Post forwarding service after moving house?

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Forwarding mail to UK

We are returning to the UK after six years in France. Various reasons – family, social/cultural and medical. Details for another time. Meanwhile, trying to sort out mail forwarding. We won’t have a permanent address for some weeks [initially Adagio Aparthotel in Liverpool while flat-huntin] and it doesn’t look as though La Poste can switch addresses once I have set up forwarding. I can set up a UK address with Maildroppers or Mailbox-etc, but if I give that address to La Poste I will be paying for it – and having to collect from it – long after moving in. My solution is to give a reliable friend here in France a collection of pre-stamped envelopes [both C5/C4] with address labels – initially for the Aparthotel. Then when we find somewhere, send him a sheet of labels with our new address. Question: assuming 2 or three letters in each envelope, what price stamps do I put on them? I can’t remember the last time I sent a physical letter to the UK. If anyone has a better idea, please l…