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Meter Stamp Society
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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The MSS CD Library is Available NOW.
We now have 1948-Present on the CD! (thanks to the APRL).
See the MSS Bulletin.
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Join
The MSS Discussion Group
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
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Website
Table of Contents
Follow
the links in these pages to see:
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Home
Page: Breaking News and Upcoming Events
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Meter
Basics
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Current Auction
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Past
Auctions and results
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About the Meter Stamp Society and how to join
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MSS
Quarterly
Bulletin and complete Index!
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Headline News
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Gallery
Notable meter stamps, slogans, exhibits.
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Town
Names (Town List) for US and Canada
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Convention News, a listing of events and exhibits at recent shows
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Member Want Ads as posted in a recent Quarterly Bulletin
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Helpful Links to other sites
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Bibliography, a listing of important literature and where to get
it.
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Magazine
Ads for Meters
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Contact Us
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Bookstore/Library, MSS Publications
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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.
APS Affiliate
www.MeterStampSociety.com Webmaster:
admin(at)meterstampsociety.com
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