out on a limb records is an independent record label , based in limerick , ireland .

it is one of the longest running independent labels in ireland .

the label was set up in the summer of 2003 with the release of is it ok to be loud , jesus ? , the debut album from local band giveamanakick .

it was set up by albert twomey ( also see plugd records ) and richard bourke , both of whom were involved in the aspersion music collective , a non-profit gig promoter in limerick .

they were joined by ciarán ryan a couple of months after that , and the three have worked on the label ever since .

in november 2009 it was announced that twomey would no long be involved in the label .

ryan has admitted that himself and bourke considered ending the label on a few occasions .

in 2013 winding 's album ' i am not the crow ' was nominated for the choice music prize , becoming the first band on the label to receive this nomination .

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out on a limb records have got themselves a new website & windings have a new single .
the g - man : it ' s been a busy year for out on a limb . what records have you guys put out in 2013 ?
out on a limb records began in limerick thanks to richard bourke and albert twomey and a few months later ciaran ryan also joined in .
it’s a big weekend for one of our finest independent purveyors of sounds as limerick label out on a limb records celebrates ten years of putting out quality releases this summer .
out on a limb records celebrates its 10th birthday this month . the limerick label aims to stay connected to the bands it was founded to promote
today , out on a limb records has announced that women’s christmas will release their début album too rich for our blood via the label on friday , october 17th .
windings were shortlisted for i am not the crow , released on local label out on a limb records - the diy label’s first ever choice nomination , leading to a double celebration .
out on a limb records is still based in limerick , and since 2009 , all aspects of the label have been run by label partners , richard bourke and ciarán ryan .
they celebrate their tenth birthday in 2013 , by which time we’ll have heard a whopping seven new albums from limerick’s favourite diy label . celina murphy meets the man behind out on a limb records .
irish independent label out on a limb have announced the addition of alternative - rock act women’s christmas to their roster of artists .
limerick independent record label out on a limb record celebrates ten years of putting out quality releases this summer , and to mark that event have planned a birthday day in their home city .
growing pains 15 years of out on a limb records dolans pub – 9 / 6 / 18 we are now well and truly a bold teenager , and you are cordially invited to our birthday party at dolans on saturday june 9th . we have put together a lineup that…
the big out on a limb christmas bash is being held in the crane lane this year . any particular reason why it’s happening in cork ?
out on a limb may be a limerick label but the cork connections are very strong . how have such ties been both been formed and solidified over the years ?
and no matter how different they are , there seems to be a great camaraderie between all out on a limb bands who regularly post online in support of one another .
on the more gentle , folkier side . is this the working equivalent of running two labels ? how much of an impact does such a varied roster have on the day - to - day running of out on a limb ?
we put out four albums this year . in february we put out the second album from
more details on the album are to follow . but the addition of women’s christmas to the out on a limb record label is exciting news ahead of the band’s first full - length studio release .
tough decisions are part - and - parcel of running a record label with one particular headscratcher posing problems for out on a limb records co - head ciarán ryan ahead of their upcoming christmas bash :
we don ' t know who ' s playing santa yet .
based in limerick , out on a limb’s roster of artists includes windings , owensie , hidden highways , crayonsmith , rest , ten past seven , elk , jogging and peter delaney .
out on a limb records is an independent record label based in limerick city , ireland . the label was set up in the summer of 2003 with the release of “is it ok to be loud , jesus ? ” , the debut album from local band giveamanakick . since then , we’ve put out records for a number of bands , including crayonsmith , giveamanakick , hooray for humans , rest , ten past seven , w aiting room & windings .
in other ooal news , the new windings single brain fluid is out on 16th april .
in october 2013 , “milk teeth” , the third album by crayonsmith , was released on out on a limb . a more organic sounding affair than “white wonder” , it too received 4 \ 5 star reviews across the board in the irish press including the irish times and hot press .
crayonsmith joined out on a limb records in 2007 , releasing the critically acclaimed second album “white wonder” in 2008 . this album was made with the help of two friends and saw the band play shows with why ? , yeasayer and the mae shi before heading to the us to open for islands on their tour , fitting in extra gigs with clap your hands say yeah amongst others .
to mark a decade in business the lads behind the label are hosting a day of fun tomorrow with two venues offering a showcase of bands whose records have graced the shelves thanks to them .
