Stamp vending machine

Called stamp vending machines, also postage stamp vending machine or postage stamps donors, serve the automated sale of postage stamps - in some cases even of postcards - and attached normally on the outside of post offices or in heavily frequented areas. As one of the first inventors considered the New Zealander Robert Dickie. While earlier role trademarks or Booklets were issued ( this form was officially referred to as booklets encoder), one obtains now special machine brands that are printed directly in the machine. Of these, there were worldwide in 1997 to 15,000 electronic stamp printer, it stood alone in Germany, France, Switzerland and Spain 13,000. Between 1994 and 1997, the number of post offices that issue machines stamps has increased from 41 to 49.

Country-specific

Germany

The first value signalman the imperial post for sale of postal stamps of 5 and 10 Pfennig was erected at the end in Berlin in 1901 at the post office 66 ( Wall Street 69-75 ).

1984 there were 28 038 stamp machines of the German Federal Post Office. Since the euro cash changeover in 2002, the Deutsche Post AG operates about 6,000 stamp vending machines. These give for not more accurate cent coin payment no coins, but stamps of the relevant amount as " money back " out. In addition, leave all to the pay by debit card.

Stamp vending machines are among the few in Germany who accept all euro and cent coins ( including 1- cent pieces ). However, a maximum of 15 coins are accepted per payment process, so that an effective payment of stamps with small coins is hardly possible. The most expensive value that can be dragged to the machine next door pictured is a brand to 36.75 euros. The machines contain two stamp rolls, each blank 2000 brands. Every fifth mark on the back of an applied number (2000 to 0005) in descending order.

White receipt role and two ATM rolls

Loading the Ribbon

Install the new ATM rolls

White receipt role and one of two ATM rolls

Checking the pressure test

Austria

Purely mechanical automata to issue definitive stamps is also available in Austria since 1908. Besides the machines stamps can be purchased at tobacco shops.

Switzerland

In 1911, the first postage stamp vending machines were installed in Switzerland. With ten cents you could buy a stamp for the most common letter postage there. As a second country led to Switzerland, France, on August 9, 1976, the machine stamp a. At the height of over 700 ATMs were. By the number of machines was phased out, the turnover generated by the mechanized brand output decreased. The latter raised the Swiss Post in the final abolition of the service in May 2011 out as a decisive argument. Other reasons for the decision were new distribution channels ( Webstamp ) and a feared lack of spare parts for the " art of the 1970s ."