Larger companies sending more than 10 or so items a day are not expected to use electronic stamps widely, as many of them already employ mail services that dispense with the need for stamps, such as franking machines.
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For example, the advent and adoption of information-based indicia ( IBI ) ( commonly referred to as digitally-encoded electronic stamps or digital indicia ) by the US Postal Service in 1998 caused widespread consternation in the franking machine industry, as their equipments were effectively rendered obsolescent and resulted in a flurry of lawsuits involving Pitney Bowes among others.
