Computer Vended Postage

I was researching in the Scott Specialized Catalog, and their CVP section has a lot to be desired. For example, they show CVP75a as "Black & Pink", but they don't go into detail. I have 4 of these in just Pink. Two in light pink that glow forescent under a Shortwave Light & a Longwave Light, and two that are a dark pink that do not glow under either light at all.

The two that glow are .44 and dated 2011. The two that do not glow are .46 & .67 (both with a small 5 after the value) and dated 2018. Has anyone experienced this or able to shed more light on this. Not sure why Scott doesn't address something like this in more detail, especially the versions that are "just pink". Thank you in advance for any insight.

JWL, you could check www.pnc3.org as they have these listed in their catalog
Also, you could please post pictures?


Peter

For CVP75a, the design is as shown in the image right above CVP75. The pink is the stripe, the black is the part that prints at the time of purchase including the denomination and the date.

The small 5 may indicate a half cent.

The bottom two glow under SW or LW Ultraviolet Light. The top two do not.

I think those may be meters, not CVP.

Call them meters if you will, but the design is Scott listed as CVP.


Edit: Question for JWL, are these printed on the envelopes, or on a label attached to the envelope? Maybe eyeonwall is right that these are meters using the same standard Pitney Bowes design used on the CVP machines that print the labels.

Edit2: Yeah, I think eyeonwall is right. The CVP75 labels are printed in black with a pink stripe at the right, just like the picture in the Scott catalog. the "just pink" ones that you ask about are probably ordinary meters just like are used at thousands of companies around the world.

I don't know how the Pitney Bowes CVP are printed. but the ones that come out of the machines in the PO lobbies are thermally printed and can only be black. If the PB ones are ink printed, perhaps they used the wrong ink or perhaps it was intentional (meters are often in pink ink that glows).

Does the fact that the top two read 02 1P and the bottom two. 02 1M support the strip/meter idea?

These are postage meter labels listed in the United States Postage Meter Catalog, issued by the Postage Meter Society. They are listed under "Sub-group QB - Pitney Bowes". I have seven from recent years (2021-2024). Some glow under UV and some do not. Four of them have inscriptions reading up to the left of the label. Two of them have a "FIRST-CLASS" inscription, and two have "FIRST-CLASS / NONAUTO / PRSRT LTR"

Thank you all again for the inputs. VERY HELPFUL indeed, especially the link at the end. Answered quite a few questions. Stamp collecting keeps seeming to get more and more complexed. Use to be really fun as a kid, now it seems to be more of an ordeal. (smile). Thank you again everyone.