Postal Mechanization - GB
The Postal Mechanisation Story (in G.B.)
The Introduction of mechanised letter sorting has been a long process: it started with use of the Transorma machines at Brighton from 1935 to 1968, continued with experiments in the 1950s and 1960s, operational working followed in the 1970s and completion is due in the mid acceptance of postcodes.
Following the Nirwich experiment in 1959 /(with NOR postcodes), Croydon was coded in 1966:
both areas had their own slogan campaigns to promote the use of postcodes.
A number of areas were coded in 1967-68 and once again a relevant slogan campaign followed in each area with the first standard type of postcode slogan coming into use. An interesting aspect of this period was the use of the slogan at each office in each area which had a singleimpression cancelling machine. Thus, the slogan can be found from offices whose stamp cancelling machines have long since disappeared as part of the various concentration schemes.
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