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(31-07-2023, 06:06 PM)Veggie Wrote: I have noticed that some of the new barcoded stamps are also arriving unfranked. End of one era and the beginning of another.  Yes …. I got an unfranked new barcodes one today!
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(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.
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(31-07-2023, 07:50 PM)Veggie Wrote: (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. Yep I read that you could send music or something encoded within the barcode but heaven only knows how.
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............how or why!! Gimmick.
I wonder what tune would be appropriate on a seed swap envelope?
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It would have to be, Return to sender by Elvis . Or a good song that’s not related to letters at all
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01-08-2023, 03:35 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-08-2023, 03:35 PM by Moth.)
Royal Mail now apparently uses an UV franking system that can detect re-used stamps.
https://www.scotsman.com/business/how-th...as-1436508
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Thanks Moth, even though its not good news!
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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.
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If that was the system in 2017, it wasn't very good.
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