QUEEN THRONE Poppy

When I visited UK in summer 2023, some ATM I bought used for letters, some left for my album. 

The blue HM Queen ATM, top left two have not 'year' mark, bottom left two are version 2019, marking 'CL19S'.

Top right marking 'CL17S', stand for issuing on 2017. Bottom right marking 'CL16S', issued on 2016.

 Left Poppy issue on 2017, marking R17. Right one issued on 2018, marking 'R18'.

Left Queen is 2020, right is 2018.

Global Travel 2024

 This Feb. I traveled to UK, then US for customers visiting. Taking a little bit time to fulfill my hobby.

Stayed one hour at London Bridge, so visited one post office near around after lunch. It is just the one I bought ATM last summer. Only some ATM I got for posting letters, so only left 3 above.

The blue HM Queen issue on 2017, black issued on 2020 and 2019. I did not try another two machines, don't know the what the motif is.

Actually I visited another post office around The Regent's Park, but all the ATM machine are closed, the clerk don't want to turn on it. 

Travel in UK

 This is my first overseas travel since Covid-19, we have very pleased experience in UK. Of source got some ATM there in different machines.

My friend post this letter from Macau to UK, when I got it in UK, I put ATM on it sending to Beijing. The normal Macau stamp is not valid postage, seems like postman forgot to chop 'invalid' stamping.

I got this letter at Swindon, posting at Oxford.

Same process to make this letter, sending from Macau to UK, re-posting from UK to Beijing. The normal Macau stamp is invalid postage, so we can see there is blue cancellation. 

The machine cancellation on UK ATM notes 'British Heart Foundation', it is charity org., have many charity stores cross over the country, but its price is a little bit expensive than 'Cancer Research'. The 2 pig ATM were not bought at UK, I brought them from home. 

I posted this letter at Thirsk, a small town on north of York city.

The Flag ATM is from my album I bought many years ago, the two HM Queen ATM from local machine I visited.

The Poppy ATM is available in London when I stay there in July 2023. 

Also I posted letters from China to UK, unfortunately lost 2.

This letter receiving address is Birmingham, the 2 ATMs I got in London, one is Robin, another is Throne. 

This letter sending to Edinburgh, but I still not got it till I check  out. So the front desk people return it to sender when they got the mails. 

Because it is postage due in Macau, so the sender have to pay when the letter returned to sender. The blue squre stamping is showing the fees, including postage due $1, handling fee $6.5

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Thanks Jose!

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World Harbor - test label

From machine NCR, test label.

Poppy 2014

Issued on Oct. 2014, from machine NCR, the label is edition 2014.

Mail Coach

Issue on April 1st 2016, on mail coach label, from roll set Royal Mail Heritage : Transportation, 6 pieces, first introduced on Feb. 17th 2016.

There is year marking '6' on the pattern, presenting issued on 2016.

From above S/N B9GB16..., we can see it was bought on Sep. by customer from the machine Hytech Intelligence AR.

UK NCR likely

Philately Pack from Royal Mail, there are 5 pieces in each pack. It is coming from special printer at Philately Service, but the format of print is close to NCR machine printing.
Here we can see all the S/N are same, B7GB14 C001-1840-015
B: reed number
7: issue on July
GB: issue place Great Brain
14: issue on 2014
C001: machine number, dedicate for Philately Service
1840: first year of UK to issue stamps
015: pack number

The blue machin is version 2012, because there is marking '2' on the label.

Regret there is cancellation on the ATM.

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Thanks IP Yep!

Messe Essen 2015

 Messen Essen was held during 7-9th May, it is philately expo event in Essen, Germany.
Supposed the two letters were handed to the booth of Royal Mail in the event, and Royal Mail package it, posted in Great Brain after they came back home.
So we can the the date of cancellation is July 1st.

The barcode printed on the bag of covering two letters, and even sealed right after cancel, you can see the blur of cancellation on bag and ATM.

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Thanks Guenther!

PONDS

Machin

Machin ATM from Wincor-Nixdorf machine.

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Thanks Peter!

SPRING STAMPEX 2013

Not only the Ponds issue, Royal Mail also issued new Machin ATM. The image is same to current design but two differences.

1)Color is blue, not gray.

2)Used the same pattern of ROYAL MAI2' like the latest Robin for last Christmas.

Hytech C2 from Philately Service.

 Hytech A4 from local imprint of Stampex 2013. The text '2nd Class/Large' is align with 'up to 100g' on left, not middle like C2.

This imprint is for the coronation 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II, on Feb. 20th at Stampex 2013.

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Thanks Peter!

Freshwater Life in Ponds

Royal Mail issued the latest pictorial ATM 'Freshwater Life - Ponds' on Feb. 22th, it was released at post office by machine Wincor Nixdorf, and at Sping Stampex 2013 by machine Hytech.

 From Wincor Nixdorf

About the Hytech issue, there are two versions. One is from the local imprint during the event, machine number are A2, A3, A4. Another is from pre-imprint by Royal Mail to meet the orders of collectors, number is B1.
Of course, there is Philately Service issue, machine number are C1 or C2.

The letter was posted on March 20th.
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Thanks Peter!

Robin W-N

Robin 2 from machine Wincore Nixdorf. A little bit regret there machine cancellation is very slight, almost invisible.
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Thanks Peter!

Christmas Post Shop

There is one Hytech Post & Go machine installed at Christmas Post Shop, the design is Robin 2.

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Thanks Peter!

BPMA

 On Dec. 3th, Royal Mail installed two Hytech machines in British Postal Museum & Archive. And this make it to be the first place to have Hytech Post & Go machine permanently, outside of temporary stamp exhibition.

There are two kinds of labels installed in the two machine, Machin and Robin 2.

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Thanks Peter!

Special Error from UK

All the fonts should be small on the Machin faststamp from machine at Bristol. But the words 'Up to 10g' is still large font, very interesting errors, how the program make it.

Another error is serial number, there is big gap between  first 6 digits and the 7th.

As we know the large font was end of life since the first animal issued on 2010. But sometimes, collectors still can get large font on faststamps. Obviosly the serial number had overlay, on postage rate 'Worldwide Up to 10g' it missing 'Up to 10g'. The another interesting error is label 'Worldwide Up to 40g', the text 'Up to 40g' is small font, different from others. When Royal Mail initiate the Post & Go service several years ago, there is no rate 'Worldwide Up to 40g', so if customer want to get this rate and in chance system loads large fonts, it can print small fonts for this type.

Union Flag had the same erros as Machin.

Pig and Cattle issues used wrong font, it is large type, should be small. And overlay serial number.

This Cattle(Highland) issue have same errors as above Pig, and more it missing text 'Up to 10g' under 'Worldwide'.

Great Britain Blank Paper

Thanks eBay that I can buy some special ATM in reasonable price.

Machin, Sheep, Pig and Cattle

 Golden Machin Postage Label

 Machine faststamp.

 Common Postage Label.

If you check the pattern of blank postage label, you will see the different patter in different viewing angle, amazing technology.