COLLECTORS REACT TO ‘BARCODED’ STAMPS NEWS
The world of philately is reacting to the news that all British definitive stamps will feature barcodes (actually data matrix codes) and existing definitives will soon lose postal validity, as reported in last month’s Stamp Collector.
Collectors quickly pointed out that what Royal Mail are referring to as ‘barcoded stamps’ actually feature something more like a QR code or matrix code. But it is the effect the new stamps,
