Continuing from the Gold Machin Horizon Trial Postage Label FDC that fetched £95.54 related items are continuing to break all records for prices realised at auction for ‘recent’ philatelic items- demonstrating  the enormous interest in ATM Philately items. Yesterday (18th July 2009) a ‘First Day Cover’ of the new ‘Smartstamp’ Style Post and Go label […]

High Street, Camden Town Post And Go has been confirmed as now gone-live with a first day of 16th July. A full updated list of all existing installations and projected one will appear here soon, including the latest ‘New Entry’ – City Of Bath Crown Office.

The August 2009 edition of Stamp Magazine has covered the  Trial of the Gold machin Horizon Postage Label  at Camden Town with a picture on the front cover and a detailed article inside! As titled ‘Shock New Machin Variety goes on trial’.

In a further quest towards a unified set of labels and to aid operational processing, Post and Go kiosks yesterday(30th June 2009) started to be upgraded to print labels that conform to the existing ‘smartstamp’ format.

A limited number of First Day Covers were produced for the new Machin Head Horizon Labels – If you wish to purchase FDC s or other items please visit my Online Shop or my Ebay pages. UPDATE- RECORDING BREAKING COVER- The above cover and similar items have commended record-breaking prices when auctioned on Ebay..  The […]

The above images show the new ‘Machin Head Horizon labels’ which are printed in sheetlets of two -each being reversed, prior to inserting into the Epson inkjet counter printer for the ‘SD’ Overprint at the pointof posting.

Commencing 8th June 2009, The UK Post Office commenced an hitherto unannounced trial of a ‘Horizon label’ incorporating a Machin head. This new label, printed by De La Rue was a gold label incorporating a new type of security slit design, described as ‘thumbnail’ .

The purpose of this trial was to establish the ‘usability’ of such labels in a busy operational environment (Camden Town High St Crown Office, London NW1) with a view to a future rollout of the new design labels to further products (This initial trial was limited to all items posted by Royal Mail Special Delivery (Either the 1pm or 9am service).

A limited number of First Day Covers were produced – If you wish to purchase FDC s or other items please visit my Online Shope or my Ebay pages.