Fake UK stamps blamed on Chinese-made counterfeits
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People are unknowingly buying fakes from Chinese firms through online marketplaces, reports suggest.

Reports suggest a rise in complaints that stamps bought from legitimate stores are being deemed counterfeit. Anyone who receives a letter with a fake stamp is charged £5 by Royal Mail.

Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith told BBC Breakfast: “China is behind it.”

A Royal Mail spokesman said: “We are working hard to remove counterfeit stamps from circulation.”

Consumers are being warned to look out for strange perforations around the edge of a stamp, a shine to the surface or the colour looking off.

  • GreatAlbatrossMAEnglish
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    8 months ago

    All that effort to roll out barcoded stamps was well worth it then.

    I would assume that the barcodes makes it far easier to find fakes. Unless they’re just simple serials, in which case they’re a bit boned.