Is a stamp legal tender in the uk?

that’s bloody ridiculous.

No, I’m afraid only coins and notes issued by the Bank of England or the Bank of Scotland are legal tender in the UK. Stamps have changed in recent years, whereas they used to have a monetary value attached to them i.e. 32p they now only bear the 1st Class or 2nd Class symbol.

Thanks :) more help full than the first answer

Haha, sorry. But no, it definitely isn’t. I’d be damn annoyed if someone paid me in stamps for something. They might as well pay me in something useful like toothbrushes as people don’t even use stamps so much anymore. You can refuse scottish notes in England, ” however, general agreement between banks within the United Kingdom is to treat all notes as legal tender ” so yeah, notes and coins are the only kind of legal tender in the UK, you can refuse anything else.

@ninahenry I have a had a few shops refuse Scottish money in the past, it’s a bit annoying.

@RareDenver I don’t know why people do it (I didn’t when I was given it) but legally, they can.

well to be honest I didn’t think you could but someone told me once because it has the queens head on it if you were short 30 pence or something and had a stamp you could use that and the shop couldn’t refuse. And I did think how ridiculous it was my self at the time but other people have mentioned it since and id thought I’d just be sure and clear that up for them :)

@fallengrace that doesn’t happen, maybe it did for those people, but you can’t pay for things with stamps.

once you could cash stamps in at the Post office i believe, but no longer