On 3 January
2017 Deutsche Post issued two new ATM stamp designs to replace the ones from
2008 (Brandenburger Tor Berlin and Post Tower Bonn). This time the stamps
feature two very important mail events: writing letters and receiving letters.
Deutsche Post deals with 61 million letters every day, although personal
letters are an increasingly smaller part of the mail stream, being replaced by
e-mails and social media.
The new ATM
stamps were introduced in machines a limited number of cities and are gradually
being made available throughout the country. When I was in Essen the machine at
the central post office still had the old designs, but at the Briefmarken-Messe
the new designs were available.
I got both
designs out of the machine with the rate for international letters and had them
cancelled just before I left for home on 12 May. Behind the counter was the
same lady that was at the Philatelie-Shop the day before. I asked for a normal
date cancellation and she even cleaned the cancel for me so I would have nicely
postmarked envelopes.
Date sent: 12
May 2017
Date postmark: 12
May 2017
Date received:
16 May 2017
Number of days:
4
Envelope in
collection: 57
Date sent: 12
May 2017
Date postmark: 12
May 2017
Date received:
16 May 2017
Number of days:
4
Envelope in
collection: 58
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