What's more, Johnson says new system is a disadvantage for those who collect stamps or buy them in bulk. You send it out into the world and you hope it will," she said. "You leave it in the hands of the postal services and they do this amazing job." "The romance of it is that you don't know whether it'll ever get there. The beauty of letter-sending for Johnson is not knowing exactly when your letter will reach its destination, or when you'll receive one from someone else. After that, people can swap their old stamps for new ones. Non-barcoded definitive stamps will remain valid until Jan. Collectors' stamps with art and photos will remain the same. The change will only affect "definitive" stamps, which are the regular-issued stamps of a country. "I feel a bit affronted about my letter being tracked, because there's something so pure and simple about letter writing and then the digital world has been kind of forced on it," Johnson told As It Happens guest host Ginella Massa.
Johnson, founder of the Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society, said she acknowledges the benefits of technology. But she feels tech is forcing itself onto an age-old pastime. The new stamps, unveiled earlier this year, allow correspondents to track their letters and share link photos and videos by scanning the digital barcodes with an app. Royal Mail was adding barcodes to their stamps, she wasn't exactly thrilled. To send a hand-written letter is to take a break from today's digital world, says Dinah Johnson.
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