Barcoded Stamps, A New Era?

On 1st February 2022, Royal Mail issued four barcoded Machin definitive stamps and announced some of the non-barcoded stamps will be phased out next year. Like it or not, it's a new era of stamps. 00:00 Introduction 00:23 The News 02:11 What's going to happen? 03:22 Why? 04:42 The Stamps 06:58 The Barcode 10:22 What do I expect? 13:08 What will happen in the philatelic world? Follow me on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/richphilatelist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richardphilatelist/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richardphilatelist Support My Channel: https://ko-fi.com/richardphilatelist Related Videos: The News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uMx69Y9O3I My Machin Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er2iLHQR-9E Decimal Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyXYpqGgONs Crypto Stamps and NFTs? (Exploring Stamps): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79dDjoO165s Shaun the Sheep: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZb3P9PJcAv/ Related Webpages: The News (Royal Mail): https://www.royalmail.com/sending/barcoded-stamps?iid=HP_M2_1_BARCODEDSTAMPS The News (BBC): https://www.royalmail.com/sending/barcoded-stamps?iid=HP_M2_1_BARCODEDSTAMPS Norvic Philatelics Blog: https://blog.norphil.co.uk/2022/02/machin-definitives-with-datamatrix-code.html DATA MATRIX CODES VS. QR CODES – WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? :https://www.laserax.com/blog/data-matrix-vs-qr-codes DMRE Datamatrix Rectangular Extension: https://www.e-d-c.info/en/projects/dmre-en.html Royal Mail Mailmark: https://www.royalmail.com/sites/default/files/Royal-Mail-Mailmark-barcode-definition-document-September-2015.pdf Generate you own 2D code: https://www.terryburton.co.uk/barcodewriter/generator/#google_vignette