Postage Label Vending Machine
To enhance customer experience, a new Postage Label Vending Machine (“PLVM”)
will be put on trial at the following offices as given below:
Date
Post Office Name
17 December, 2018 (Monday) Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office
18 December, 2018 (Tuesday) General Post Office
19 December, 2018 (Wednesday) Yuen Long Post Office
PLVM provides sale of new self-adhesive postage labels (Pos 9B) of 9 pre-set denominations:
($2, $2.6, $3.2, $3.4, $3.7, $4.6, $4.8, $4.9, $5) and postage enquiry function. Customers can
enquire and purchase postage labels of the required postage according to the destination,
format and weight of the mail item. Payment is only applicable by Octopus.
Each postage label will be pre-printed with ”中國香港 HONG KONG, CHINA” and 8 digits
postage label roll number with Hongkong Post Logo. The Hongkong Post Logo will be
visible under UV light. An encrypted 2D barcode which contains detailed information of the
label will be printed on the label upon purchasing. New postage labels can be used with
stamps and IPSS postage labels (Pos9A) for payment of postage and registration fee.
Specimen of the postage label is reproduced below:
Specimen of Postage Label (for reference only)
Specimen of Postage Label (for reference only)
Remarks: The postage labels are printed by direct thermal printer with security features
bearing the Hongkong Post logo, which can be viewed clearly under UV light. Date-stamping
of the postage labels is required. The postage labels are used solely for posting mail.
Customers should use them as soon as possible as faded postage labels are deemed invalid.
Postage labels sold will not be refunded, exchanged or repurchased.
