On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 19:52:06 UTC, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Will wrote:
I can't for the life of me see how the stamp values relate to any
usefulness based on the cost of sending a letter. But there must be
some sort of conection like this.

Stamps are added to a postal order to give an exact amount - not just used
for postage.

Not any more, they aren't.

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