International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/Introduction/Meter Manufacturers Worldwide

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Postage Meter Manufacturers Worldwide[edit | edit source]

Listed here are companies known to have manufactured at least one postage meter used at some point to frank actual mail. Manufacturers of machines that were tested on dummy mail only and never saw commercial use are not listed.

The list is not meant to include companies that are only distributors or representatives of meter manufacturers and not manufacturers themselves, but some may have slipped in.

The country name in parenthesis is where the company is/was located. If two country names are shown, the second is where the machine was used if not in the country of origin. Example: Ohmer Fare, a company located in the United States, had only one machine placed into service, and it was in South Africa.


ALDRIDGE (New Zealand)

AMERICAN POSTAGE METER (USA)

ANKER, ANKER WERKE (Germany)

ASCOM HASLER (Switzerland)

ASM SERVICES (USA)

ASTRO (Italy)

AUDION (Italy)

AUTOMATIC FRANKING MACHINE (aka MOSS) (New Zealand)

AUTOMATIC STAMP SELLING MACHINES (aka WILKINSON) (Great Britain)

AUTOMATIC STAMPING CO. (aka MOSS) (New Zealand)

BAFRA (Germany)

CAISSE ENREGISTREUSE (France) [this may be the name of a distributor for NCR!]

CAMP (France)

CITIS (Italy)

COLUMBI (Norway)

COMAC (New Zealand)

COMMERCIAL CONTROLS CORP. (USA)

CGA, COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'AUTOMATISME (France)

CONTINENTAL POSTAGE METERS (USA)

DASSAULT (ELECTRONIQUE MARCEL DASSAULT, ELECTRONIQUE SERGE DASSAULT) (France)

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT (USA)

DI BRAZZA (Italy, USA)

ECA GARD (USA)

ELSAG-BAILY (Italy)

EMD/CAMP (France)

EMS (Italy)  ???

ENDICIA INC. (USA)

ENVELOPE MANAGER SOFTWARE (USA)

E-STAMP (USA)

FME INC. (USA)

FRAMA (Switzerland)

FRANCO (Switzerland)

FRANCOPOST (Italy)

FRANCOTYP (Germany)

FRANCOTYP POSTALIA (Germany)

FRANKATOR (Sweden)

FRIDEN (USA)

FRIDEN-ALCATEL (USA)

FURTWANGLER, UHRENFABRIK FURTWANGLER (Germany)

GAPA (France)

GRAPHOTAXE (France) (French manufacturer?)

HASLER (Switzerland)

HAVAS (France)

HAWKINS (New Zealand)

INTERMEC (USA)

IBM, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE (USA)

INTERNATIONAL POSTAL SUPPLY (USA)

KAHRS (Norway)

KILBURN (popular name for REPUBLIC ENGINEERING) (India)

KOMUSINA (Germany)

KRAG, KRAG MASKIN FABRIK (Norway)

LIRMA (Italy)

LOGABAX (France)

MACK, MACK POSTOGRAPH (USA)

MAILIT (Germany)

MAIL O METER (USA)

MERCURY (popular name for POSTAL UTILITIES) (South Africa)

MICROPOST (Italy)

MOS (USA)

MOSS (popular name for AUTOMATIC FRANKING MACHINE and AUTOMATIC STAMPING COMPANY) (New Zealand)

MULTIPOST (USA)

NCR, NATIONAL CASH REGISTER (USA)

NATIONAL POSTAL METER (USA)

NEOPOST (France)

NESSIM (Egypt)

NEW ZEALAND FRANKING MACHINE (New Zealand)

NIXDORF (Germany)

OHMER FARE (USA, South Africa)

OLIVETTI (Italy, France and others)

OMT (Italy) (Is this Olivetti?)

PEGASUS (Italy)

PERM (Actually the name of the town where a government factory was located.) (Russia)

PI ELECTRONICS (USA)

PITNEY BOWES (USA)

PITNEY POSTAL MACHINE (USA)

PORTOS (Denmark)

POSTAL UTILITIES (aka Mercury) (South Africa)

POSTALIA (Germany)

POSTITALIA (Italy)

POSTMASTER (New Zealand)

PRIMAVERA (Italy)

RBV (France)

REGENT (New Zealand)

REPUBLIC ENGINEERING CORP. (India) (aka Kilburn)

RONEO NEOPOST (Great Britain)

SAFAG (Switzerland)

SANGLIER (France)

SATAS (France)

SAVAVA (Germany)

SECAP (France)

SERCEM (France)

SETRIGHT (Great Britain)

SIMA (Italy)

SIEMENS (Germany, France)

SINGER (USA)

SMH ALCATEL (France)

SOCIETE PARISIENNE DES MACHINES A TIMBRER (France)

STAMPIT (Germany)

STAMPMASTER (India)

STAMPMASTER (New Zealand)

STAMPMASTER (USA)

STAMPS.COM (USA)

STEILOW NEOPOST (Neopost in Germany)

STEINER (Italy)

SYSCO (Italy)

TAE (Italy)

TAXO POST (Sweden)

TAXOTYP (Hungary)

TELEFRANK (Germany)

TELEPOSTA (Italy)

TICKET ISSUE MACHINES (TIM) (Great Britain)

TIMBROGRAFE (Belgium)

TOSHIBA (Japan)

UKA (Poland)

UCHERMANN KRAG (Norway)

UNISYS (USA)

UNITEd STATES POSTAL METER (USA)

UNIVERSAL POSTAL FRANKERS (Great Britain)

UNIVERSAL POSTAL FRANKERS/SECAP (UPF in France)

WALES (popular name for NEW ZEALAND FRANKING MACHINE) (New Zealand)

WESTINGHOUSE GARRARD TICKET MACHINES (Great Britain)

WHITLOCK METERED MAIL (USA)

WILKINSON (popular name for AUTOMATIC STAMP SELLING MACHINES (Great Britain)


NOTE: FRANKOPOST is the name of a model series produced by Universal Postal Frankers. The name is often misidentified as the name of a separate company.