swill453 wrote:Mike4 wrote:It's a code comprising a grid of squares not a line of bars, therefore not a bar code. QED.
It may not have bars, but it's a 2D barcode. Or a matrix code.
Scott.
Squares are just bars that are as fat as they are tall
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swill453 wrote:Mike4 wrote:It's a code comprising a grid of squares not a line of bars, therefore not a bar code. QED.
It may not have bars, but it's a 2D barcode. Or a matrix code.
Scott.
monabri wrote:They're simply trying to stop unfranked stamps being steamed off and reused.
servodude wrote:swill453 wrote:Mike4 wrote:It's a code comprising a grid of squares not a line of bars, therefore not a bar code. QED.
It may not have bars, but it's a 2D barcode. Or a matrix code.
Scott.
Squares are just bars that are as fat as they are tall
Later, two-dimensional (2D) variants were developed, using rectangles, dots, hexagons and other patterns, called matrix codes or 2D barcodes, although they do not use bars as such.
raybarrow wrote:Hi Folks,
Thought I'd try to exchange my stamps for Barcoded ones. Downloaded the form to find that 'Pictorial' stamps don't need to swapped out and will still be valid after the deadline. They are Christmas stamps with what look like angels on - 2020/2021? I'm not sure.
Can't see why there should be a difference unless there is some advertising contract going on.
We use so few stamps these days they might not get used by Christmas 2022.
Any ideas why they are exempt? I presume they will all be destroyed anyway.
Ray.
JohnB wrote:Christmas stamps remain valid, other picture ones cannot be swapped and need to be disposed of
What stamps shouldn’t I send in for swap out?
Special Issue stamps that are produced as one offs to commemorate an event as we are not adding barcodes to these types of stamps so non-barcoded versions remain valid for postage after 31 January 2023.
Christmas Stamps: although we are adding barcodes to Christmas Stamps — non-barcoded Christmas Stamps will remain valid as postage after 31 January 2023 — so there is no need to swap them out.
Any stamps which are pre-decimalisation are not eligible for swap out — as they don't have a postage value.
chas49 wrote:What stamps shouldn’t I send in for swap out?
Special Issue stamps that are produced as one offs to commemorate an event as we are not adding barcodes to these types of stamps so non-barcoded versions remain valid for postage after 31 January 2023.
Gersemi wrote:chas49 wrote:What stamps shouldn’t I send in for swap out?
Special Issue stamps that are produced as one offs to commemorate an event as we are not adding barcodes to these types of stamps so non-barcoded versions remain valid for postage after 31 January 2023.
Thats good news, I still have an Olympic first class stamp from 2012. I don't use many of those!
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