more on tuppence

[pam_scruton]

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No: HPFGUIDX C6693
From: pam_scruton
Subject: Re: more on tuppence
Reply To: [Yahoo! #6691] Re: more on tuppence
Date: 8/12/00 5:42 am  (ET)

I have in my possession letters dating from the 1950s in envelopes
bearing twopenny (pronounced tuppenny) stamps. Predecimalisation (ah yes,
those were the days when LSD meant something quite different from what
it does today) two pence was written 2d as opposed to decimal 2p. So I
guess that could have been the start - the price of a stamp.

That's my 26p worth (first class stamp) or 20p worth (second class stamp).