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LYON-MONTROCHET

The mechanised sorting office of Lyon-Montrochet became operational in October 1977 with a

suite of forty manual coding desks treating mail from Lyon and the departements of Ain , Rhone

and Isere. At a later date, optical character recognition equipment was installed. Both
installations required trials and testing before treating real mail.

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Enlarged and enhanced image revealing the two indexations

The above test cover is unusual in that it shows evidence of being tr ialled on both a manual

coding desk (ident 90) and a L.I.A.P. The indexation 95190 appears as short broad strokes in

orange-red ink applied by the ribbon of the manual coding desk over which is printed the same

indexation in tall thin strokes in rose-red ink applied by the jet printer of the L.I.A.P.