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Another group are stamps for services like heavier letters and small parcels, where the price depends on the weight. These show the type of service and the price. Originally, they only showed a security print on their left side and a "post by" date (for posting no later than the day after issue) and
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Those with service inscriptions and without an explicitly imprinted value exist for a variety of postal services such as letters and postcards of the lowest weight steps to be sent First Class Mail, Second Class Mail, or Air Mail. They can be printed both on labels bearing the so-called Machin head
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in April 2004 in three selected Post Offices. While the machines catered for a range of different mail categories, the apparent complexity and relative slowness deterred customers. Post and Go machines from three suppliers (IBM, Fujitsu, and Pitney-Bowes) trialled in 2007 in nine locations, and in
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since 2015. Jersey has issued stamps showing the country's flag as well as a set showing protected animals, while all stamps of Guernsey and Gibraltar show their flag. The stamps of Qatar show the country's coat of arms.
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An overprint code in the lower left corner of the stamps allows to trace their origin, since the first six figures in the code correspond to the vending machine from which the stamps were sold.
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Post & Go stamps with extra inscriptions have been issued on occasion of various philatelic events, and also for selected institutions.
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are only printed on labels with the Machin head design, do not show a "post by" date and are treated as any other postage stamps.
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The large number of possible combinations of service types, designs, and additional inscriptions pose challenges to collectors.
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2008 these machines were replaced by Nixdorf machines, and 700 machines were rolled-out nationwide.
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Pictorial designs of Post & Go stamps of the United Kingdom include until now (2015) the
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The first Nixdorf Post & Go machines were installed in The Galleries,
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were not supposed to be cancelled (this in line with the usage of
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variable rate postage stamps
stamp vending machines
Royal Mail
United Kingdom
Jersey Post
Guernsey Post
Royal Gibraltar Post Office
Q-Post
Royal Mail
Post Office Ltd
Bristol
Sunderland
South Shields
Queen Elizabeth II
Horizon labels
Union Flag
heraldic beasts
Jersey
Guernsey
Gibraltar
Qatar
"Royal Mail Post & Go News"
"IntelligentAR Post and Go"
"Post and Go Check List"
"Postage Labels Of The UK"
"Post and Go Machine Replacements, Autumn 2008"
"Post & Go Installation and Go-Live Schedule~Initial [sic] Phase"
"Jersey Post & Go Faststamps - Jersey & Union Flags - FS1JE"
the original
"Jersey Post & Go Faststamps - Protected Species - FS2JE"

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