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Meter Stamp Society

 

Welcome to the New Official Meter Stamp Society Webpages

The Meter Stamp Society, an APS affiliate, is dedicated to the collection of postage meter stamps, topical slogans on postage meter stamps, computer postage (CVP), framas, photostamps and similar items.  The Society sponsors a meeting at national philatelic shows about every 18 months.  The last meeting was at Colopex 2008 in Columbus Ohio. The next meeting is planned for NAPEX 2009 in Washington D.C.

 

Colopex, February 1-3, 2008 was a special event.  Eight members brought 12 exhibits, 9 of which were meter related material, and these were given 21 awards, including Reserve Grand and five Gold (See Convention News).

Pitney Bowes brought the new "Mail&Go" postal kiosk (see News) and members bought postage for friends around the world. The group also took a field trip to the Columbus, Ohio location of PSI, a Pitney Bowes company, that applies a final sort to large mailings for customers at 34 locations around the country to improve mail time and costs. Pitney Bowes also brought a small handheld barcode scanner so that we could better learn how to decode the 2D (two dimension) barcodes now attached to all "metered" mail (see this topic on the MSS Discussion Group).  Finally, one of the local PB representatives kindly went through her office's old files and found about 15 product brochures for meters from about 1994 to the present.  We will scan these and place them in the Gallery.

     

Auction 42 will begin in May

 

Issue 280 Summer 2008 of the MSS Bulletin will ship in early June 2008.

All issues available on the Members Only site

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mssqb/ for immediate download.

The MSS is now a tax exempt Charity. See the News.

New Bookstore/Library Page Containing Publications for Sale and for Free.

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Rare Find

Norway no 1, 10 Øre

See Classics Gallery!

 

EFO's at stamps.com

The 2-cent makeup stamps provided a face value have proven to have a number of interesting oddities.  See the discussion in the MSS Bulletin 2007 Autumn edition.

 

 

 

 

 

 The MSS CD Library is Available NOW.  We now have 1948-Present on the CD! (thanks to the APRL).

See the MSS Bulletin.

 

 


Join The MSS Discussion Group


Subscribe to MeterStampSocietyDiscussionGroup
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An MSS email discussion group has been set up. 

Subjects: Anything about meters! 

Ask Questions, Get Answers.

Show the Group New Items, 

See New Items from the Group.

Postage Meters, Computer Postage, Framas, PhotoStamps, All Countries!

 

How to Join: 

Send an email to meterstampsociety-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

How to Quit: 

Send an email to meterstampsociety-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

Who Can Join:

Prefer MSS Members. However nonmembers are welcome during this startup.

How to email the discussion group:

Send your message to meterstampsociety@yahoogroups.com

Your message will be forwarded to all the members of the group.

You can attach photos or scans. (keep them small please).

Messages will be archived and searchable.

Also go to: http://groups.yahoo.com and search for "meter stamp society".

 


 News!

  • The rarest of the rare! A postally used example of the 1900 Norway 10 ore postage meter has been found. Classic Gallery.
  • Pitney Bowes and NCR have announced new Postal Kiosks.  See News Page.
  • An update to the International Postage Meter Catalog is in the works.  The authors, Joel and Rick, are actively seeking corrections and new meters.  Here's an opportunity to be part of a special work.  See Contact page.
  • Recent Linn's reports as of June 12 Pitney Bowes Stamp Expressions is approved: www.pb.com/stampexpressions.com.
  • MSS meeting discussed ways to modernize the Society. See News.
  • MSS members are helping the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum build a website.  See News.
  • Pitney Bowes Tests a new Vending Kiosk at Headquarters Cafeterias. See News.
  • Postage Meter Stamp Exhibits Donated By Members are now in the Gallery.
  • New Bibliography of Philatelic Newspaper articles and where to get them. See Bibliography.
  • What is the Meter Migration Mandate?  See the News page.
  • Linn's Stamp News article October 3, 2005 (page 16) says USPS considers Photostamps to be meters.  Linn's has confirmed this with the USPS.  We didn't know that!
  • Indexes to the MSS Bulletin back to 1948.  See Quarterly Bulletin page.
  • The International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog is now available! 1300+ pages, 6500+ images, 300+ issuing entities, plus history, references, collecting tips, and much more! Click Here For More Information

 

 

Website Table of Contents

Follow the links in these pages to see:

  1. Home Page: Breaking News and Upcoming Events

  2. Meter Basics

  3. Current Auction

  4. Past Auctions and results

  5. About the Meter Stamp Society and how to join

  6. MSS Quarterly Bulletin and complete Index!

  7. Headline News

  8. Gallery Notable meter stamps, slogans, exhibits.

  9. Town Names (Town List) for US and Canada

  10. Convention News, a listing of events and exhibits at recent shows

  11. Member Want Ads as posted in a recent Quarterly Bulletin

  12. Helpful Links to other sites

  13. Bibliography, a listing of important literature and where to get it.

  14. Magazine Ads for Meters

  15. Contact Us

  16. Bookstore/Library, MSS Publications

 

What we Collect:

1. Postage Meter Stamps

    a. Topical Slogan Meters

    b. Postage Meter Types

    e. Postage Meter Essays

    f. Postage Meter Proofs

    g. Town Names (townlist), 

        by State or Country

2. Computer Meter Stamps

3. Digital Meter Stamps

4. APC (Automated Postal Center)

    Stamps

5. Automat Stamps

    a. Frama Vending Postage Stamps

    b. Klussendorf Vending Postage Stamps

6. Photostamps

7. Tax Revenue Meter Stamps

8. Magazine Ads for Postage Meters

 

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Upcoming Events!

Next meeting will be in NAPEX 2009 in August 2009 in Washington DC.

 

 



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