At Spring Stampex 2013 , the continuing development of the Post and Go machines became very evident. Not only were the Post and Go machines for the first time located away from Royal Mail’s main stand, the offering of Instant Smilers via the Post and Go machines signals the ‘independence’ of the Post and Go […]

With thanks to John McCallum via http://pmechuk.blogspot.co.uk/and a correspondent from Australia, the first DIY Post and Go stamps have been reported. These are likely to have originated from someone who has illegally obtained ‘Blank’ (unprinted) Post and Go stamps and attempted to overprint them to look ‘real’. (although the Post Office in Devon appears to have accepted these as valid). […]

In a new venture for Post Office and Royal Mail, a totally new type of Post Office (Similar to ‘Pop- Up Shops’ previously seen in shopping malls up and down the country at the lead up to Christmas)  opened last week in the very busy Camden Market,  London NW1. This new branch is called ‘Camden […]

Today the Christmas 2012 Re-issue of the Post and Go Robins have started to appear in Post Office Branches. They have, for the first time for Post and Go stamps, a in-built ‘Security code’ to identify them from the 2010 variant and the future 2013 printing.  

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    Once the Perth Exhibition at the Dewers Centre, Perth had closed its doors the Hytech Next Generation ‘Twins’, machines A1 and A2 were moved to the foyer of the Queen’s Hotel, Perth. The Overprint applied to the Union Flag and Machin head stamps did not change- but the receipt was updated to reflect […]

Royal Mail will be providing two ‘Next Generation’ Post & Go Units at Perth 2012. These units are A1 and A2 and had their debut at Autumn Stampex in September 2012. The units have a card payment terminal and take card payments only. The units are standalone in that they only need a power socket to be active, and are designed to self serve. The screen angle can be adjusted and there is even a hook for bags / umbrellas etc.
In operation all activity is via a simple touch screen menu where a variety of stamp combinations can be purchased.
Each unit has three reels, made up of two stamp vending reels and a large receipt reel.
Each stamp purchased is vended with a unique number and optionally an overprint, depending on the reel chosen. Stamp reels may change during the course of an exhibition. One of the machines will use the unique overprint available only at Perth:
PERTH 2012
19-22 OCTOBER
The stamps to be used are the Union Flag and Machin head.
Collectors may purchase individual stamps via on screen buttons or use the ‘Collectors Strip’ buttons to print all six price variants of the stamps on each reel.
Multiple purchases can be made in the same session, each purchase can have multiple quantities.
Each individual purchase receives its own receipt. An overall receipt and a credit card receipt are also printed.

For Autumn Stampex 2012 , Royal Mail unveiled its new ‘Hytech V2’ Hytech Post and Go kiosks. These are the culmination of the various trial and tests carried out over the last four shows has resulted in a new design of kiosk that can be deployed to various locations- shows etc. The kiosks were sited […]

Royal Mail have confirmed that they have completed their trials of Hytech Self-Service equipment and will now introduce a updated and improved set of Hytech equipment. The new machines will include for the first time a ‘fixed’ machine identifier which will link to a ‘series type’ for example  the ‘A’ Series will be self-service. This […]

  I have had many messages regarding what was available from Spring Stampex 2012. Certainly the Royal Mail stand appeared to be doing a brisk trade in Postage Labels from the now ‘standard’ configuration of two self-service machines  (Back in their ‘February’ configuration of  Nos.21 and 22) and two ‘back office’ machines (Nos 23 and […]