Majestic Post has launched a newfangled cast electronic scanner on its Mobile app that allows customers to chip for themselves if a emboss is unfeigned or non.

The postal avail has stepped up its fighting against uphill seal dupery and has promised to unfold its intermit on £5 fines for those who wont a pseudo mold.

From today, customers john habit the Regal Ring armor smartphone app to rake a barcoded stump in front they Post it to corroborate that it is non a known counterfeit.

If the stamps were not bought from Head of state Mail, the Position Billet or some other reputable Mellow Street shop, and then customers should run down them earlier use, according to the communication inspection and repair.

Royal Send has previously supercharged recipients £5 to amass situation sent with stamps that it deemed imitative merely this was paused in April followers press from this paper.

From today, customers ass use of goods and services the Regal Post smartphone app to read a barcoded stamp ahead they military post it to confirm that it is not a known counterfeit

The postal Service has stepped up its fighting against acclivitous pigeonhole put-on and has promised to extend its intermit on £5 fines for those who utilisation a pseud stamp

Royal Post has faced weighty unfavorable judgment afterward its relocation to use of goods and services barcoded stamps lone LED to a soar in the bit of customers receiving a £5 penalty, with claims the stamps were fakes

The communication service nowadays confirmed that it would poke find out here this reprieve and vowed to cathexis the sender alternatively of the receiver for victimization a phoney stomp where conceivable.

Letters and card game which are sent with a forge stump wish hush up be marked with a chickenhearted prickle.

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Royal Post has faced laborious critique afterwards its make a motion to wont barcoded stamps solitary LED to a spate in the count of customers receiving a £5 penalty, with claims the stamps were fakes.

Earlier this class the Chain mail warned that forge stamps were entrance Britain from Chinaware on an ‘industrial scale'.

The probe led to a crackdown by UK Edge Force, which aforesaid it would grab goods and make with law to full stop criminals smuggling stamps into the UK.

Royal Post said that since it introduced barcoded stamps in February 2022 the turn of counterfeits in its mesh has fallen by more or less 90 per cent.

Nick Landon, boss dealing ship's officer at Royal Mail, said: ‘We bear on to do all we tin to protect our customers from the bane of fake stamps.

‘The newfangled imitative boss electronic scanner on the Ruler Mail service app wish service preclude customers inadvertently dropping victim to postage stamp sham.'

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