Rich In Taiwan - Green&Red Bear of Nagler

Zhanghua(Taiwan) Post Office will use Green and Red on Nagler to run 'Black Bear' ATM. The starting day is 3th Feb.
Let us wait and see....

2007 - Rich Year

Just back to office yesterday since vacation of new year, got some letters from friends and vendor. Poll up some of these stuffs to share with you.
Before getting these Austria ATMs with 01 cent value, I always think the minimum value is 05 cent. Above ATMs are GMUNDEN 2006, BAD REICHENHALL and PHILATELIE.SHOP. There are only above 3 issues with flower images. Later, the issues used new image - skiing.
France ATMs, SFS, cutting paper of postal stationary, Belgium SFS.

Belgium ATM FDCs to Germany, Israel R-letter with new ATMs.
Englang ATM FDC to Swizterland, Andorra Nr.1 ATM EXPRESS-LETTER to Germany, Luxermberg ATM FDC to Germany.

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From 2007, there will issure more ATMs from w/w. Australia is the key role I think. And possible new issues include from Taiwan, Canada, Netherland, Denmark, France, Belgium, Aland...

For me, I wish China can issue ATM again surely. And adhesive-sticker ATM is prefered because of easy to stick on letter.

Best wishes to 2007, to all collector. Let us wait and see.

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Thanks Nathalie, Gunther, Tari

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Paris Tour

LISA2 in General Post Office

The last station of Europe Tour is Paris. After taking more than 8 hours by bus we arrived at Paris from Vevey. Then is night, take the boat to view Seine river. Actually I don’t like do that at night because we can not get enough beautiful photos.Second day we visited Versailles, Eiffel Tower, Triumphal Arch, and around places. In the time of shopping we visited one small post office, get some LISA ATMs. At night, we(my wife and I) meet my good friends FOISSETTE family, and he guide us to many places in Paris, and also visited one church, great feeling. And he invited us to have dinner at Morocco’s restaurant, share delicious foods. I never forget that excited meeting. After dinner, he guide me to the general post office of Paris for buying ATMs, it is LISA2.

LISA in Louvre

The last day is Louvre. That is bad day, also good day. How to say? Almost before we arriving on Louvre, on the bus my wife opened the cover of memory card of digital camera. She want to change the card because of full, but the card bounced out of camera, and dropped on ground. The bus stopped at the destination, the driver and I take more than 10 minutes still can not find the card, maybe it lost into the deep of tool, impossible to open the cover to watch. Most of our photos was stored in the card. That time my wife was very very disappoint and stayed in the bus all time. I take another camera to Louvre, no good feeling without my wife accompany. After finish the viewing, my wife came to me like a baby. She was very excited and told me the card was got. That time, she was upset in the bus, another bus driver just got know the reason, and starting to search in tools. After a while, he got it under the vent. My wife was very happy, and want to take photos with him when we back. It is regret when we were back, the bus left away. Here my wife and I thanks the driver deeply.

Because the hurry tour, we did not take so many ATM photos in Paris. But whatever I still get more new information from this trip.

LISA2 can accept the credit, not only coins like LISA. The minimum value of credit card buying is 5,00 Euros.
The max volume is 10 pcs per time.
There are 5 languages on the screen of LISA2, and 4 on LISA.
There is no buying details, volume on the receipt if using credit card, but there is operation place information.

Post Box at the highway station

Retired LISA on airport of Paris
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Thanks Jacqeus

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Lucky Suisse

Usually talking about the lucky events on ATM we means get special ATM, various wrong… For example uncut, transport hole shift, double print…even wrong color. But this time for me, it is only ordinary ATM. How did say luck, see below contents.
Good fall I have opportunity to visit Switzerland with tour group. Our original route is travel Milan to Interlaken, then Geneva (live at Vevey). But the good tour guide made the dinner at Lucerne, that we have opportunity stay at Lucerne for two hours. When we had the dinner at Lucerne, I still have half an hour to deal my bobby and half an hour to take photos and sightseeing. At the park, also end of bridge I found one Frama machine located at the bus station. I studied it in one minute, then got known how to use the machine.
Frama can not get out changes, and only accept coins.
1, Insert coins, the screen will show total amount you input;
2, Select piece value you want, minimum is 00,05 Francs;
3, press #, the machine will output one ATM, press # again, output one again till there is not enough money inside.
If there is not enough money inside, the screen will flash. Or if value you input is not integrate times of 00,05, then the screen will also flash too.
Press *, the screen will display the balance inside.

