I was visiting my parents the other day, I noticed amongst my mothers post, a letter with her coupons from a large UK supermarket with what I thought was a special 2nd Class stamp, but then realised it was Pre-printed with a printed cancellation.
I don’t know about recent issues of this kind of stamps.
Italy has never issued, but there’s a curiosity about these 2006 stamps , dedicated to 18 years old people (girls version - there was also boys version in light blue):
The first, in form of minisheet, was available only for people that was 18 years old in 2006, while the second was the version sold to the public, having a “fake” pre-cancellation.
They’ve been criticized for this discriminating form of distribution and remained an isolated case, despite the idea was to issue one different couple every year.
Isn’t it a regular prepaid postcard, that will be cancelled once posted?
I recently received a prepaid postcard from Australia, which the three black lines (where the stamp would have been) recieved at inkjet postmark cancellations. Similar to what the Netherlands would do?
I’ve also recieved a prepaid postcard from Canada which had printed stamp but no postmark/cancellation.
The above picture is first time I’ve seen the UK apply a printed stamp to business/advertisement mail, usually it is just a black and white barcode with the delivered by Royal Mail and the account number of the organisation in this case C9 1002 of Tesco Supermarkets.
I think this is done to make this type of mail abit more interesting, maybe its a trial on how Pre-printed stamps would look, RM might go down this route for postage paid online.
, dedicated to 18 years old people (girls version - there was also boys version in light blue):