( michael john owens ) is an alternative / folk songwriter from dublin and has been performing as a solo artist since 2010 having spent the previous decade as a guitarist in the underground diy / punk scene in ireland ( puget sound / terrordactyl ) . his first studio album ‘aliens’ was released on out on a limb records in 2011 , followed by ‘citizens’ in 2012 . his classical guitar - driven songs are for the most part bleak and understated , with lyrics that oscillate between the personal and political . his third studio album ‘dramamine’ is due for release on
“we were starting from below ground level , we were minus two , underneath the basement and we were coming up out of there , ” he says . “i’m not too sure if we would have even got past dropping a few cds into some local shops or into a spar or something . out on a limb were able to get it into shops around the country , the hmvs and things like that .
‘the boatyard was behind our home . we walked out of our door and into the water’
out on a limb records is an independent record label started in limerick city , ireland . the label was set up in the summer of 2003 ( july 3rd to be precise ) with the release of “is it ok to be loud , jesus ? ” , the debut album from local band giveamanakick . the label was founded by richard bourke and albert twomey , both prominent members of the since defunct aspersion music collective ( amc ) . they were joined at the end of 2003 by ciarán ryan .
great first record of this band from chemnitz / leipzig . complex groovy with wave - guitar sounds and nice melodies and a lot of energetic post - punk influences like wipers , joy division and the estranged . all records include a downloadcode . first press of 300 pieces , 100 of them on limited red vinyl !
later on that evening the party moves to dolan’s warehouse , where the label have been putting on shows since they were in nappies .
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album at some stage next year . they haven ' t recorded it yet or anything but i ' m pretty confident they ' ll have a new album out and i know
no , i think we are weak outside of ireland to be quite honest about it , we simply don’t have strong enough links outside of ireland . that ' s come down to time and resources and it constantly bugs me . individual bands on the label do have international connections but as a whole the label doesn ' t . i ' d love to be able to work on improving international links . it ' s a source of disappointment at times but our focus has been on getting records out in ireland and generating stuff from there . i always feel the best way of building up links is face - to - face , personal contact and meeting people as opposed to electronic relationships .
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crayonsmith was started by dubliner , ciarán smith , in 2004 as a solo project . on hearing debut album , “stay loose” , in 2006 , mark linkous asked crayonsmith to open for sparklehorse on their uk / irish tour that october .
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we can ' t say individual releases so ! i ' ll put down all four releases as the first one so as we ' ve never put out four albums in a single calendar year before so that ' s a highlight in itself . i would say
the bands are very supportive of each other , even with things like lending amps and providing a sofa or floor - space to sleep on . people into
“we’ve been lucky through our friends , or friends of friends , that we seem to come across really good music and really good bands that we want to help out , ” says bourke . “that’s all we really want to do , is to help out and get music out there that we think deserves to be heard . if we can continue to do that in the future , i think we’ll both be happy . ”
this emphasis on hands - on , face - to - face relationships has been one of the label’s defining qualities . “i love face - to - face stuff , ” says ciarán ryan . “i think even in terms of running the label , i always find that we get so much more done . you could have weeks and weeks of emailing back and forth with a band but if you sit down with them for half an hour , you figure out exactly what’s going on . ”
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, and we did gigs with them and their attitude was spot on . just lovely lads .
