The NEWVISION E-Post machines in Norway
In 2002 , the portuguese company Newvision was chosen by Norway Post to supply machines for ATM postage labels ( automaten frimerke or frankeringsetiketter , in norwagian language ) .
The new ATM machine chosen by Norway Post was the Newvision
Epost 2000M and it was offered by this portuguese company in keen competition
with other major european suppliers .
In Norway , this machine is sold by Q-Matic Norge AS .
Norway Post planned to install fifty of these machines in the course of the 2002
year , after the conclusion of the tests in a new machine that was installed in
the Philatelic Service´s outlet at Kirkegaten 20 ( Oslo ) on the 18 th March
2002 before installing it in the large Post offices .
The following table shows the location and first day of use of these new machines .
| Location / Postal Code | First day of use |
| Philatelic Service´s outlet at Kirkegaten 20 / Oslo | 18 th March 2002 |
| Holmlia Post Office / 1201 Oslo | 2 nd May 2002 |
| Moss Post Office / 1503 Oslo | 2 nd May 2002 |
| Youngstorget Post Office / 0028 Oslo | 8 th May 2002 |
| Grunerlokka Post Office / 0505 Oslo | 16 th May 2002 |
| Rodelokka Post Office / 0501 Oslo | 30 th May 2002 |
| Sarpsborg Post Office / 1702 Sarpsborg | 13 th June 2002 |
| Arendal Post Office / 4801 Arendal | 13 th June 2002 |
| Stord Post Office / 5401 Stord | 20 th June 2002 |
| Asker Post Office / 1371 Asker | 29 th August 2002 |
| LØrenskog Post Office / 1470 LØrenskog | 29 th August 2002 |
The franking labels for this issue have been ordered from Norsk Etikett System AS and the label motive are the eyes of a Eagle Owl .
Eagle Owl Eyes E-Post ATM
The labels are printed in rolls of 1000 units and their standart values of this
issue were : 5,50 / 7,00 / 9,00 / and 10 NOK .
The official first day of issue was 18 th March 2002 and a special FDC was produced by Norway Post for that ocasion .
Eagle Owl Eyes E-Post ATM set FDC
Eagle Owl Eyes E-Post issue first day postmark
Norway Post E-Post 2000 M machine at Cebit 2002 event ( Cortesy of Newvision )
The E-post 2000M is a touch screen machine , wich means that the customer makes a
choise by pressing a finger on the desired menu on the secreen .
A « shopping basket » sums up and lists purchases if the customer wishes to
buy more than one type of stamps .
Payment can be made with coins or notes up to NOK 200 and the machine gives a
receipt for purchases made .
E-Post receipt( with first day of issue date )
The comma / dot printings
In this E-Post machine , it was possible to obtain a variety in the respective printing .
In the normal printing , the separation between the decimal digits is made by a normal comma ( , ) but in other machines the same separation between the decimal digits is made by a normal single dot / point ( . ) .
The Eagle Owl Eyes E-Post ATM with the dot / point printing variety
White / Yellow backing wax paper
There is also a interesting variety in this issue from Norway , since in some ATM´s their backing wax paper is in white color , while in other the backing paper is in yellow color .
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Newvision E-Post 2000 M technical characteristics |
| 64 Bit industrial PC |
| Distributed multiprocessor architecture |
| Hybrid card reader |
| Coin validation mechanism until 12 denominations with recycling |
| TFT colour monitor |
| Multilingual utilisation |
| Anti-vandal selected keys |
| Printer (with graphic capacity) designed for Receipts |
| Printer (with graphic capacity) designed for stamps |
| Intrusion alarm |
| UPS - uninterruptable power supply |
| Serial communication interface or LAN |
| Steel structure with 2,5mm thickness |
| Dimensions: 450*930*307mm(W*H*D) |
| Weight: aprox 60 Kg |
| Modem for remote maintenance (optional) |
| Envelope Dispenser (optional) |
| Scale (optional) |
Like in the other ATM issues it was possible to obtain some errors and varieties like double printings , missing numbers , TEST 0.00 printing ( the printing test in these machines ) and many others .
Eagle Owl Eyes ATM without printing
Althow this specific version of the Newvision E-Post 2000 M is not used by the portuguese Post , the same is used by Portugal Telecom - PT ( the portuguese public - state comunications company ) in their shops for tasks of telephone bill - invoices payments .
Portugal Telecom E-Post 2000 M machine ( with round yellow sticker warning of Out of Service condition )
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