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Alfred's Serif Users' Forums → Mathematics & Science → United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps
Royal Mail has issued some more barcoded postage stamps.
https://shop.royalmail.com/barcoded-nvis-stamp-set
I notice that the colour of the 2nd class one is different from the colour of the original 2nd class one that was issued in 2021.
https://shop.royalmail.com/machin-2nd-c … mint-stamp
Some of the 2021 Christmas stamps had barcodes.
https://shop.royalmail.com/christmas-2021-postcards
William
Royal Mail Mailmark barcode definition document (September 2015, PDF)
I notice that the colour of the 2nd class one is different from the colour of the original 2nd class one that was issued in 2021.
This next is partly from memory, so may not be all correct .
UK postage stamps to the basic standard, non-commemorative, all used to say "postage paid" and the amount. This was before 1st and 2nd class, printed instead without the amounts, but including 1st and 2nd.
When the price paid changed (always upwards) the base colour of the stamp changed.
I understand that in recent years, not sure about now, even when the price changed, the stamps were accepted for the indicated delivery rate.
I have just found this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uMx69Y9O3I
I don't know which chanel it was on.
William
I don't know which chanel it was on.
No. 5, perhaps?
My wife's favourite.
William wrote:I don't know which chanel it was on.
No. 5, perhaps?
My wife's favourite.
Ah, it is apparently BBC Breakfast. Full screen shows BBC on the red mug.
The word Breakfast is on the computers and there is a mark that may well be BBC but I cannot make it out.
William
I don't know which [channel] it was on.
Ooh, tricky one! 
Well, yes, I was just about to post that BBC Breakfast appears on screen for a very short period at the very start of the video.
The still image in your post makes it look far more obvious than it is in the video.
William
Ah, it is apparently BBC Breakfast. Full screen shows BBC on the red mug.
The word Breakfast is on the computers and there is a mark that may well be BBC but I cannot make it out.
William
You posted while I was composing my previous reply. Anyway, the mark above the word ‘Breakfast’ is indeed the BBC logo.
Well, yes, I was just about to post that BBC Breakfast appears on screen for a very short period at the very start of the video.
The still image in your post makes it look far more obvious than it is in the video.
William
The mugs and laptop lids are clearly visible for half a minute from about eight seconds after the start of the video.
The still image in your post makes it look far more obvious than it is in the video.
For a video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uMx69Y9O3Ithere are thumbnail images at (inter alia):
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uMx69Y9O3I/hq1.jpghttps://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uMx69Y9O3I/hq2.jpghttps://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uMx69Y9O3I/hq3.jpgand
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uMx69Y9O3I/hqdefault.jpgthere 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/hq1.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uMx69Y9O3I/maxres1.jpg
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.
I wonder if it is no coincidence that a sheep is being used to publicise barcodes. 
William
I wonder if it is no coincidence that a sheep is being used to publicise barcodes.
William
LOL, William! (I have to confess that it took me half a minute to decipher the reference.)
William
Thank you.
Looking at
https://shop.royalmail.com/barcoded-nvis-stamp-set
is that a type 29 barcode or a new format?
William
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
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
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? 
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