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Re-using an un-franked postage stamp?

While browsing eBay I found a listing (several listings in fact) for batches of un-franked postage stamps - from letters that have been through the postal system but have no visible cancellation sign...

Jemisa

Midnight...

This man went out with the boys, and told his wife that he'd be home by midnight. At around 3 AM, drunk as a skunk, he headed for home. Just as he got in the door, the cuckoo clock in the hall started...

daisymay

Cuckoo

I heard my first Cuckoo yesterday. Is that early?

wazzock

If Humans Were To Exist On A Planet The Size Of Jupiter, And They Were To The Same Scale As We Are With Earth, How Tall Would They Be?

My mind was wandering this morning and this thought popped in to my head for no apparent reason, so thought I'd see if anyone had an answer, just out of curiosity.

Caribeing

Most Annoying Person On Telly

Who annoys you most on telly, I go for Alex Jones ( One Show) Davina Mc Call, Nick Knowles.

denby04

Express Big One

Cofirmation please. 2 down: Part of a violin, guitar etc that bears the fingerboard (4) N?C? (is it as easy as "neck") 19 across: Prophetic book of the old testament foretelling the...

misdeal

25A -German City Lying Between Dusseldorf And The Dutch Border

25A -german city lying between dusseldorf and the dutch border(15) -o-c-e-g-a-b-c- 3D - .... gas, a bose, fermi or maxwell-Boltzmann gas(5) p - e l...

paross

Daily Xpress Big Monday Xword

Hi :-) Stuck on last one. 31A Internet forum on which subscribers exchange emails on a topic of mutual interest? N**S**O*P...

claybury

Norse Goddess

Norse Goddesses ruling the fate of Gods and men in Norse Mythology.6 down. 5 letters N - R - S. THANKS FOR ANY HELP

Khal6

Prize Crossword

33A) Red, berry-like fruit of a perennial flowering plant, used in syrup (7) R _ S _ H _ P 39A) A shade of deep blue close to purple (5) AZURE? Thanks!...

Amber-Sum

Daily Express

hi everyone I am stuck on two this week. 1a italian musical direction: (to be played very fast) 6 letters: a??s?o 35d thick brown salty paste made from femented soya beans, used in Japanese cookery...

Ray Sharpe

Mos

20D 5 Letters D - I - M Theistic belief system of Hobbes, Locke & Hulme...

Amber-Sum

Big Monday

14 d first ot the 12 minor prophetic books of the Old Testament, attributed to the son of Beer. 5 letters. ?o??a 18d English playwright whose latest work is 2012's People. 2 words 4,7 ??a? ?e??e?t...

FredPuli43

He's toast.

Where does the expression 'he's toast' come from? Is it recent? Toast is edible, though it is but bread heated and browned; it has its uses, so what is the idea behind the expression?

minitcm

Mondays Express

Secret language used by children, in which the initial consonants of words are transposed to the end and followed by "-ay" (3,5 letters)...

keggy

mos

25a subset of the lesser antilles ?i?d?a?d ?s?a?d? 42a god of fruitfulness in norse mythology ?r?y?...

hunstanton

PRIZE XWORD

5D River which flows through Rome meeting the sea at Ostia ? (5) T?B?R 42a Vulpine creature native to the northern polar region (6,3) ARCTIC ?O?...

bob561941

The Mail on Sunday Prize Crossword 1554 Sunday August 19th 2012

8a Doc ?????? pulp character in stories by lester dent 14a Device used to push the projectile up to the gunpowder in early firearms ?????? 17a David ?g?e? Stiers who played Winchester in MASH on TV...

keggy

mos

mos prize crossword 7d straight line which a plane curve tends towards, only meeting it at infinity a?y?p?o?e...

Gr8Dane

Help please

Derogatory word for non magical people in Harry Potter books (7) M*G*L** Metropolitan county in NW England (10) *E***X*I*E...

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