An Office in Oxfordshire has been mis-supplied with ‘Welsh gold’ labels..

Further to earlier reports, I now have examples of Gold Horizon Machin Labels, issued in Kent in the BR5 postcode area, in error.

Additionally, these are of the ‘Horizon Online’ type with narrorower lettering (see below)- of which there are only about 750 Post Offices currently upgraded.

It has been reported today that a distribution of the Gold Machin Horizon Labels has taken place outside of Wales!-to some Branches in Kent – Further details to follow- in the meanwhile-check with your local PO to get some before they are withdrawn..

It has now been confirmed that the First Day of use of the Gold Horizon Labels in Wales was yesterday, April 20th 2010.

 Some branches having received their stock yesterday and all others in Wales receiving it  today.

Shown below is a FDC produced yesterday ‘machined’ (sic) into an inch of its life by the Cardiff FCT.

Please contact me if you would like to purchase a similar cover.

As suggested  in this months Stamp Magazine, It is now understood that the De La Rue printed ‘Gold Machin’ postage labels, previously trialed at ‘Camden Town High Street Crown Office’ will shortly return to use at Post Office Counters ~ This time, initially at least, the distribution of the labels will be restricted to Post Offices in Wales.
This means the overprint that will appear on the labels will be bilingual, giving rise to new varients – as there is currently two styles of overprint in use – one from the original Horizon-enabled Post Offices and the other thinner printing style of Branches that have been upgraded to ‘Horizon Online’. A further complication is that some Branches in Wales produce a ‘English’ overprint.
Additionally, unlike the Camden trial, their use will not be restricted to ‘Special Delivery’ mail and all classes of mail that currently receives a Postage Label will be eligible for a new ‘gold’ label.
UPDATED ~The distribution of the labels will commence from April 19th 2010 , giving a potential First Day of Issue of around the 20th-21st April – but no official First Day facilities will be offered by Royal Mail or the Post Office – but please contact me if you would like to buy any covers.  The labels are from a different print run than that used as Camden Town, but it remains to be see if there are any visual differences!

The distribution will be phased, meaning that branches will receive labels on different dates – there is no instruction to use them over the existing white labels so they will appear randomly.  Watch this space!

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One of the rarest of the current Horizon Postage Label Identifiers is ‘RPR’  – This is only ever used for items being returned under a “Packet Post Returns” Licence where exceptionally the sender has requested the ‘Recorded Signed For’ service – so the label only has a fixed value of 75p (74p from 5/4/10) (77p from 4/4/11).

The other oddity of note is that this service results in the item having two barcodes affixed- one for the Packet Post Return Licence service and one for the Recorded Signed-For service.

This identifier was discontinued on 17th April 2011 and replaced on 18th April 2011 by the ‘RSF’ identifier.

The full list of Wincor-Nixdorf Proposal Kiosks currently in use in the UK, along with branch addresses and their go-live date is now shown here:-

https://postagelabelsuk.com/?page_id=497

Full List of Wincor-Nixdorf ‘Propostal 2000’ “Post & Go” Kiosks

Installed in UK Post Office branches, with Go-Live (First Day) dates shown.

