<![CDATA[Alfred's Serif Users' Forums — United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?id=33 Tue, 08 Feb 2022 11:34:25 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=559#p559 An interesting thing about the phasing out of non-barcoded stamps (except for special issue stamps other than Christmas stamps) is that everyday stamps and Christmas stamps are to be barcoded, and so 2022 will likely have a mix of the new barcoded stamps and the obsolescent non-barcoded stamps. Yet all of the 2022 Christmas stamps will be barcoded, so that is likely to be when consumers are likely to experience barcoded stamps a lot. So the phasing out of non-barcoded everyday stamps being at the end of January 2023 is an elegant timing.

William

]]> Tue, 08 Feb 2022 11:34:25 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=559#p559 <![CDATA[Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=536#p536 Regarding the Royal Mail app that is being advertised.

https://www.royalmail.com/sending/barcoded-stamps

https://www.royalmail.com/sending/barcode-stamps/videos

I don't usually use a smartphone or a tablet computer, but I have a basic smartphone, an IMO Q2 smartphone and a 7 inch Archos tablet, both of which use Android, and I got the smartphone to experience using the smartphone and the Archos tablet as a back up for ordering grocery and to learn about tablets.

So to have a go at trying to get the Royal Mail app working I first need to charge the batteries on the devices and to relearn how to use them.

Has anyone tried downloading the Royal Mail app please?

If so, did you get it working?

If so, can the Shaun the Sheep video be accessed by using the computer screen image of one of the four new barcoded stamps or does one need to use a real postage stamp to get it to work?

William

]]> Mon, 07 Feb 2022 12:24:03 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=536#p536 <![CDATA[Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=525#p525 https://www.allaboutstamps.co.uk/news/d … -barcodes/

William

]]> Mon, 07 Feb 2022 08:24:14 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=525#p525 <![CDATA[Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=497#p497 Alfred wrote:
William wrote:

Looking at

https://shop.royalmail.com/barcoded-nvis-stamp-set

is that a type 29 barcode or a new format?

William

It fits the spec for Type 29 (16 x 48 modules). What makes you wonder whether it might be a new format? https://punster.me/images/unsure.gif

I don't quite know, a combination of dfferences of size, orientation, colour, display size on the computer screen, having seen a black and white one printed on an envelope, and not knowing at the time that it is based on an ISO standard and not some Royal Mail proprietary format, and an underlying cautious approach such that I do not say "oh oh oh they must be the same".

William

]]> Sun, 06 Feb 2022 13:25:58 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=497#p497 <![CDATA[Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=486#p486 William wrote:

I have found the following.

http://aisukltd.com/barcode-verificatio … -barcodes/

I have not read or understood it all yet, but I include the link as it may be that the barcode on the stamps is a particular application of a barcode type that is defined in an international standard.

Wlliam

The Mailmark definition document that I linked to earlier refers to “Data Matrix type ECC200 as defined in ISO/IEC 16022”.

]]> Sun, 06 Feb 2022 11:34:50 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=486#p486 <![CDATA[Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=485#p485 William wrote:

Looking at

https://shop.royalmail.com/barcoded-nvis-stamp-set

is that a type 29 barcode or a new format?

William

It fits the spec for Type 29 (16 x 48 modules). What makes you wonder whether it might be a new format? https://punster.me/images/unsure.gif

]]> Sun, 06 Feb 2022 11:31:04 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=485#p485 <![CDATA[Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=484#p484 I have found the following.

https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso … ed-2:v1:en

Only a part is available free but I mention the link in case it might be helpful.

I have not studied it yet.

William

]]> Sun, 06 Feb 2022 11:17:07 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=484#p484 <![CDATA[Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=483#p483 I have found the following.

http://aisukltd.com/barcode-verificatio … -barcodes/

I have not read or understood it all yet, but I include the link as it may be that the barcode on the stamps is a particular application of a barcode type that is defined in an international standard.

Wlliam

]]> Sun, 06 Feb 2022 11:13:27 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=483#p483 <![CDATA[Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=482#p482 Alfred wrote:

Royal Mail Mailmark barcode definition document (September 2015, PDF)

Thank you.

Looking at

https://shop.royalmail.com/barcoded-nvis-stamp-set

is that a type 29 barcode or a new format?

William

]]> Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:52:13 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=482#p482 <![CDATA[Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=468#p468 big_smile

William

]]> Sat, 05 Feb 2022 18:09:53 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=468#p468 <![CDATA[Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=467#p467 William wrote:

I wonder if it is no coincidence that a sheep is being used to publicise barcodes. smile

William

LOL, William! (I have to confess that it took me half a minute to decipher the reference.)

]]> Sat, 05 Feb 2022 17:53:40 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=467#p467 <![CDATA[Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=466#p466 I wonder if it is no coincidence that a sheep is being used to publicise barcodes. smile

William

]]> Sat, 05 Feb 2022 17:15:41 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=466#p466 <![CDATA[Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=444#p444 My wife and I watch BBC Breakfast every day and I had no need to look for logos on mugs etc. It's a very good programme, informative and entertaining with just about the right amount of banter. It tackles serious issues as well as lighthearted stuff, they interview pop stars, actors and review TV programmes, and not just BBC programmes.

]]> Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:14:43 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=444#p444 <![CDATA[Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=443#p443 Alfred wrote:

there are thumbnail images at (inter alia): ...

The HQ images are somewhere between the two extremes:


https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uMx69Y9O3I/1.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uMx69Y9O3I/1.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uMx69Y9O3I/hq1.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uMx69Y9O3I/hq1.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uMx69Y9O3I/maxres1.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uMx69Y9O3I/maxres1.jpg
]]> Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:20:16 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=443#p443 <![CDATA[Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=442#p442 William wrote:

The still image in your post makes it look far more obvious than it is in the video.

https://punster.me/images/tip.gif For a video at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uMx69Y9O3I

there are thumbnail images at (inter alia):

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uMx69Y9O3I/hq1.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uMx69Y9O3I/hq2.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uMx69Y9O3I/hq3.jpg

and

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uMx69Y9O3I/hqdefault.jpg
]]> Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:09:22 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=442#p442