Editing Training stamp (section)

== United Kingdom ==
Stamps used for training postal workers in the United Kingdom are usually normal postage or other stamps, including television license and [[National Insurance (United Kingdom)|national insurance]] stamps (when they were in use), obliterated with two vertical or horizontal bars to prevent genuine use, though other forms of cancellation have been used such as [[Overprint|overprinting]] or rubber stamps. They have frequently found their way into the hands of collectors. Early examples were properly printed with bars but more recent examples tend to simply be crossed through with a black marker pen. A range of cancelled or voided paper money, cheques, [[postal order]]s, credit cards and [[horizon label]]s are also used to train workers which takes place at counter training schools (CTOs). Before [[Decimal Day|decimalisation]] in 1971, post offices were issued with very simple training stamps in the same colours as the upcoming decimal stamps.<ref>"Another view" by Douglas Myall in ''[[British Philatelic Bulletin]]'', Vol. 51, No. 5, January 2014, pp. 149-151.</ref>

=== Gallery of British training stamps===
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File:Britishtrainingstamp.jpg|A British training stamp overprinted with vertical bars to prevent genuine postal use
File:3 pence British Wilding series training stamp c. 1954.jpg|A 3d [[Wilding series]] training stamp, 1954 or later
File:British decimalisation training stamps in blocks.JPG|British decimalisation training stamps in the same colours and values as the upcoming decimal stamps
File:British 4p decimalisation training stamp.JPG|The 4p stamp from the decimalisation series. The stamps had no real postal value.
File:Part sheet of 10p British stamps cancelled for training purposes.JPG|Part sheet of cancelled 10p [[Machin series]] stamps
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