Phase One
Office Code	Branch Name & Address	Postcode	Number of Kiosks	Actual Go-Live date	Font Upgrade date
020511	The Galleries Branch Office13 Castle Gallery The Galleries Shopping Centre, Broadmead BRISTOL.	BS1 3XX	2+ 1 Kiosk at Phase 3	8 Oct 2008	11th Sep 2010
005343	Sunderland Branch Office 45-47 Fawcett Street SUNDERLAND.	SR1 1RR	2	11 Oct 2008
021329	South Shields Branch OfficeKepple StreetSOUTH SHIELDS.	NE33 1AA	2	13 Oct 2008
007311	Doncaster Branch Office24 Priory PlaceDONCASTER	DN1 1AA	2	14 Oct  2008
011704	Belfast Branch Office12-16 Bridge StreetBELFAST	BT1 1LT	2	14 Oct 2008	17th Sep 2010
012941	Maidstone Branch Office89 Bank StMAIDSTONE.	ME14 1SD	2	15 Oct 2008
024003	Ludgate Circus Branch Office16-18 New Bridge Street LONDON.	EC4V 6HX	1	15 Oct 2008CLOSED
002458	Old Town Essentials Post Office Premier StoreOld Town Hastings 21-22 George St HASTINGS	TN34 3EG	1	16 Oct 2008 Removed 24th Jan 2011
013201	Birmingham Branch Office1 Pinfold StBIRMINGHAM.	B2 4AA	2	16 Oct 2008	14th Sep 2010
005008	Clapham Common Branch Office161-163 High StLONDON	SW4 7ST	2	30 Oct 2008
014937	Fareham Branch Office 117 West Street FAREHAM.	PO16 0AU	2	19 Nov 2008
012311	Grimsby Branch Office 67-71 Victoria Street GRIMSBY.	DN31 1AA	2	19 Nov 2008	15th Sep 2010
002939	Reading Branch Office21-22 Market Place READING.	RG1 2DQ	2	19 Nov 2008
009323	St. Johns Branch Office 116 Albion Street LEEDS.	LS2 8LP	2	20 Nov 2008
013207	Victoria Street Branch Office Victoria Street DERBY.	DE1 1DD	2	21 Nov 2008
018937	Chichester Branch Office 10 West Street CHICHESTER.	PO19 1AB	2	23 Nov 2008
085923	Guildford Town Branch Office 173 High Street GUILDFORD.	GU1 3AJ	2	24 Nov 2008
010242	Walsall Branch Office Darwall Street WALSALL.	WS1 1AA	1	24 Nov 2008	14th Sep 2010
004904	Basingstoke Branch Office 5-7 London Street BASINGSTOKE.	RG21 7AB	2	25 Nov 2008
005946	Maidenhead Branch Office 114 High Street MAIDENHEAD.	SL6 1PT	2	29 Nov 2008

