Let's See Your Framas And Computer-Vended Stamps

As an addendum to the above post, here is an April 5, 1981 cover from the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva with both a printed meter indica and a self-adhesive meter label. The indica is in the conventional Swiss style ("P"s, post horns, etc).

On August 17, 2009 Greenland issued its first set of computer-vended stamps. The theme of these stamps is "the joy of receiving mail."

From the ateeme.net website, "The labels have the same characteristics as those manufactured for Post Danmark and Postverk Foroya. They are manufactured by the Danish company Ganket A/S, on thermal paper...with a gray security background with the Post Greenland logo and a straight edge, that is used for the printing of the face value and an 11-digit code."

Greenland's second series of computer-vended stamps was issued on May 2, 2011. These four stamps feature native wildlife, depicting musk oxen, walruses, a white-tailed eagle, and a polar bear.

Here is a July 18, 1983 first day card for Luxembourg's first computer-vended stamp. These labels were processed and dispensed with a Frama (Switzerland) second generation FE144 machine. A person could buy stamps valued between 1 and 84 francs (no fractional amounts) from these machines.

From Michel Automatenmarken-Spezial Katalog, "On 10.11.1977 the second generation (machine) followed with three additional fixed value buttons which correspond to the controls. With the button 'displayed amount', however, all values can still be processed."

Greenland's third series of computer-vended stamps were issued on January 20, 2014. This set of 4 labels/designs feature landscapes of Greenland.

In addition to 4 pics of the labels, a fifth image shows the two types of "point of purchase" black printings available. From the ateeme.net website, "Both machine types use the same rolls of self-adhesive labels, and print the face value and the 11-digit control code with a similar print font, although it is possible to recognize the origin according to the height of the face value and the separation of the lower code."

The top label, with the narrower (1.5 mm) separation between value and code, is from a postal kiosk. The bottom label (2.2 mm separation) is from "the aCon desktop printer (nicknamed Frankie), used by the philatelic service" (ateeme). In my experience the philatelic service printings are much more frequently found.

Here is a Spanish "adjust" label.

From the website Spain Thermal ATM Postage Label Intro, Varieties &... IBIT for web.pdf, "Adjust" Labels were used to test alignment and printing quality of the machines. Only the postal clerks (and technicians) could perform this function. These labels were supposed to be discarded, but of course many ended up in the hands of collectors."

A recent example from Thailand showing an elephant with two calves. It doubles as a personalised stamp. Instead of entering the postcode, the recipients name (retouched) was entered and printed below the value.

I think this topic should be elevated to one level up, may be entitled
Frama, Computer Vended, ATM, Variable Value Stamps Forum
under the General Philatelic Discussions section.
Both these stamps and their vending machines are very interesting topics to discuss. A lot of material can also be found at a handful of websites on the internet.

Since Variable Value Stamps covers the subject, that would suffice. There have been very few posts on the subject. Also, considering we have a forum for modern stamps and there have been very few posts on these stamps, why have a forum for a modern stamp type but not for Christmas stamps on which there have been many posts? Or, how is this different from Postage Dues that are just threads in the Back-of-Book forum?

That said, I would favour a more structured set up of the site. However, Don, already, explained that each new forum increases the maintenance and moderation workload.