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Meter Stamp Society Web Pages

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 NAPEX in McLean, VA. The next meeting is expected to be Stampshow 2011 in Columbus, Ohio.

International Catalog Goes on Wikipedia

    The International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog, as a work in progress, is now posted as a Wikibook. Countries A-F are posted as well as a large part of the USA listing. As with all Wikibooks, registered members of Wikipedia are invited to make improvements. Collectors are encouraged to look over their specialty countries and propose changes to the author, or make the changes yourself.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/International_Postage_Meter_Stamp_Catalog

     The original bound book and updates are still available at:

www.worldmeterstamps.com/intl_ms_catalog.html

Updates Available at:

www.worldmeterstamps.com/index_supplement.html

2009 Membership Dues

New Membership Rates!

 Worldwide Web Delivery                  $8 one year
US First Class Mail Delivery*        $20 one year

                                                               $38 two years
International First Class Mail*      $40 one year

                                                              $78 two years
 

*First Class Mail for US and International delivery will also include web delivery. The web delivery issue is in COLOR.

Contact the Secretary Treasurer.

The MSS Membership year runs from January 1 to December 31.

Meter Stamps Society

Quarterly Bulletin

The Bulletin is the international news source for collectors of a wide range of postage stamps known a 'meters'. This includes prints from the traditional postage meter as well as  more modern additions of Computer Vended Postage and Personal Postage. The Bulletin is published quarterly. All member may download the issues from our Yahoogroups members only website. Membership can also include a copy mailed to your door.

The members only Bulletin delivery site is:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mssqb/

Instructions for obtaining the MSSQB by Web Delivery may be downloaded HERE.

Indexes to the Meter Stamp Society Quarterly Bulletin are available on the Index page. These go back to the start in 1948.

In addition all issues of the Bulletin from 1948 to present are available on CD in searchable PDF format. See our Library.

Curious about our Quarterly Bulletin? Download a sample issue Autumn 2008 Vol 60 No 3:

Catalogue of Oval Postage Meters

     Now available the Catalogue of Oval Postage Meter Indicia of Postage Meter Manufacturers in the United States.  This is a compilation of all known meter numbers and the corporate users for the Type B and C postage meters, along with the Flying Eagle and some of the Type D meters. See the Library.

Meter Migration?

     All postage meters in the US were to be the IBI (Intelligence Based Indicia) after December 31, 2008. Meters with postage could be run down. Most meters needed to call home for validation every 90 days. Non-IBI meters were to be deactivated at the next validation. However members have been collecting covers that have non-IBI meter stamps as of November 2009. We have since found a GSA document that extends the life of non-IBI postage meters. See the Meter Basics page Meter Migration Mandate section.

Schaumberg IL

   The IBM Kiosk test at Schaumberg IL ended on July 31 2009. There is no indication that the machine will continue at another site. See News.

PB Kiosk Test in Canada

PB tested their kiosk at six sites around Toronto between September 2008 and January 2009. See News.

PB Kiosks Installed at

Duane Reade Stores in NYC

Four of the Duane Reade drug stores in NYC have installed the PB Kiosks. Also the kiosks have been installed at some Target stores in Minneapolis, Dallas and Oklahoma City  See News.

Personal Postage Worldwide

Countries around the world provide some form of Personal Postage stamps. Our attempt to provide a complete list, with website addresses of the postal services, is on our Personal Postage page.