Phase Two
Office Code	Branch Name & Address	Postcode	Number of Kiosks	Actual Go-Live date
019006	Paddington (Quay) Branch OfficeUnit 6, West End Quay4 Praed Street LONDON	W2 1JE		16 Feb 2009RENUMBEREDSee 005006
005006	Paddington (Quay) Branch OfficeUnit 6, West End Quay4 Praed Street LONDON	W2 1JE			9th Sep 2010
010549	Yeovil Branch Office King George  Street YEOVIL	BA20 1PZ		04 Mar 2009
010925	Ashford Branch Office Tufton  Street ASHFORD	TN23 1AA		05 Mar 2009
003912	Horsham Branch Office15 CarfaxHORSHAM	RH12 1ER		11 Mar 2009
005912	Haywards Heath Branch Office Unit 5-6,The OrchardsHAYWARDS HEATH	RH16 3XX		26 Mar 2009
003948	Five Ways Branch Office 18 Grosvenor  Road TUNBRIDGE WELLS	TN1 2AD		27 Mar 2009
007900	Farnham Branch Office107 West StreetFARNHAM.	GU9 7PJ		28 Mar 2009
004948	Sevenoaks Branch Office South  Park SEVENOAKS	TN13 1AA		31 Mar 2009
006925	Hastings Branch Office 16 Cambridge  Road HASTINGS	TN34 1AA		16 April 2009
242007	Ludgate Circus Post & Go2a Tudor StreetLONDON	EC4Y 0AA		21 April 2009	8th Sept 2010 (Kiosk 4 Only)
022511	Nailsea Branch Office Crown Glass  Place Nailsea BRISTOL	BS48 1RA		30 April 2009
008104	Basildon Branch Office 25 East  Square BASILDON	SS14 1AA		01 May 2009
011309	Darlington Branch Office Crown  Street DARLINGTON	DL1 1AB		11 May 2009
003422	Manchester Branch Office 26 Spring  Gardens MANCHESTER	M2 1BB		12 May 2009
017246	Solihull Branch Office44c Drury  Lane SOLIHULL	B91 3AA		15 May 2009
010937	Portsmouth Branch Office Slindon  Street PORTSMOUTH	PO1 1AB		19 May 2009	10th Sep 2010
017907	Terminus Road Branch Office 143-145 Terminus  Road EASTBOURNE	BN21 3NS		22 May 2009
014130	Tower Ramparts Branch Office 29 Tower Ramparts  Centre Tavern  Street IPSWICH	IP1 3DN		16 May 2009
003824	St James Branch Office8-10 St James CentreEDINBURGH	EH1 3SR		03 June 2009	16th Sep 2010
011519	Exmouth Branch Office4-6 Chapel StreetEXMOUTH	EX8 1LU		04 Jun 2009
014004	North Finchley Branch Office751 High RoadNorth Finchley LONDON	N12 8LF		5 June 2009
009320	Halifax Branch Office Commercial  Street HALIFAX	HX1 1AD		16 June 2009
004112	Bury St Edmunds Branch Office17-18 CornhillBURY ST EDMUNDS	IP33 1AA		24 June 2009
019005	St Johns Wood Branch Office28-32 Circus RoadLONDON	NW8 6PE		25 June 2009
009005	Hampstead Branch Office79-81 Hampstead High StreetHampstead LONDON	NW3 1QL		26 June 2009
021519	City of Exeter Branch Office28 Bedford StreetEXETER	EX1 1GJ		29 June 2009	11th Sep 2010
007824	Frederick Street Branch Office40 Frederick StreetEDINBURGH	EH2 1EY		01 July 2009
005427	Southport Branch Office130c Lord StreetSOUTHPORT	PR9 0AA		06 Jul 2009
008434	Warrington Branch Office 19-21 Old Market  Place WARRINGTON	WA1 1QB		11 July 2009
041005	Camden High St Branch Office112-114 Camden High StreetLONDON	NW1 0RR		15 July 2009
014523	Gloucester Branch Office Kings  Square GLOUCESTER	GL1 1AD		21 July 2009
020005	Swiss Cottage Branch Office 18 Harben  Parade Finchley  RoadLONDON	NW3 6JU		22 July 2009
008010	Aldwych Branch Office 95 AldwychLONDON	WC2B 4JN	+ 1 Kiosk at Phase 3	24 July 2009
030003	City of London Branch Office 12 EastcheapLONDON	EC3M 1AJ		29 July 2009	9th Sep 2010(With Issues Machine 1)
002555	Truro Branch Office High  Cross TRURO	TR1 2AP		30 July 2009	11th Sep 2010
025003	Broadgate Branch Office 35 Broadgate Circle BroadgateLONDON	EC2M 2BY		03 Aug 2009
020323	Harrogate Branch Office 11 Cambridge  Road HARROGATE	HG1 1AA		06 Aug 2009	15th Sep 2010
009420	Corn Exchange Branch OfficeIndia Building Water  StreetLIVERPOOL	L2 0RR		11 Aug 2009	15th Sep 2010 (With Issues)
015820	Perth Branch Office109 South StreetPERTH	PH2 8AF		19 Aug 2009
004010	High Holborn Branch Office 181 High HolbornLONDON	WC1V 7RL		14 Aug 2009
004003	Houndsditch Branch Office 11 White Kennet  Street LONDON	E1 7BS		18 Aug 2009
028003	Old Street Branch Office 205 Old  Street LONDON	EC1V 9QN		19 Aug 2009	8th Sep 2010
