Royal Mail

Stamps are set to go digital with a new ‘barcode’ feature, the Royal Mail has announced. Barcodes are being added to stamps, which will allow recipients of letters to watch videos or read messages composed by the sender. They could be greetings or birthday wishes. The move comes following a …

By Charles Snee On Feb. 1, Royal Mail, the postal service of Great Britain, issued four Queen Elizabeth II definitive stamps with a new feature: a bar code that appears along the right side of the stamp. The stamps are inscribed “1st” for the domestic first-class letter rate (currently 85 …

Royal Mail has made a huge change to its stamps – with barcodes to be added so that people can send video messages. The special barcodes will modernise traditional stamps and make it possible to track and trace letters and provide smartphone links to videos. Customers can scan the barcodes …

Stamps are getting a new look – with unique barcodes to now sit alongside the The Queen’s image. Royal Mail says the current design of ‘everyday’ stamps featuring Her Majesty’s profile will be phased out and a new design with each stamp featuring a unique code is being introduced. New …

Royal Mail is adding special barcodes to stamps, making it possible for people to watch videos, messages and other information. The move from Tuesday follows a successful trial, with the aim of connecting a letter with the digital world. Customers can scan the barcodes in the Royal Mail app and …

Royal Mail has added special barcodes to stamps, making it possible for people to watch videos, read messages and view other information from senders. The move, which starts on Tuesday, follows a successful trial, with the aim of connecting a letter with the digital world. Customers can scan the barcodes …

Royal Mail is adding special barcodes to stamps, making it possible for people to watch videos, messages and other information. The move from Tuesday follows a successful trial, with the aim of connecting a letter with the digital world. Customers can scan the barcodes in the Royal Mail app and …

In terms of what happens to the old design stamps, they will remain usable until January 31, 2023.  Royal Mail customers are “encouraged to use their non-barcoded stamps before this date”.  Alternatively, non-barcoded stamps can be exchanged for the new barcoded version through Royal Mail’s ‘Swap Out’ scheme.  The ‘Swap …

Nora Batty and Compo are to bring a smile to people’s faces in Holmfirth once more. The much-loved Last of the Summer Wine characters have been recreated in wool as part of a “yarn-bombing” project. Win and Karen Harrison, of community group Holmepride, borrowed the idea after seeing a decorated …

The firm is encouraging customers to use up their existing stamps but they will be able to swap any old ones with the new barcoded versions from March 31 via a Freepost address. The announcement follows a successful national trial last year. At the time, Mr Landon compared the change …