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All barcoded stamps are self-adhesive. Existing definitive stamps issued from 15 February 1971 to 31 January 2022 remain valid until 31 January 2023: since 31 March 2022, they can be indefinitely exchanged for the barcoded series. [18] The 2022 issue was the last release in the Machin series prior to the death of Elizabeth II.
The first postage block was issued in 1969 and commemorated the 150th anniversary of the city's founding. Until 1981, about 400 stamps were issued in Singapore. Standard stamps were issued in 1968, 1973, 1977, and 1980 and their themes were national dances and musical instruments, flowers, marine life, and ships unique to Singapore.
Royal Mail is urging people to use stamps without a barcode by January 31 2023, when they cease to be valid. The change affects ordinary stamps featuring Queen Elizabeth II, which must be used ...
The 4d bright vermilion of 1969 replaced the dark-coloured 4d of the original 1967 issue.. The Machin series / ˈ m eɪ tʃ ɪ n / of postage stamps was the main definitive stamp series in the United Kingdom for most of the reign of Elizabeth II, from 1967 until her death in 2022.
At the time an IRC could be exchanged for a single-rate, ordinary postage stamp for surface delivery to a foreign country, as this was before the introduction of airmail services. An IRC is exchangeable in a UPU member country for the minimum postage of a priority or unregistered airmail letter to a foreign country.
The FIM is a set of vertical bars printed on the envelope or postcard near the upper edge, just to the left of the postage area (the area where the postage stamp or its equivalent is placed). The FIM is intended for use primarily on preprinted envelopes and postcards and is applied by the company printing the envelopes or postcards, not by the ...
In the late 1990s, new designs were produced for each of the four British home nations including (for the first time ever) England. Four values were issued for each nation, firstly Scotland and Wales on 8 June 1999, Northern Ireland on 6 March 2001 and finally, England on 23 April 2001, [ 5 ] each showing heraldic and other symbols of the ...
A possible Intelligent Mail Barcode for the Wikimedia Foundation address. The Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMb) is a 65-bar barcode for use on mail in the United States. [1] The term "Intelligent Mail" refers to services offered by the United States Postal Service for domestic mail delivery.