002832	St. Vincent Street Branch Office 47 St. Vincent Street GLASGOW	G2 5QX		21 Aug 2009	16th Sep 2010
004552	Paignton Branch Office34 Torquay RoadPAIGNTON	TQ3 3EX		25 Aug 2009
006406	Bolton Branch Office 124 Deansgate BOLTON	BL1 1AD		03 Sept 2009
003129	Stevenage Branch Office 22-23 Westgate STEVENAGE	SG1 1QR		04 Sept 2009	13th Sep 2010
013632	Bridge  Street Branch Office 8-9 Bridge  Street NEWPORT	NP20 1AZ		15 Sep 2009
010011	Broadway Branch Office1 BroadwayLONDON	SW1H 0AX		17 Sept 2009
009140	Southend-On-Sea Branch Office 199-201 High  Street SOUTHEND-ON-SEA	SS1 1LL		18 Sept 2009	10th Sep 2010
009109	Crown Walk Branch Office17-19 Crown WalkMILTON KEYNES	MK9 3AH		18 Sep 2009	13th Sep 2010
002801	Union St Branch Office489 Union StreetABERDEEN	AB11 6AZ		18 Sept 2009
010033	St. Peters  Street Branch Office 14 St. Peters  Street ST. ALBANS	AL1 3AA		22 Sept 2009
015008	Kings Walk Branch OfficeKings Walk Shopping Centre122 Kings Road LONDON	SW3 4TR		25 Sept 2009
006009	Great Portland St Branch Office54-56 Great Portland StreetLONDON	W1W 7NE		25 Sept 2009
007023	New Malden Branch Office150 High StreetNEW MALDEN	KT3 4ER		28 Sept 2009
002840	Inverness Branch Post Office 14-16 QueensgateINVERNESS	IV1 1AX		08 Oct 2009
007432	Macclesfield Branch Office23 Castle StreetMACCLESFIELD	SK11 6AW		13 Oct 2009
010116	Colchester Branch Office 68-70 North  Hill COLCHESTER	CO1 1PX		15 Oct 2009	10th Sep 2010
015504	City of Bath Branch Office27 Northgate StreetBATH	BA1 1AJ	+ 1 Kiosk at Phase 3	16 Oct 2009
022020	Harrow Branch Post Office14 College RoadHARROW	HA1 1BE		19 Oct 2009
026611	City of Cardiff Branch Office 45-46 Queens Arcade Queen Street CARDIFF	CF10 2BY		19 Oct 2009	11th Sep 2010
003009	Baker St Branch Office111 Baker StreetLONDON	W1U 6SG		20 Oct 2009	9th Sep 2010
015010	Trafalgar Square Branch Office24-28 William IV  Street LONDON	WC2N 4DL		21 Oct 2009	9th Sep 2010
007227	Nottingham Branch Office Queen  Street NOTTINGHAM	NG1 2BN		22 Oct 2009	14th Sep 2010
008946	Windsor Branch Office 38-39 Peascod St WINDSOR	SL4 1AA		23 Oct 2009
002009	Albemarle Street Branch Office 43-44 Albemarle  Street LONDON	W1S 4DS		29 Oct 2009
006007	London Bridge Branch Office 19A Borough High Street LONDON	SE1 9SF		30 Oct 2009
002313	Durham Branch Office33 Silver StreetDURHAM	DH1 3RE		02 Nov 2009	16th Sep 2010
006134	Arndale Branch Post Office 42-44 Smiths Lane Mall The Luton Arndale  Centre LUTON	LU1 2LP		03 Nov 2009	13th Sep 2010
002014	Dartford Branch Office19 Hythe StreetDARTFORD	DA1 1AB		04 Nov 2009
008618	Hereford Branch Office14-15 St Peters StreetHEREFORD	HR1 2LE		05 Nov 2009
005349	York Branch Office 22 LendalYORK	YO1 8DA		09 Nov 2009	15th Sep 2010
009013	High St Branch Office 10 High  Street CROYDON	CR9 1HT		10 Nov 2009	10th Sep 2010
009306	Darley  Street Branch Office 38-40 Darley  Street BRADFORD	BD1 3HN		10 Nov 2009
011340	Chesterfield Branch Office1 Market PlaceCHESTERFIELD	S40 1TL		11 Nov 2009
014137	Oxford Branch Office102-104 St AldatesOXFORD	OX1 1ZZ		12 Nov 2009
008539	St Andrews Cross Branch Office5 St Andrews CrossPLYMOUTH	PL1 1AB		13 Nov 2009	11th Sep 2010
014340	Barnsley Branch Office 4 Pitt Street BARNSLEY	S70 1AA		13 Nov 2009
007859	Paisley Branch OfficePiazza Shopping Centre34-36 Central Way PAISLEY	PA1 1AA		13 Nov 2009
019136	Castle Mall Branch Post Office84-85 Castle Meadow WalkNORWICH	NR1 3DD		17 Nov 2009	14th Sep 2010
007113	Cambridge Branch Office9-11 St. Andrews StreetCAMBRIDGE	CB2 3AA		18 Nov 2009	13th Sep 2010
009422	Brazennose St Branch Office21 Brazennose StreetMANCHESTER	M2 5BS		20 Nov 2009
014013	High St Branch Post Office107 St Nicholas CentreHigh Street SUTTON	SM1 1AX		23 Nov 2009
007012	Orpington Branch Post Office214 High StreetORPINGTON	BR6 0PT		26 Nov 2009
011006	Kensington High St Branch Office257 Kensington High StreetLONDON	W8 6DB		27 Nov 2009
Phase Three
