.no1

Yes, you can, I think. Yeah I have. If in doubt, ask your local post office.

Baz

Yes! you can use first class stamps to post your mail any were.

Col

Question seems somewhat anbiguous ! You cannot stick on UK stamps to post if you are in a country outwith the UK . You CAN stick on 1st Class stamps to post from the UK to another country. A first class stamp has a faced value of 36 pence .If you post a post card to Europe or anywhere in the World sick on 2 stamps ( face value 72 pence ) . Same for a normal letter to Europe but for outside Europe and more than 10 grammes stick on 3 stamps ! First or Second Class only applies to articles posted to places in the UK Other places in EU including Spain they are sent AIRMAIL - even Southern Ireland !

emmachristina08

Everyone seems to be saying yes, but everytime Ive had to send something abroad ive had to have it airmailed.

Darjeeling Snow

Well, if you mean can you mail a letter with UK stamps if you are not in the UK ....but, in another country....the answer is no: you must purchase and use the stamps of the country where you are posting the letter.....otherwise, how would their post office department be properly paid for their services ???

RichB

You can use UK First Class and Second Class stamps as part payment on letters posted from the UK TO other countries.

However, you can't use UK stamps on letters that you intend to post FROM a country other than the UK. You would have to use stamps issued by that country.

Sugar_456

Yes, you will need to put 3x first class stamps on there for a normal sized letter

jessica_rabbit2701

that's so weird i tried to post a package to my auntie in spain by first class, i felt like a right blonde when she said 'we don't do first class for sending stuff over seas just air mail'

Marty74

yes of course you can... what else would you use?

Aaron F

I believe so, though I am not possitive

Joel M

i believe so but not outside of europe

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