INK-JET SLOGAN POSTMARKS
An ink-jet slogan marking the 50th anniversary of the introduction of postcodes at Norwich on 8 October 1959 will be used 6-12 October at mail centres applying ink-jet postmarks. A bilingual version is intended for use at mail centres processing mail posted in Wales.
In addition, metal slogan dies are expected to be used at Norwich Mail Centre, 5-18 October. Eight dies are being sent to Norwich
a - Code It Keep It/Prevent Crime;
b - Get The Most From Your Post/Code It;
c - Help Us Push Postcodes;
d - Pass On Your Postcode;
e - Prevent Crime/Postcode Valuables;
f - Remember to Use The Postcode;
g - Be Properly Addressed/Postcode it; and
h - Sealed & Postcoded Correctly Addressed/Mechanisation/Will Do The Rest.
Six of these eight dies are expected to be used in the three CFCs (Culler Facer Cancellers) dependent on operational requirements.
This announcement is for information only. Collectors are reminded that Royal Mail no longer offers a reposting service for slogan postmarks.
Update
The slogan dies were supplied to Norwich from the British Postal Museum and Archive - it may well be that some of them were never actually used at Norwich in their first use. The Postmark Bulletin indicated that 8 dies were to be sent to Norwich which has three CFCs, each with two cancellers, so we wondered which would be used. Fortunately I've been supplied with incoming local mail from a local business and can report. Even more fortunately Norwich sorting office seems to have found some more ink - usually the postmarks are too indistinct even to read the date or placename!
CFC die 1- Get The Most From Your Post/Code It
CFC die 1 - Pass On Your Postcode
CFC die 2 - Get The Most From Your Post/Code It
CFC die 2 - Pass On Your Postcode
CFC die 3 - Code It Keep It/Prevent Crime
CFC die 4 - Sealed & Postcoded Correctly Addressed Mechanisation Will Do The Rest
CFC die 5 - Prevent Crime Postcode Valuables (all examples seen are shifted to the right)
CFC die 6 - Help Us Push Postcodes
Another die was used in the older machine - Remember to Use The Postcode
Example of IMP (ink-jet) slogan used at Worcester
Example of bilingual IMP slogan used at Shrewsbury
Example of ordinary slogan used at Shrewsbury*
* Almost all mail posted in the Shrewsbury area receives two machine postmarks, one the old style and one the IMP (ink-jet). Getting these is quite unusual!
Finally a copy of a much earlier slogan. Thanks to Stafford, Simon, Barry & Richard for information or examples of postmarks.
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