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Is it to stop counterfeiting? It could literally just be so that stamps can be scanned automatically to check whether they are the right denomination, which squ
by p1necone 4y ago
Is it to stop counterfeiting? It could literally just be so that stamps can be scanned automatically to check whether they are the right denomination, which squares up with "facilitate operational efficiencies". Is "added security features" really less clear than "prevent fraud"?
The barcode would only be useful to prevent counterfeiting if each stamp had a unique barcode that could be invalidated once used, but the linked page doesn't say whether or not that is the case.
- danuker 4y ago> to check whether they are the right denomination This is a trivial problem compared to handwriting OCR going on in some post offices in the world, and does not require barcodes.
- p1necone 4y agoIt is possible that the lower CPU time scanning barcodes vs scanning color images and detecting the stamp is a big enough optimization to be worth it at scale.
- londons_explore 4y agoThe old stamps already had machine readable UV markers to mark their money value.