Rush is on at East Lancashire Post Offices before stamps price hike (From Lancashire Telegraph)
Rush is on at East Lancashire Post Offices before stamps price hike
9:09am Friday 27th April 2012 in Business by Dan Clough, Reporter
RISING COST Stamps to go up by 14p on Monday
POST Offices in East Lancashire say they have coped with a huge increase in demand for stamps ahead of a 14p a stamp price increase.
Royal Mail will increase the price of first class stamps from 46p to 60p, with second class stamps rising from 36p to 50p on Monday.
Post offices said people across the region have been stocking up on the stamps while they are still at the lower price.
but they are still preparing themselves for a late surge in sales.
Secretary of the Central Lancashire branch of the National Federation of SubPostmasters Peter Harrison, who owns Coal Clough Lane Post Office in Burnley, said: “There has been a big demand.
“People are wanting to get ahead and stock up on stamps. I am unaware of any problems faced by Post Offices getting stamps, and we certainly haven’t had any.”
other increases announced will see a first class stamp for a large letter up to 100g rising from 75p to 90p, second class goes from 58p to 69p, and there will be an increase in parcels, franked mail, recorded post, redirection services and PO Box use.
Postmaster at Parkfield Post Office, Nelson, Mohammad Arshad, said: “We have had a lot of rush but we planned in advance. Things are starting to calm down now.”
a spokesman for Great Harwood Post Office said: “It has been steady really over the past couple of weeks, although people have been buying more in bulk.”
Stephen Spencer, postmaster at Todmorden Post Office, said: “It is the same every year except this year there has been more publicity than usual.
“We made sure we had more ordered in.
“I am sure some places will have been affected but we have enough stamps in to see us through.”