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i think we’ve both got varied tastes and just release bands that we dig . we never set out to be a metal or folk label or whatnot or a label that excludes one genre or another . from the early days , our first four albums were giveamanakick ,
a thread connecting all the bands on the label over the years is their ability to play well live . while the emphasis on this isn’t as strong as it used to be , the importance of gigs and touring remains clear . when giveamanakick supported the undertones on a uk tour , bourke and twomey rented a car to follow them to each show . even now , if an ooal act are playing anywhere in the country , you will almost always find either ryan or bourke there .
later on that evening the party moves to dolan’s warehouse , where the label have been putting on shows since they were in nappies . current label acts crayonsmith , elk , jogging , and windings , will all feature on the night . the label is delighted to announce that giveamanakick – the first band to release on the label – will be returning for one night only to perform at dolan’s .
will be working on a new record in the new year . at this stage it ' s hard to say anything for definite , but we would like to do another three or four albums next year and keep tipping away as it benefits the other bands when the label is busy so it ' s not like the label puts out something and then disappears for a year .
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windings became ryan’s main focus after giveamanakick dissolved amicably in 2009 , and he says that the friendship between the bands and the label is key to the label’s longevity . “it’s really , really difficult to exist within this thing that people still half - jokingly call the music business , especially as an independent label and artist in ireland , ” he says . “there has to be mutual respect there and there is mutual respect between all the artists and the out on a limb lads , and that’s why it’s still going . there is always a feeling of , we’re all in the same boat here , let’s make it work . ”
also nominated on a strong list for the choice - which will be announced in dublin’s vicar street on march 7 - are wallis bird , the cast of cheers , adrian crowley , delorentos , damien dempsey , julie feeney , heathers , mumblin deaf ro and two door cinema club .
current label acts crayonsmith , elk , jogging , and windings , will all feature on the night . and for one night only the fantastic giveamanakick will be performing a special gig .
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, peter is someone we ' ve known for years . he had been a friend of the label , played a lot of shows with us and he ' s based in limerick so it was a case a few years ago where i asked him to send on some demos as soon as he had them . towards the end of last year , he called to say he had the album finished if we wanted to have a listen so sometimes it happens like that .
already . i think it’s great and the fact that it’s specifically irish . i really like the model and it would be great to see him do well and maybe open new wingnuts elsewhere in the country . you guys are well served in cork with plugd records but i’m sure there are other towns around the country that could do with a wingnut .
sometimes have studio time and shows booked and i don ' t know anything about it and find out about a week later whereas other bands may need more help in that regard . then it ' s really about getting the finances in place .
i probably don ' t overthink these things . we rarely make decisions from a commercial viewpoint but it certainly helps . carl corcoran on lyricfm for example is constantly playing owensie , peter delaney ,
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as part of our 15 year birthday celebrations on saturday , we are going to put on a special earlier gig for the young ‘uns . our good pals at steamboat will be hosting this family - friendly show from 2 - 3pm , with performances from : king pallas ( patrick o’brien , windings / ex last days of…
“we enjoyed the process and it really worked out well , the way it sounded and the way it was recorded , it was the whole package for us , ” explained steve .
berkeley , vertigo smyth , c ! ties , and guilty optics have also featured on split 7s released by the label .
it is stressful but it ' s all quite enjoyable . i love getting the mixes or master back for the first time . it ' s not an exclusivity thing , it ' s more feeling part of the process and thinking
this is really good , i can ' t wait for everybody else to hear it
. that ' s a really nice part of it . i also really like when the dhl guy arrives with a big box of records from the pressing plant and the nerves when you test - listen to things at home thinking
this better work . . .
and then when you hold the physical thing in your hand . i ' m very much someone who likes their music physically and still get a ' kid at christmas ' vibe when i get records . those simple things are still very enjoyable .
so there have been cork bands on the label since day one . i’m looking forward to the crane lane gig as it’s been the guts of five years since we’ve done a label night down there .
