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The New Barcoded Stamps.
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Should barcoded stamps be cancelled at the sorting office like the old stamps were?
I've received a few letters over the last two weeks and only one stamp was cancelled - the stamp had a line drawn through it with a pen (presumably done by the postie prior to putting it through my letterbox).
It made me wonder why he did this if there's no need for cancellation due to the new barcode system. Perhaps old habits die hard?
Any thoughts please? TIA. x
I've received a few letters over the last two weeks and only one stamp was cancelled - the stamp had a line drawn through it with a pen (presumably done by the postie prior to putting it through my letterbox).
It made me wonder why he did this if there's no need for cancellation due to the new barcode system. Perhaps old habits die hard?
Any thoughts please? TIA. x
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.TBH I don't know the difference between QR and barcode, jno, but the RM call them barcodes.
It would be interesting to know how it works as my OH is sceptical, he's likened it to the old tv detector vans - apparently they couldn't detect your tv (so I'm told) but back in the day we didn't know any better.
It would be interesting to know how it works as my OH is sceptical, he's likened it to the old tv detector vans - apparently they couldn't detect your tv (so I'm told) but back in the day we didn't know any better.
It's not just folk re-using the occasional stamp that's come through their door. There's a technique called 'washing' stamps, where folk 'wash' the franking mark off the stamps, then sell them on. This happens on eBay and other outlets.
The barcode is supposed to stop the possibility of this.
Hope the link works.....
https:/ /www.da ilymail .co.uk/ news/ar ticle-7 806207/ Couple- washed- 700-000 -used-s tamps-s old-Ama zon-eBa y-225-0 00-frau d.html
The barcode is supposed to stop the possibility of this.
Hope the link works.....
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Eventually we’ll be able to pay to send extra messages and videos using the bar codes.
As if we don’t have enough devices already for doing that!
https:/ /www.bb c.co.uk /newsro und/602 01018
As if we don’t have enough devices already for doing that!
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You're all ignoring the really important aspect of barcoded stamps: Shaun the Sheep!
https:/ /www.bb c.co.uk /newsro und/602 01018
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Washing stamps is nothing new. Here's an article outlining it from 1998....
https:/ /www.in depende nt.co.u k/news/ million s-lost- in-mass ive-sta mp-frau d-11790 29.html
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