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If you've got old-style stamps that don't have barcodes on then you need to swap them out for free with Royal Mail in exchange for the new ones. If you try and use any old ones that you've got lying around at home, the person you're sending the letter to will end up with a surcharge to pay...

Only old Christmas stamps without barcodes can be used. Any other non-barcoded stamps aren't valid.

There's been a massive increase in counterfeit stamps being sold and attempted for use this Christmas - they look unbelievably close to the real thing, but they're really easily detected when the letters are sorted. You can also feel the difference by hand too.

Correct, the swap out scheme has no end date to it currently. Old Christmas stamps without barcodes are also still definitely valid.