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No, these are ordinary commemorative issues. Beginning in February 2021, German stamps will increasingly bear matrix codes for tracking, and it is said that all German stamps issued from 2021 on will have these codes. This is also the reason for the blue cancels - a black postmark could interfere with reading the code.
The stamp on the left is from the first issue to bear a matrix code. The spray-on numbers must have been applied outside Germany in a sorting facility.
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Thanks for the info.
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Well, JMH, we shall certainly miss you if you do decide to leave! How will such questions be answered in the future??
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When I see these stamps, there is only one question in my mind: why?
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Royal Mail have produced similar.
Norvil Philatelics Blog is quite interesting.
This is a link to it
http://31ppurple.blogspot.com/
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JanSimon, why what?
Why the matrix code? Improved tracking and avoidance of fraud. Every code is unique and is scanned and recorded.
Why the designs? You'll have to ask the ministry of the finances and the "artistic council" (Kunstbeirat).
Why the little Euro sign in the corner? Perhaps just to clarify the currency. A bit late, however. The Germans have issued a lot of stamps without any currency sign since 2002, so that sometimes demonetised older (DM) stamps have still been used for postage.
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Sorry, I should have asked this more clearly. Why the matrix code. It seems like a way of tracking and gathering personal information (valuable for marketing purposes obviously).
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One of the main reasons for the matrix is to combat FRAUD.
No one will be able to reuse a matrix stamp that has been through the Postal System ever again.
When one sees the amount of forgeries available on feebay then Postal Systems must be upgraded and altered to stop forgeries and re-use.
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No, these are ordinary commemorative issues. Beginning in February 2021, German stamps will increasingly bear matrix codes for tracking, and it is said that all German stamps issued from 2021 on will have these codes. This is also the reason for the blue cancels - a black postmark could interfere with reading the code.
The stamp on the left is from the first issue to bear a matrix code. The spray-on numbers must have been applied outside Germany in a sorting facility.
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Well, JMH, we shall certainly miss you if you do decide to leave! How will such questions be answered in the future??
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When I see these stamps, there is only one question in my mind: why?
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Royal Mail have produced similar.
Norvil Philatelics Blog is quite interesting.
This is a link to it
http://31ppurple.blogspot.com/
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02:35:02am
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JanSimon, why what?
Why the matrix code? Improved tracking and avoidance of fraud. Every code is unique and is scanned and recorded.
Why the designs? You'll have to ask the ministry of the finances and the "artistic council" (Kunstbeirat).
Why the little Euro sign in the corner? Perhaps just to clarify the currency. A bit late, however. The Germans have issued a lot of stamps without any currency sign since 2002, so that sometimes demonetised older (DM) stamps have still been used for postage.
-jmh
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re: German info, please.
Sorry, I should have asked this more clearly. Why the matrix code. It seems like a way of tracking and gathering personal information (valuable for marketing purposes obviously).
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05:53:30am
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re: German info, please.
One of the main reasons for the matrix is to combat FRAUD.
No one will be able to reuse a matrix stamp that has been through the Postal System ever again.
When one sees the amount of forgeries available on feebay then Postal Systems must be upgraded and altered to stop forgeries and re-use.
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