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Postage meter, the Glossary

A postage meter or franking machine is a mechanical device used to create and apply physical evidence of postage (or franking) to mailed items.^[1]

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Affixing machine

An Affixing Machine is a machine that affixes postage stamps to an envelope, postcard or wrapper. Postage meter and Affixing machine are postal systems.

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American Society of Mechanical Engineers

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is an American professional association that, in its own words, "promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe" via "continuing education, training and professional development, codes and standards, research, conferences and publications, government relations, and other forms of outreach." ASME is thus an engineering society, a standards organization, a research and development organization, an advocacy organization, a provider of training and education, and a nonprofit organization.

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Arthur Pitney

Arthur H. Pitney (1871–1933) was an American inventor and businessman, best known as the father of the postage meter.

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Barcode

A barcode or bar code is a method of representing data in a visual, machine-readable form.

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Cancellation (mail)

A cancellation (or cancel for short; French: oblitération) is a postal marking applied on a postage stamp or postal stationery to deface the stamp and to prevent its reuse.

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Data Matrix

A Data Matrix is a two-dimensional code consisting of black and white "cells" or dots arranged in either a square or rectangular pattern, also known as a matrix.

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EBay

eBay Inc. (often stylized as ebay or Ebay) is an American multinational e-commerce company based in San Jose, California, that allows users to buy or view items via retail sales through online marketplaces and websites in 190 markets worldwide.

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Franking

Franking comprises all devices, markings, or combinations thereof ("franks") applied to mails of any class which qualifies them to be postally serviced. Postage meter and Franking are postal systems.

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Gibbons Stamp Monthly

Gibbons Stamp Monthly (GSM) is a British philatelic magazine which can trace its roots back to 1890.

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Information-Based Indicia

Information-Based Indicia (IBI) is a secure postage evidencing standard used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) to indicate electronic postage payment.

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International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry

The International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry in Liverpool, England, was opened by Queen Victoria on 11 May 1886.

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Keyboard technology

The technology of computer keyboards includes many elements.

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Lucas Industries

Lucas Industries plc was a Birmingham-based British manufacturer of motor industry and aerospace industry components.

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Mail

The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. Postage meter and mail are postal systems.

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Meter stamp

A meter stamp, or meter mark, is the impression made by a postage meter machine that indicates that postage has been paid on a letter or parcel.

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Neopost web-enabled stamps

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. Postage meter and Neopost web-enabled stamps are postal systems.

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PayPal

PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that support online money transfers; it serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as checks and money orders.

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Petroleum in the United States

Petroleum has been a major industry in the United States since the 1859 Pennsylvania oil rush around Titusville, Pennsylvania.

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Pitney Bowes

Pitney Bowes Inc. is an American technology company most known for its postage meters and other mailing equipment and services, and with expansions into e-commerce, software, and other technologies. Postage meter and Pitney Bowes are postal systems.

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Postmark

A postmark is a postal marking made on an envelope, parcel, postcard or the like, indicating the place, date and time that the item was delivered into the care of a postal service, or sometimes indicating where and when received or in transit. Postage meter and postmark are postal systems.

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Prepaid telephone call

Prepaid telephone calls are a popular way of making telephone calls which allow the caller to control spending without making a commitment with the telephone company.

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Quadient

Quadient is an international company specialized in mailing equipment, business process automation and customer experience management. Postage meter and Quadient are postal systems.

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Seal (emblem)

A seal is a device for making an impression in wax, clay, paper, or some other medium, including an embossment on paper, and is also the impression thus made.

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Sherman Antitrust Act

The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 is a United States antitrust law which prescribes the rule of free competition among those engaged in commerce and consequently prohibits unfair monopolies.

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Stamps.com

Stamps.com is a brand and the former corporate name of Auctane, an American company that provides Internet-based mailing and shipping services.

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Stanley Gibbons

The Stanley Gibbons Group plc is a company quoted on the London Stock Exchange specialising in the retailing of collectable postage stamps and similar products.

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Telephone

A telephone, colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly.

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The World's Work

The World's Work (1900–1932) was a monthly magazine that covered national affairs from a pro-business point of view.

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Tobacco in the United States

Tobacco has a long cultural, economic, and social impact on the United States.

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Walter Bowes

Walter Bowes (1882–1957) was an English-born industrialist and sportsman, who came to fame in the United States as the co-founder of technology firm Pitney-Bowes Postage Meter Company (now Pitney-Bowes) An entrepreneur and salesman, he achieved great success as a businessman and also had a passion for racing yachts and horses.

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ZIP Code

A ZIP Code (an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan) is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_meter

Also known as Computer vended postage, Computerized postage, Franking machine, Postage meters, Postal meter.