Office Code	Branch Name & Address	Postcode	Number of Kiosks	Projected Go-Live date
012137	Banbury57 – 58 High StreetBANBURY	OX16 5LB		15-Sep-2010
031005	Barnet63/65 High StreetBARNET	EN5 5UU		10-Sep-2010
016020	Wealdstone4 – 12 Headstone DriveHARROW	HA3 5QL		20-Sep-2010
008124	Harlow1 Stone CrossHARLOW	CM20 1AA		13-Sep-2010
008010Additional Kiosk	Aldwych95 AldwychLONDON	WC2B 4JN		TBC
004007	Blackfriars Road52 Blackfriars RoadLONDON	SE1 8NN		14-Sep-2010
011008	Knightsbridge6 Raphael StreetLONDON	SW7 1DL		16-Sep-2010
010004	Holloway482 Holloway RoadLONDON	N7 6HY		17-Sep-2010
023004	Upper Holloway14 Junction RoadLONDON	N19 5TA		17-Sep-2010
020006	Shepherds Bush65/69 The GreenLONDON	W12 8QF		21-Sep-2010
008005	Golders Green879 Finchley RoadLONDON	NW11 8RT		21-Sep-2010
016001	Wandsworth1 Arndale WalkLONDON	SW18 4BL		22-Sep-2010
019001	Battersea202 Lavender HillLONDON	SW11 1AB		22-Sep-2010
003313	Chester Le Street137 Front StreetCHESTER LE STREET	DH3 3AA		24-Sep-2010
011309Additional Kiosk	DarlingtonCrown StreetDARLINGTON	DL1 1AB	+ 1 Kiosk at Phase 3	TBC
015504Additional Kiosk	City of Bath27 Northgate StreetBATH	BA1 1AJ		TBC
020511Additional Kiosk	The GalleriesCastle GalleryBroadmead BRISTOL	BS1 3XX		TBC
002820	Dundee4 MeadowsideDUNDEE	DD1 1AA		1st Nov 2010
008844	Dunfermline42 – 44 Queen Anne StreetDUNFERMLINE	KY12 7AA		2nd Nov 2010
019519	Barnstaple39 – 40 Boutport StreetBARNSTAPLE	EX31 1SB		1st Nov 2010
012555	Penzance113 Market Jew StreetPENZANCE	TR18 2LB		2nd Nov 2010
017937	Bognor RegisHigh StreetBOGNOR REGIS	PO21 1RG		11th Oct 2010
003937	Cosham13 High StreetCosham PORTSMOUTH	PO6 3EH		11th Oct 2010
004900	Camberley15 Princess WayCAMBERLEY	GU15 3SP		11th Oct 2010 ?
014323	The Markets6 – 16 New York StreetLEEDS	LS2 7DZ		8th Nov 2010
005424	Oldham3-5 Lord StreetOLDHAM	OL1 3HP		12th Oct 2010
002206	Crewe Town15 Delamere StreetCREWE	CW1 2HP		12th Oct 2010
005432	Hyde30 – 32 Market PlaceHYDE	SK14 2QU		13th Oct 2010
009432	Stockport36-40 Great UnderbankSTOCKPORT	SK1 1QF		13th Oct 2010
004208	KidderminsterCrown House, Bull RingKIDDERMINSTER	DY10 2DS		9th Nov 2010
006504	Trowbridge1a Roundstone StreetTROWBRIDGE	BA14 8DA		10th Nov 2010
006939	Newbury39 Cheap StreetNEWBURY	RG14 5BS		10th Nov 2010
009246	RedditchThread Needle HouseAlcester Street REDDITCH	B98 8AB		9th Nov 2010
017230	Peterborough City28 – 30 CowgatePETERBOROUGH	PE1 1NA		11th Nov 2010
003202	Boston18 Wide BargateBOSTON	PE21 6AE		11th Nov 2010
009614	Chester2 St John StreetCHESTER	CH1 1AA		12th Nov 2010
010941	FavershamEast StreetFAVERSHAM	ME13 8AA		15th Nov 2010
007941	SittingbourneCentral AvenueSITTINGBOURNE	ME10 4AA		15th Nov 2010
007912	Crawley7 The BoulevardCRAWLEY	RH10 1AA		16th Nov 2010
002001	Balham92a Balham High RoadLONDON	SW12 9AF		16th Nov 2010
005948	Tonbridge5 Angel WalkTONBRIDGE	TN9 1TJ		17th Nov 2010
024004	Wood Green191 High RoadWood Green LONDON	N22 6DZ		17th Nov 2010
002647	Aberystwyth8 Great Darkgate StreetABERYSTWYTH	SY23 1DE		18th Nov 2010
002006	Acton23/29 King StreetLONDON	W3 9LD		19th Nov 2010
006613	Carmarthen9 – 10 King StreetCARMARTHEN	SA31 1AA		18th Nov 2010
010306	Keighley44 TowngateKEIGHLEY	BD21 3NL		22nd Nov 2010

This week, the Post office have commenced its roll-out of its latest  software upgrade  (Known as “Horizon Online“). This will result in the appearance of all items printed in a Post Office changing slightly in appearance, which obviously includes Clerk-printed postage labels.

The noticeable features of the new labels include thinner lettering and the removal of the final digit  showing the  batch number indicator. (transaction counter).

“Post Office Ltd told us that the Horizon technology is being upgraded in a project called ‘Horizon Online’, which it expects to produce a fully automated system…”

Obviously once this upgrade is complete, the current series of Horizon Postage labels is expected to become obsolete-So fill those gaps now!