Neopost web-enabled stamps
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Neopost web-enabled stamps or Neopostage is a postage stamp
that is part of the family of computerized postage. These stamps were developed by Neopost Online and Northrop Grumman Corporation. The joint effort resulted in an innovative self-service stamp vending system. Neopost Online is an USA subsidiary of Neopost Inc. Testing of this system was authorized by the United States Postal Service (USPS) in March 2001.
The self-service stamp vending system allowed consumers to:
The kiosk then:
The ability to peruse, request, authorize, print, and dispense a stamp purchase using the Internet made these the world's first browser-based stamps.
The Neopost web-enabled stamps are listed in Scott catalogue
(Specialized Version) under Computer Vended Postage section with several unlisted varieties.
Postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...
that is part of the family of computerized postage. These stamps were developed by Neopost Online and Northrop Grumman Corporation. The joint effort resulted in an innovative self-service stamp vending system. Neopost Online is an USA subsidiary of Neopost Inc. Testing of this system was authorized by the United States Postal Service (USPS) in March 2001.
The self-service stamp vending system allowed consumers to:
- Touch a display screen to activate the kiosk.
- Peruse through a variety of stamp denominationsDenomination (postage stamp):This article deals with the price of a postage stamp. For other meanings of the word 'denomination' see Denomination .In philately, the denomination is the "inscribed value of a stamp"...
and quantities for purchase. - Select the desired purchase.
- Swipe credit card information to submit the purchase order.
The kiosk then:
- Logs on the centrally located database to get credit card authorization.
- Awaits approval of purchase from a centrally located database.
- Receives purchasing authorization information from the centrally located database..
- Prints the purchasing and stamp information onto adhesive paper (from roll or individual sheets).
- Dispenses the stamp sheets to the consumer.
The ability to peruse, request, authorize, print, and dispense a stamp purchase using the Internet made these the world's first browser-based stamps.
The Neopost web-enabled stamps are listed in Scott catalogue
Scott catalogue
The Scott catalogue of postage stamps, published by Scott Publishing Co, a subsidiary of Amos Press, is updated annually and lists all the stamps of the entire world which its editors recognize as issued for postal purposes. It is published in six large volumes and is also produced in...
(Specialized Version) under Computer Vended Postage section with several unlisted varieties.