(RCSD) No more Ball Point pen cancells?

Since hearing about this "ripoff Story" an item has appeared in 'Stamp'
Magazine. The Postie was reported as stating that he had instructions to do
this. It would however seem that this was not a Royal Mail instruction, more
probably a local delivery office. Does anyone know more?
Bob

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On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:45:26 -0600, Edward A. Locke
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Each carrier "should" have a hand stamp. Each sorting office, relay
office, blah, blah, blah should have some type of handstamp.

There are self-contained units like the Staples offerings or one can
purchase custom ones from rubber stamp outfits.

Sheesh... it should be as simple as that. I think that the pen,
marker and other sordid mutilations are simply out of laziness or
scorn.

Harumphhh!

Yep. Similar to one of these:

http://www.stamp-connection.com/dept...ng_stamps.html

Bingo. I bought one for APS usage a while back. Also, a friend
bought me one for home usage - return address. Inexpensive.

But of course, the idea makes too much sense. It would never be
implemented.

Exactly. The idea behind the P.O. is to make money to sustain itself,
not to cater to secondary purposes like pleasing part of the public.

In the grand scheme of things, I have to agree that whatever means
necessary should be used to be cost-effective and get the job done -
BUT - as a stamp collector, I love to see S.O.N. / CDS cancels.

It IS an imperfect world, but it is the one I must live in. :^)