Maroc - Blank paper

One of my friend go to Marrakech, Maroc for holiday. And he got some ATMs for me, two of them printed nothing, is blank. But the machine did not indicate any alarm information, still runs according to customer's operation, even output the extract receipt.
Sounds like the NewVision have so more bugs need to correct.
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Thanks Jacques
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Little variable of Mexico 2

It is Mexico Nr. 2 ATM cover. We can see the first asterisk of ATM is smaller, and lost a little bit leg on right bottom.

WebStamp Blank Envelope

Seems like Swizterland Post sell blank envelope of WebStamp also, interesting.
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Thanks Sugimura-san
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MACAU - Re-print the ATM (2)

In my previous article I mentioned on 1st Dec. 2006, Macau Post issue new ATM. Using current 'Energy Saving' ATM design to re-imprint. Above cover is FDC to China mainland, still supposed the postage is 2.50$, so asked friend to stick that postage. Actually it should be 3.50$ since starting of this year, postman leave one 'postage due' mark (T 1.00/3.50) on the letter, and here rectange mark means should pay 1.10$ for postage, 3$ for handling fees. But here in China I have ever never seen any one got charged for 'postage due'. Perhaps only Singapore still do the rule strictly. Maybe Macua did it also.


Above image is look-up of old ATM and new ATM, the deviation words is RED marked by me.
Below the 'Lotus Bridge' ATM, edition 99 and edition 2000. On edition 2000, it removed text INCM.

To be continued.....

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Thanks Sousa

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CHINA ATM JOURNAL - SECOND EDITION

Front Cover
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Rear Cover

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This is 2nd edition of 'AUTOMATION PHILATELY RESEARCH', published on Nov. 2004.There are different automation philatelic albums in thie edition almost all. Here is the catalogue of album

-China ATM

-First ATM in China

-China ATM 1999-2001 (1 frame)

-China ATM Preview

-China ATM 1999-2001 (3 frames)

-Hong Kong ATM

-Taiwan ATM: Nr. 1, 2, 3

-Taiwan ATM: Nr. 3, 4

-Research of Volume Postage Label

-Volume Postage Label

-Postage marked label in Beijing

-PC Letters

-Beijing Self-service Post Machine label(1999-2004)

-Current postage meters in Shanghai

-Current postage meters

-Postmark with waves(1992-2004)

-New Technologies in Postage Mark

-Hong Kong temporary postage label 2002

Sielaff in AUSTRIA - error & receipts

This 25th Aug. AUSTRIA POST issued new ATM in Sielaff machine since 2001 by FRAMA. This issue is flowers(two pictures in one strip), tulip and liverleaf. First issue of this image is for GMUNDEN 2006(25th Aug.), then BAD REICHENHALL(6th Oct.) and PHILATELIE.SHOP(16th Oct.). The image of label are very beautiful, and have one white pattern on image for printings.
-----------There is one postage paid label on above letter, the label was fold.
On the back of ATM, there pre-imprinted number of label, very 5 label have one number printed, see last image.
Because the same machine from Germany, the receipt(from PHILATELIE.SHOP) is close to German receipt almost, see below scan. Left one is Austrian, right is German.

Perhaps the BAD cobbon made the BAD receipt, there are so big area black on the receipt, see first image.

Below label missed one black dot at least on left and right.

Since 24th Nov. there will change new paper of label, look and see new features..

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Thanks Wolfgang

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China - Self-Service Post

This is my 4th time to visit this post office (POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICE OF THE NEW CENTURY), and dedicate to buy postage label and take some photoes for my blog. Just remembered last time I visited is on this Feb.
Same to last time, the machine still don't work, the administrator said there is one spare part shortage, can play adv. only. Except some photoes of machine, I got nothing. And the administrator say she don't know when the machine can work...Maybe it will be sleep forever.

In my second time of visiting(17th Sep. 2005), after bought some labels, the machine don't work again. Even administrator adjust the printer, it is still can not output labels. That time, when the administrator open the trunk, I have opportunity to look at the secret. There are two independt printers, one is EPSON jet-ink for postage label, another is stylus-printer for receipt. Surely there is one computer runs Windows 98 or 95 to processing all operations.
From my first and second time, I got some '3rd issue' of postage paper, see belows. On the label, there are value, weight of letter, destination(in-city, out city, HK-MC-TW, AP, Overseas), letter type(postcard, snail, air, surface, SAL, register...). If it is registered letter, there is number of letter(see first row, left is receipt of registered letter: 0045, right is the postage label of the R-letter), date, and post office of the machine located.

The second issue of postage label have a little different from 3rd. There is no post office name, is time of printing, see below covers.

How to use the postage labels?
There are two ports on the label, left is postage label with above information, right is the instruction you could throw away. The means of text on right area 'Please stick left label on the front side of cover, it is invalide if removed of the label from cover'. So first, you can remove the postage label(two ports are self adhesive) and stick on the cover. When post man open box finding the letter, he will stick stamps with same value on the cover, and cancel the stamps. I think it is very low efficiecy to complete that job, from buying postage label to post the letter. Every one need more times to do that.
At my first time I bought only two labels with spending more than 30 minutes, include the machine almost reject the 10 cents, 50 cents coins oftenly. Only 1 Yuan and banknotes(5 Yuan, 10 Yuan) is more acceptable than low value coins.
At second time, I send 3 letters to my address, but they have never ever arrived, lost.
As I know there are more units, two located at Beijing, another located at Fuzhou city. Above covers are from Fuzhou. I had tried to visit another machine in Beijing, but the guard of the building prevent me because only the employee of the building can enter into the building. Faint!
Maybe next spring I will visit the machine again, hope the machine will be operated.
There are so long way to walk for produce auto post machine for China, even some peoples like me think it is easy to develop that kind machines. I have confidence if the working would do by private company in south of China.