Tesco Brent Park Wincor Ident 074005

Stardate: 130712

On Tuesday, I returned to Brent Park with the hope of finally getting an example of a faststamp from this kiosk. The office ident is 074005. The kiosk was installed on 7 December 2011 but due to staff training issues it was some time before it was brought into service and one of the last kiosks to be upgraded to V2.

I was successful in obtaining examples and these are shown above. The receipts are in the same format as those form Tudor Street (and other offices). Other services where proof of posting are required are not available from this kiosk and one still needs to go to the post office counter.

Brent Park Post Office - Tesco

Stardate: 030612

A comment left on the Norphil blog site indicated a previously unknown (by me) kiosk at Brent Park, London NW10. I made a visit to this office on the 2^nd of June 2012 to investigate. The post office is in a Tesco not far from Neasden underground station (if you know the area) or a long walk and a bus ride if you don’t! The office has one kiosk but it was out of order on this date.

Kiosk in situ at Brent Park Tesco

Normal kiosk at the Blackfriars Office in Central London

If you look above the keyboard in the Brent Park photo, the coin slot is missing. I am only aware of four kiosks that did not have coin or banknote payment facilities. These were at Tudor Street, London, EC4Y. However, sometime between June 2011 and 13 December 2011, kiosk 4 was removed from this location. A photo of the kiosk at Blackfriars is included for comparison.

The kiosk at Brent Park Tesco has a “4” stuck to it, no coin slot and no banknote reader and, therefore, I suspect that it may be the missing fourth kiosk from Tudor Street. Can anyone confirm that this is the ex Tudor Street kiosk?

Since the Brent Park kiosk was out of order, I can not give the identification number for this location.