STAMP OF DISAPPROVAL

After the petrol  panic, we now have the stamp panic (aka the Stampede).  With the forthcoming large price increases, the public are flocking to their Post Offices and web sites, to purchase and stockpile first and second class stamps.   These will then be stored in safe places and be lost forever, thus giving the Royal Mail an unexpected bonus.  But what has caused this problem?  The answer:  the regulator, Ofcom.  By stopping the Royal Mail charging commercial rates over the years, when the increase has been made, it has been unusually large.  So the Stampede continues and stocks are becoming exhausted.  I’d write to Ofcom and complain, but I can’t buy a stamp anywhere.