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so regardless of the genre they are all coming out to support each other . when it comes down to it all the bands are music fans , just the same as me and richard .
we don ' t know who ' s playing santa yet . first prize a tin of usa biscuits . we ' ve done a couple of things in the past
it ' s a big part . we don ' t see the label as a commercial enterprise . what ' s made goes back into it , a self - sustainable model but we don ' t take a wage so we don ' t want to be dealing with arseholes . it is very important that we like the people as humans as well as musicians and how they fit in . a good example is
“we try our best that one of us will be there , ” says bourke . “it doesn’t always work out now in the latter years . ciarán generally fills in and goes to gigs because he doesn’t have two young sons . i pick up the slack as well . we think it’s nice that you’re putting weight behind your artist , that you’re bothering to show up . you believe in them and you’re willing to put in a hard slog to help them out . ”
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no not really . the majority of people you meet in bands turn out to be quite sound . maybe i ' m just naive . they ' re probably all at home drowning rabbits or something .
on saturday , 10 th august , two venues will host bands from the label’s roster . an afternoon matinee show – run by pals of the label seoda shows – will take place at bourke’s bar on catherine street , featuring owensie , hidden highways , and peter delaney .
extracts from the below interview featured as part of an article published in cork evening echo ' s downtown supplement on 5th december , 2013 .
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who now lives in cork who left a couple of years back . dave ahern who was in
the band’s recent e . p . tremendous provided an infectiously manic affirmation of their sound . featuring several stand - out tracks the record also appeared in the last mixed tape’s top 5 e . p’s of 2014 so far .
so it ' s not like popical island and ourselves had a sitdown with lawyers or anything ! it ' s cool and i really like and respect what they do . they ' re very prolific although they ' re not a traditional label - if such a thing even exists anymore - and have put out some really good releases and there are some really nice people involved with them so i ' m really looking forward to it . it also might mean we are doing shows in venues we haven ' t done anything in before and building up new relationships . i think it ' s healthy for labels and collectives to co - operate with each other as sometimes we have a tendency to go off doing our own thing when maybe we could talk to each other more and maybe find we ' ve common problems and could help each other out .
good question ! i suppose first you sit down with a band and agree to release something . in a lot of cases we’ve had people bring the finished article to us . in the case of
we haven ' t done a christmas party in five years . we always have bands that play gigs over christmas but we don’t generally do a specific christmas show but the last one we did was in
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acts currently on ooal are crayonsmith , hooray for humans , rest , ten past seven and windings . the label plans to add to its roster in 2010 .
“it is brilliant , we are absolutely delighted , chuffed , ” said steve ryan . “it is great to get even the nod , the recognition . it is not something we set out to achieve , but it does mean a lot to us and it might open the album up to people who haven’t heard of it , or us . ”
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the label is very much run on a diy ethos , and aims to continually release innovative , quality recordings that are kept to a low cost for the listener . all ooal releases can be found in all good record shops in ireland . while currently we don’t have overseas distribution , all releases are available worldwide via our website . all releases since 2007 have also been available digitally .
bands who have released on the label include waiting room , ten past seven , windings , hooray for humans , crayonsmith , owensie , elk , jogging , and peter delaney .
about it or anything . it ' s very much the case that , going back into the early months of the summer , the two bands took the lead on it and
an afternoon matinee show – run by pals of the label seoda shows – will take place at bourke’s bar on catherine street , featuring owensie , hidden highways , and peter delaney .
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which is their third album and second for the label after a gap of about five years since the previous album .
album from this year was probably the heaviest release we’ve ever done . physically it definitely was being a double lp !
it’s an effort that the bands really appreciate . “they really do put in the time , ” says ronan jackson , bassist and singer in jogging . “when they do a release tour , they come around to every show , either richard or ciarán , and it makes such a difference having a physical presence , having somebody pushing the album at the door . ”
, a double lp . it ' s hard to believe it ' s only their second album ! in may we released
launch in dublin i noticed there was a very different audience there for them which was cool . also there were members of
other times it ' s a longer process where obviously the band has to go into the studio and record . then it ' s really a case of sitting down with a band and deciding what needs to be done such as how long will it take to get the record pressed and where are we going to get the record pressed , who ' s going to do the artwork , what needs to be done in terms of booking shows , promoting the album etc . different bands need different levels of assistance . some of the bands on our label are incredibly self - sufficient . take
the album is only available on download and vinyl and was recorded between ireland and hotel2tango studios in montreal with efrim menuck of godspeed you ! black emperor fame and crowd - funded by supporters of the band .
