Who Remembers Stamp Machines?

I haven't been able to catch up with 365 today because I had a medical appointment this morning and I had to drive David to his medical appointment this afternoon as he isn't able to drive at the moment.

I have decided that I am not cooking dinner tonight so we are just about to go out for a meal.

As I am limited on time to take photos at present I am posting photos taken on a recent day out at Paterson.

On the wall outside the Post Office in Paterson (see yesterday's photo) I spotted this stamp machine. Who remembers these?

I am sure it won't be long before stamps disappear all together and replaced with just franked postage marks on all letters and parcels.

[Jane Martin]

OMG! I remember them! Now I'm feeling old!

[Peter]

What an interesting subject Babs, beautifully capture in lovely detail and colour, needless to say its the first one I've ever seen:)

[sally agnew]

Definitely a machine of the past Babs :)

[Shellie]

This is great Babs

[Pam Knowler]

I don't remember them Babs but my sister does. I love this blast from the past!! Hope you get some good news on both your medical appointments!!

[Connie Little]

I do remember these. I used to write a lot of letters. Thing of the past now.

[ChristineL]

I'd forgotten all about these machines, we had them in the Isle of Man long after the rest of the world had moved on!
Hope things are improving for you both, it's no fun when you've got so many appointments, good idea to let someone else do the cooking :-)

[Heather Colgate]

Now you post a picture, yes I do, we had one in the village of longparish.

[Sarah]

Great image. Takes me back to my childhood. In England ours used to be red

[Sally Ings]

Great find. sad that these are no longer in use but then again very few people write letters anymore - it's now all done digitally.

[Merrelyn]

I'd forgotten about these :)

[gloria jones]

Great find and capture

[Ann Williams]

You've recorded a great piece of history Babs.

[bkb in the city]

Very cool. I don't think l have ever heard of these

[carol white]

I'd forgotten all about them, we had them in the UK when I was a child

[Claude Trew]

What a lovely old stamp machine. I must say I never seen one before. Thank you for sharing.

[Peter H]

Great find. We have slightly more modern versions in some Post Offices in the UK still. I do remember these older ones from childhood.

[Carole Sandford]

I had forgotten about them! Not sure if I ever used one.

[Babs]

@pcoulson I remember them from my childhood. This is the first one I have seen in Australia though.

[Rachel]

I don't think I've ever seen one. A good idea to resurrect, as the post office queues are so long.

[Jessika Panteleios]

What a cool find.

[Heather K]

what a great / interesting find.

I don't remember those , but a funny stamp story:
when I was a kid and stamps were maybe 20 cents each... I LOVED stickers...
I put "stickers" ( my Mom's stamps) ALL over 2 pages of paper I had... like an entire roll

[Marnie]

Oh woweeee, I'd forgotten all about these things. What a great find Babs, must be as old as sin.

[Babs]

@janemartin @hermann @shellee @pamknowler @littleconnie @inthecloud5 @bugsy @sarahlth @salza @merrelyn @seattlite @flowerfairyann @bkbinthecity @carolmw @claudiet @carole_sandford @888rachel @jessikapanteleios Thanks. I remember these from my childhood in the UK. It was a real blast from the past to see it in Paterson.

[Babs]

@caitnessa Ha ha, lovely story Heather. I bet you were popular.

[Babs]

@golftragic Yes Marnie they are as old as sin. I remember them from my childhood. What does that say about me. ha ha.

[Peter]

@onewing Well there we go Babs after a Google search to look at the history of postage stamp vending machines in the UK,
Machines located on Post Office property did start appearing 1890 and a variant is still about to day located in predominately in tourist areas they dispensed 1st class, 2nd class, Postcards (outside Europe) rate and Airmail (maximum 10g) rate stamps, clearly I must have seen a machine that dispensed stamps just can't recall them, every days a school day, lol:)

[Dawn]

So very cool

[Nicole Campbell]

Can't say I do - thanks for sharing this shot

[Chris K]

oh yes, I remember those days.

[Marnie]

@onewing Or me!!!

[Sylvia du Toit]

Thanks for sharing.