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RE: Postage stamps going up in April - Farendwoman - 31-07-2023
(31-07-2023, 06:06 PM)Veggie Wrote: I have noticed that some of the new barcoded stamps are also arriving unfranked.Yes …. I got an unfranked new barcodes one today!End of one era and the beginning of another.
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - Veggie - 31-07-2023
(31-07-2023, 06:31 PM)JJB Wrote: Ah but do the barcoded stamps get recorded on a computer so are voided?Don't know but somebody I know (Ok it was me) has reused one.
I thought the barcodes were going to play music - like Happy Birthday or Merry ...........mas.
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - JJB - 31-07-2023
(31-07-2023, 07:50 PM)Veggie Wrote:Yep I read that you could send music or something encoded within the barcode but heaven only knows how.(31-07-2023, 06:31 PM)JJB Wrote: Ah but do the barcoded stamps get recorded on a computer so are voided?Don't know but somebody I know (Ok it was me) has reused one.
I thought the barcodes were going to play music - like Happy Birthday or Merry ...........mas.
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - Veggie - 31-07-2023
............how or why!! Gimmick.
I wonder what tune would be appropriate on a seed swap envelope?
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - Small chilli - 01-08-2023
It would have to be, Return to sender by Elvis . Or a good song
that’s not related to letters at all
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - JJB - 01-08-2023
"Rain drops keep falling on my head"
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - Moth - 01-08-2023
Royal Mail now apparently uses an UV franking system that can detect re-used stamps.
https://www.scotsman.com/business/how-the-royal-mail-has-stamp-scrooges-licked-this-christmas-1436508
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - Veggie - 01-08-2023
Thanks Moth, even though its not good news!
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - Mark_Riga - 01-08-2023
That article was from 2017 so not about the new stamps. I looked at a book of 4 we have and the barcodes on each stamp is different so I expect they can tell from that if a stamp is being reused.
RE: Postage stamps going up in April - Veggie - 01-08-2023
If that was the system in 2017, it wasn't very good.