As reported yesterday, Wincor Post and Go units are now all history for Post Office Ltd. However on a happier note the last operational kiosk – that from the WH Smith branch at Swiss Cottage, was today removed to the BPMA store for preservation for decades to come.
A fitting place for an important part of our Postal Heritage.
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Once ‘V2’ has been activated then the Post and Go machines will offer new products and services, including the facility to process Special Delivery, Recorded Signed For and Parcelforce Worldwide products both inland and overseas. They will also offer a ‘Retail Checkout’ function allowing for the payment of packaging items such as Jiffy bags and packaging Tape etc via the Post & Go machine.
The new functionality will provide collectors with opportunities to add to their collections in the form of a new stamp , new labels and associated receipts.
The only visible sign of this upgrade currently is the presence of a newly- fitted barcode scanner just above the Pin Pad in all machines in the network, (except those at Tudor Street as, being sited in an unmanned environment, they will not be offering a ‘Retail checkout’ facility).
Post and Go V2 is due to commence roll-out at the beginning of September to reach at least the ‘Birds’ network by the First Day of Issue of Birds 4 on 16th September.
Full information on the upgrades the new labels and stamps will appear here as soon as known.
On the Post Office stand the various exhibits, including Identity and Information equipment were pride of place, including a Post and Go machine with a previously unseen office code of ‘699010’, believed to be that of an internal ‘test’ machine. There were various teething problems with the kiosk on the first day (May 11th) and it was late on on the 2nd day (May 12th) before some stamps were forthcoming. A very limited number of covers dated 12th May 2011 (London EC3 Postmark) were serviced as shown.
Machin Head Post and Go stamps have been dispensed from Wincor-Nixdorf kiosks in the UK since 2008.
There are two versions of the print – one printed by the kiosk at Post Offices across the UK and another press-printed version of the original font set available from the Philatelic Bureau at Tallents House in a presentation card.
The labels can be obtained with 5 different service indicators: 1st class & 1st class Large up to 100gr, Europe up to 20gr, Worldwide up to 10gr and 20gr, singly or in strips of up to 5 of the same value or various values.
For those that are printed by machine there are two further versions of the oveprint- original and updated font (see below) , for these we supply a strip of the five different values currently available in a special ‘collectors strip’ and offer a choice of machine code (when available) and font.
LEFT- ORIGINAL FONT
This issue shows (In the order that they are printed on the machine-vended strip):- Collared dove, Greenfinch , Blackbird, Magpie, Long-tailed Tit and Chaffinch.
The stamps are available in two different versions :-Firstly as as a sheet of six different stamps all with ‘1st Class’ press- printed directly from Royal Mail in Edinburgh and secondly, the ‘real’ machine printed versions (available from
) with five different overprints.
The Machine printed versions are cut every fifth stamp. The third set of British birds is scheduled for issue in May and the fourth in September 2011 .
The image shows the set of six, with Ludgate Circus self-service facility kiosk No.4 overprint, which was available for the first day of issue only.
To purchase these stamps from our ATM Shop click here:- https://postagelabelsuk.com/?page_id=929
The Post Office have indicated that carrying on from last years successful roll-out of
Wincor Propostal kiosks, a further 50 units will be installed in a mixture of
new locations and additions kiosks in existing locations.
The first six locations are listed below, with the full 50 installations expected
to be completed by Christmas.
| Office Code | Branch Name & Address | Postcode | Number of Machines | Projected Go-Live date |
| 012137 | 57 – 58 High Street BANBURY | OX16 5LB | 1 | 8th Sep 2010 |
| 031005 | 63- 65 High Street BARNET | EN5 5UU | 1 | 10th Sep 2010 |
| 016020 | 4 – 12 Headstone DriveWealdstone
HARROW |
HA3 5QL | 1 | 10th Sep 2010 |
| 008124 | 1 Stone Cross
HARLOW |
CM20 1AA | 1 | 13th Sep 2010 |
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008010
|
95 Aldwych Aldwych
LONDON |
WC2B 4JN
|
+1 Additional Kiosk | 13th Sep 2010 |
| 004007 | Blackfriars Road
52 Blackfriars Road LONDON |
SE1 8NN | 1 | 14th Sep 2010 |
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:-
A contributor to this site has reported a nice ‘Miscut’ variety from the Finchley, London Post&Go Machine, along with the receipt that is generated when the machine detects such an error. Nice One!
The receipt reads “We apologise some items could not be printed, Please present this part of receipt to a member of staff for assistance”.
The first pair of Wincor-Nixdorf Propostal machines sucessfully went live at “The Galleries” branch in Bristol  today, after some inital teething problems and adjustments.
Much interest from around the world has been generated by the UK Post Office adoption of the latest ATM stamp technology as most (if not all) of the labels and faststamps issued on the first day were snapped up by collectors eagly awaiting  the machines introduction.
However, it is undeniable that the new automated self-service will be the quickest and simplest way to send mail and buy stamps in Post&Go branches.
 Customers can purchase labels that can be used immediately or fastsamps that can  taken away for subsequent use.
All customers need do is place their item on the scale and follow the on-screen step-by-step instructions to send their item initally paying with cash with a future option of card payments for transactions over £2.00.
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