Page 136 - 148 Years of the Royal Philatelic Society London

In 2000: 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centre; U.S. and U.K. invade Afghanistan, Taliban

regime collapses; Harry Potter movie opens & sets box office record; Christian Barnard dies.

At the RPSL: The Society wins a Large Gold medal at Belgica 2001 for present ing The Donald

C. Gray Collection of the Netherlands.

RPSL President was Gavin Fryer. Patron H.M . Queen Elizabeth II. Membership 1500-1643.

INSTRUCTIONAL LABEL AVOIDS

REPEATING ROUTING ERROR

From t he collection of John M. Hotchner FRPSL.

Member since 2008. Lives in the United States of America.

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Automation isn't the answer to all problems I This 2001 postal card has the sender's address

label centred on the back and automated routing equipment read that Connecticut address, instead

of the Ohio address on the front. The originating post office caught the error and applied the "Do Not

Process On Automated Equipment" label over the incorrect bar code. This was to alert postal

employees on route to Ohio to process by hand and avoid a repeat of the error. Incredibly, though

this label must have been used in Hartford for some time, this is the only reported example to date.