Runs these days start not with a queue of people lining up to withdraw cash but with clicks of a computer to transfer money abroad or to buy bonds, shares or other assets.

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Last year saw queues around the block as the sale prepared to open, with one woman at the head of the queue spending four days camping to ensure she got her hands on her favourite postcard.

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One queue for Queue formed roughly four days before sales began, he said.

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