[joglynne]

I changed quite few old style stamps, mainly 1st class (ordinary and large) and some quite old, they were all replaced like for like in under a week at no charge.

I still have a few 2nd class Christmas stamps but not enough to cover my needs so I am planning to buy a load before the price goes up which will save enough money to satisfy my efforts to keep as much in my bank account as possible over the coming months. I'll put a Christmas sticker on the backs of the envelopes of my Christmas letters/cards to keep then looking a tad festive.

Worth sending in any stamps that are due to be relaced by the barcode versions as they will return any that aren't accepted. I don'r think there were any restrictions when I changed mine in early Februrary but at least you will have tried and not just thrown your money away.