Postage labels

Postage label machines manufactured by Hytech

Postage label machines manufactured by Frama

Postage label machines manufactured by Hytech

How to collect these labels?

Postage label machines in the rest of the world

	Postage labels Postage labels from postage label machines differ from automat labels, because postage labels have to be used on the day of issue. Therefore the date of issue is printed on them; they don't have to be cancelled. We restrict ourselves to machines used by PTT (later TPG) in post offices, business points and service points, leaving aside the labels from franking machines used by private persons, organisations or firms.
	Postage label machines manufactured by Frama After a pilot stage with 'Setright' and 'Satas' machines, experiments took place since 1977 with postage label machines manufactured by Frama. In Amsterdam -Oosterdokskade- three prototypes were tested starting 17 October 1977, to be recognised by a small type of digits on the label to indicate the hour of issue. More than a year later, in December 1978, some new models with large digits to indicate the hour of issue were installed. As of 20 May 1981 a new cliché with a separate FM-number was put in five machines (previously FM 000 in all machines).
	Prototype with small hour 08 (first day 17.10.77)		Serial # FM 3282 with large hour 09
	It took some years, until 27 January 1986, before a substantial number of postage label machines was installed in 126 post offices all over The Netherlands. The POSTAUMAAT stamp club provided labels of the first and last days of issue, as well as First Day Covers. In the mid nineties many Frama machines were taken out of operation and as of 1 September 1998 over one hunderd machines were officially withdrawn. After a short restart with 20 machines, PTT decided to terminate the use of Frama postage label machines. The last machine worked in the Leiden/Schipholweg post office until 31 december 2001, the very last day before the change from guilder currency to euro.
	FM 5000 first day 27.01.86 Oldenzaal		POSTAUMAAT FDC FM 5037

A short period from September until December 2000 (see frame "Automat Labels - The Netherlands"), during which the postage label machines manufactured by the Australian firm Hytech were tested, proved to be the final step to the introduction of these machines on a wide scale. On 29 May 2001 the first Hytech machines were taken into operation in PTT business points. In June 2001 another 30 machines were installed. The machines produced white self adhesive labels with a red thermo print and a receipt. They were operated by PTT clerks.

Hytech label, initial stage

Hytech receipt, initial stage

	One month later, on 2 July 2001, the white labels were replaced by a red/orange label with black thermo print. New machines were installed in all TPG post offices, business points and service points. In some machines the print used in June 2001 was still programmed on 2 July 2001, resulting in upside down prints with the wrong text. The machines in business points and service points produce receipts, the ones in post offices don't.
	Hytech normal print		Hytech old print upside down		Hytech label machine

In the meantime quite a number of new business points have opened their doors. An overview of post offices, business points and service points can be accessed online. Because of the introduction of the euro as of 2 January 2002, the f. (for florin = guilder) has been replaced by the € on the labels and the receipts.

Mid September 2002 the heading PTT POST BV on the receipts is replaced by TPG Post.

Heading TPG POST

As of the end of December 2002 the labels with the print PTTPOST have been gradually replaced by rolls with the text TPGPOST. Old stock with PTTPOST was to be used up.

TPG POST

As of mid January 2003 the text GEHOLPEN DOOR VERKOPER (ASSISTED BY CLERK) was added on the receipts. The clerk needed to program her or his name in the machine.

GEHOLPEN DOOR VERKOPER

Since 24 March 2003 the number of the "postkantoor" (PK) (post office) is printed on the labels of all post offices. As of 12 May 2003 this was also the case on labels of business points (BP) and service points (SP).

PK number

On 17 November 2003 labels have been introduced in all post offices, depicting 81 names of streets world wide. These labels have a fake perforation to the left and to the right. During 2004 these rolls have also been introduced in business points and service points, but in these offices the old stock with PTTPOST and TPGPOST was to be used up.

Label with fake perforation

In April 2005 a new type of labels with the street names has been gradulally introduced in all post offices. This paper shows better thermoprints. It has no perforation. In the following months these rolls also have been introduced in business points and service points. In these offices however the old stock with PTTPOST, TPGPOST and with the fake perforation was to be used up.

Label without perforation


Pilot with new postage label machines On or around 29 June 2009 new postage label machines have been installed in ten small stores in the province of South-Holland. They dispense postage labels as pictured here. It concerns a test period of three months.The last day of this pilot was 2 October 2009. The addresses are:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.	Gemakswinkel Primera Readshop Boekhandel Spar Super de Boer Tabak en Gemak Gemakswinkel Bruna Primera	Ternatestraat 28 Dijkshoornseweg 31 Ambachtsplein 9 Hoornesplein 129 Lange Mare 78-80 Stationsweg 44 Lindelaan 243 De Strooplikker 1 Koningin Julianaplein 24 van Barbansonstraat 63	2612 BG 2635 EJ 2391 BD 2221 BJ 2312 GT 2312 AV 2282 EV 2461 CW 2273 BR 2274 SM	DELFT DEN HOORN HAZERSWOUDE KATWIJK LEIDEN LEIDEN RIJSWIJK TER AAR VOORBURG VOORBURG

Businesspoints Postage label overview.
(version September 2011)

In the beginning of 2007 the TPG POST-logo on the postage labels was gradually replaced by the TNT post-logo.

TNT post-logo

As of 2 April 2007 TNT uses the same paper also for printing labels with barcodes in case of domestic registered letters (R AANGETEKEND), guaranteed mail (GARANTIEPOST) and basic package (BASISPAKKET).

Barcode labels