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Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps

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”.

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Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps

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

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Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps

https://www.allaboutstamps.co.uk/news/d … -barcodes/

William

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Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps

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

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Re: United Kingdom Barcoded postage stamps

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