Blur so much, back to topic. I got some ATMs from the FRAMA at Lucerne, the image are Switzerland flags.

When I arrived at Interlaken from Lucerne, the day was dark. Walked 3 minutes from hotel, I reached the post office. Outside the office, there is one Frama. Surprise here I got ‘Transport’ topic ATMs. I supposed this topic had phase out already because Die Post (Switzerland Post) issued new ATM (flags) this year. Maybe for resource saving they did not remove stock of old paper. I really feel lucky still can get last issue of ATMs. Because there is another post office 8 minutes from here, I try to get it. There is one Frama outside the office too, but it output different image, it is number 5.3, map of Switzerland. Second afternoon, I found one small post office, at the foot of Jungfraujoch, above step of rail way station. It is also 5.3 ATM.
Really I am happy getting 3 different issues from 4 post offices. At Geneva I stayed less than 2 hours, almost not time to looking for post office. At night we lived Vevey, after walked out the hotel I found one Frama on the gate of rail way station. This time I am a little disappointed because it is still map topic, number 5 at catalogue. Walked to brighter way, I got one very big post office, there is one Frama also surely outside. It is transport, I like this topic. Spend out all my Francs (around 7.00 Fr) to buy this topic ATMs. Feeling is good.

When I am back to hotel, at the bright light, I found the map ATM from Vevey is different from Interlaken. There is no color fibre on the back of stamp from Vevey. Should be number 5.2 or 5.1. Regret I only bought 10 pcs because I don’t like the image that time.

Vevey is our last station in Switzerland, then took all my ATMs to France, of course I got two different ATMs at Paris.

6 machines, 4 different issues. How can you say I am not lucky? Of course there is suspend story because there are two Frama machines I did not try. One located on lake bank of Lucerne, I took photos only. Another located on the outside of post office on another end of bridge at Lucerne I mentioned.

In Switzerland the Frama is popular really, many people used it, especially on the time of post closed.

France - New Receipt

Recently, France introduced new receipt for LISA-2 machine. There is LA POSTE logo on the right side of receipt. And color is blue.
The width of receipt is 60mm, othere regular receipts are 57mm. After checking my album, below receipts are 60mm width also.
DJION 2006, NEVERS 2006, 03/07/2001 EUR+FRF, AIX-EN-PROVENCE 2005, ANGERS 2004. The Polynesia France is 60 mm too.
Seems like all these are from Philately Service, that be one new sign for 'anti-forge' . But I found two receipt are 57mm also from AIX-EN-PROVENCE 2005. Is it forgery or after the original rolls sold out, the philate service operator changed new roll with 57mm width label. :-)

Leave more information or correct me if you have.
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Thanks Pierre
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Handwriting Postage

Check the picture, the postage(1.63 Euros) was writing by operator due to the postage number was printed out of label.
There are 4 lucky numbers on the label -- 6666. Here in China, 6 means good luck. So I think the lucky is that the postage number(by handwriting) will stay longer than other characters by thermal printing.

China PC-Letter

User write the letter on computer and send it to the 'Post Center System' by Internet, the letter's content will be transfered to the receiver's post office, and the post office will print the content of letter and packet to one envelop, and send to the target by post man.
This will be useful for those receivers have no computer or no networking, and they hope the letter could be sent fast, save time. Of course if both the sender and receiver have computers, and can access Internet, they can sending emails direcetly, no need the PC-Letter. Or if you want to send stuffs, not only electronics information, the PC-letter is not valid for you.
The announced date is 28th Sep. 2002, and basic postage is 2$, only one page. If you want to send more pages, 0.5$ per page more, and 4 pages totally max. PC-letter have no register server.User must purchase the software and pre-paid card.
Don't know the status of the related service in w/w.