Royal Mail Stamps and Collectibles has announced the closure of Post and Go.
"Several factors have contributed to this decision including the fact that there has been no new Post and Go issues for several years and the change of Monarch would now require new issues to be re-introduced.
"Existing kiosks will remain operational through until Christmas, including a final overprint on certain kiosks, details of these will be shared by our operational partners at IAR soon.
"All remaining Post & Go kiosks will shut down on 31st December 2023 and be removed from all sites shortly afterwards."
Background to Post and Go, original website article 2008.
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| Original Wincor-Nixdorf installation at Birmingham Post Office October 2008. |
Edit: NB this announcement only applies to Royal Mail machines provided by IAR, installed in museums.
I have enquired as to the situation regarding Jersey Post, Guernsey Post and Gibraltar Post which all use IAR machines, and about Post Office Self-Service Kiosks which use different machines.
I wonder will Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man and Gibraltar continue with theirs Brian - Dublin
ReplyDeleteIf thee Post Office machines are to continue, surely they will require stamps. Once QEII stocks are exhausted surely they will need a new issue? John Embrey
ReplyDeleteI wonder whether there will then be a deadline to use up any post & go labels you may still have. I have several 'Rest of World' 10g post & go labels that I don't know whether I can use any more.
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. For a start we don't know what is happening to Post Office SSKs which use and dispense the same stamps still.
DeleteSecondly there is no reason to invalidate these any more than there is the special and commemorative stamps issued since 1971.
Am I the only person not to understand what Post & Go was ever for?
ReplyDeleteAs first installed in Post Offices in 2008 the machines were a very useful way of taking pressure from counters. Prior to P&G several other machines had been in use in a few locations, as early as 2004. Over the next 10 years they have been adapted and enhanced and the PO machines are heavily used.
DeleteAs for the Royal Mail machines used at Stampex, Museums, and Philatelic events, they were a way to make the stamps available to collectors who could not get to the branches, initially at Bristol, Sunderland and South Shields Crown Offices but also at the new Old Hastings 'Post Office Essentials' branch in a retails store.
By November 2008 there were still only 20 scheduled installations and onl one in central London at Ludgate Circus.
More here: http://norphil.co.uk/articles/Post_and_go.htm
Given that they are heavily used, it's odd that I've only ever received one private letter with a P&G stamp. Are the majority used on non-UK mail?
DeleteThey are used a lot for packages in my experience which generally defaults to a label
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