As we enter Advent the Hytech machines at Camden Pop-Up shop have a updated ‘Date identifier’ – with the Text String ‘rolling over’ to ‘ADGB12’ on the 1st of December. See post below for detail of the Hytech ‘Next generation’ Text String. Originally the Text String was ANGB12 and now is ADGB12. This means […]

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.  

View Post and Go Locations in the UK in a full screen map. View

View Post and Go Locations in the UK in a full screen map. View

    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 […]

It appears that Post Office Ltd have been looking at ways of improving the “customer journey” when a “Certificate of Posting” is required when using the Post and Go machines in a Post Office. In most cases you have to visit the ‘Fastdrop’ counter and have the barcode added (Where required) and  CoP datestamped.  In […]