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A future without lost mail: Stamps with QR codes being studied in postal service overhaul

It is part of big plans to overhaul the entire postal system, which is under strain from e-commerce

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Tiffany Fumiko Tay

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Lost mail may one day be a thing of the past, if SingPost's ambitious plan to track all postal items here comes to fruition.
It is working on a stamp prototype with QR codes that will enable mail articles to be scanned and tracked throughout the delivery process, SingPost's Singapore head and chief executive of postal services Vincent Phang told The Straits Times.
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