Paris July 4 (Rouga) The French Post Office (La Poste) will launch a "digital stamp" in 2023, which is a code sold online at the price of a green stamp for ordinary mail. Users can download the eight Just copy the character code on the envelope.
According to "Le Parisien", people still have to affix stamps to envelopes when sending letters in France, but starting from 2023, the French Post Office will follow the Swiss model to launch a "digital stamp" at a cost of 1.16 euros, which is the price of 20 grams of domestic ordinary mail.
"Digital Stamp" is very simple to use. There is no need to buy traditional stamps and it can be operated using a smartphone. Users can use their smartphones to log into the French postal service's app to purchase "digital stamps" and receive an eight-digit code composed of numbers and letters, which is then copied onto the envelope. The entire process only takes a few minutes.
The French Post Office said in a statement that this makes it possible for everyone, at any time or place, to post domestic letters "without stamps at hand". Smart cameras at mail sorting centers are able to read and decode the new codes, which are unique and valid for eight days.
The French Post Office plans to offer this service from 2023 as part of its effort to modernize postal operations. Pierre-Etienne Bardin, head of data and artificial intelligence at the French Post Group, said that the use of "digital stamps" is very safe and the postal department has anti-fraud measures, so this digital code There is an eight-day validity period.
Pierre-Etienne Baldin also said that the French Post Group is considering extending the use of "digital stamps" to letters and parcels above 20 grams, but the launch of "digital stamps" is not to replace the current paper quality stamps.