to date , the label has released 16 albums , 4 eps , 5 7s , and a number of other bits and bobs .
it feels like the various releases have been getting a lot of press too . irish times , hot press , all the various blogs . not to say that you’ve cracked it , but what do you think has helped you gain a stronger foothold within the media ?
a new wave of bands have joined the old label stalwarts , including jogging , owensie and hidden highways . a change in format , with the label now pressing mostly vinyl , and an injection of what bourke calls “fresh blood” , has seen ooal go from strength to strength over the past few years , culminating last year in a meteor choice music prize nomination for windings’ i am not the crow lp .
these are gigs tomorrow that shouldn’t be missed and of course by attending you’ll be supporting an independent label and local acts . we hear the tickets are flying out the door so make sure you get yours . there’s one €10 ticket to cover both venues and tickets are available from dolan’s bar , bourke’s bar , and urltoken .
the l . p . will be launched on the same night ( october 17th ) at popical island’s dublin music venue the pop inn . support will come from electronic duo night trap and alternative - rock act sissy .
2003 also saw the arrival of cork outfit rest to the label with their contribution to a split christmas single with gamak . since those two , a heap of other acts have joined the label . they include : waiting room , ten past seven , windings , hooray for humans , crayonsmith , owensie , hidden highways , elk , jogging , and peter delaney . acts such as berkeley , vertigo smyth , c ! ties , and guilty optics have also featured on split 7s released by the label .
jackson agrees . “they both have to believe in [ the music ] , which goes a long way , ” he says . “they love it , they want to see it , they want to hear it and they want to share it with people . i think that’s a big factor . ”
it began with two men and one band . albert twomey and richard bourke were both part of the aspersion music collective , a non - profit collective based in limerick who put on gigs around the city . one of the local bands who played there was giveamanakick , a loud - as - hell two - piece consisting of guitarist steve ryan and drummer keith lawler . the band had recorded their first album , is it ok to be loud , jesus ? , and twomey and bourke felt something had to be done with it .
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i think with the traditional press we always got a bit of coverage . generally speaking most of the albums would have always featured in the irish times and particularly hot press but at the moment maybe there ' s a little bit more momentum in that we ' ve had four albums this year and three last year and a couple the year before , whereas things were maybe a little bit more piecemeal before . now there ' s that bit more happening regularly with albums every year , things feed off each other and maybe people are more used to us bugging them by sending things to review and stuff like that .
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and lots of other great cork bands was involved from the early days . in the first year or two we almost saw ourselves as a cork / limerick label with
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the band , fronted by steve ryan plus garry carroll , mike gavin , pa o’brien and brian meaney , were shortlisted for the meteor choice music prize , which is selected by a panel of industry experts .
as they followed the giveamanakick release with albums from the waiting room and rest , twomey and bourke were joined by ciarán ryan , a young writer and music fan who was studying in limerick at the time .
weren ' t available to do the 10th birthday show so they’ll be able to play and help round off what has been a nice year for the label . we ' re really happy to be coming down .
in february . that ' s going to be the first time we ' ve ever done a split release with another label or collective so that ' s really interesting as it ' s something we ' ve never done before . we ' ve thought about doing it a heap of times in the past and been close to doing it but this will be the first time we ' ve actually done it . we should have an
there are times when you simply don ' t put anything out such as the lead up to christmas as it ' s so difficult to get shelf space in record stores . then there are the times when you feel you can best get media coverage such as going into the summer which is brilliant as people are stuck into the festival vibe . there ' s no real formula , you just have to take it release by release . i don ' t know if that answered your question at all !
“ i just didn’t feel like i could commit to it as much as i used to and that’s not what i’m really about , ” he says . “if i’m not going to be hands - on and able to communicate daily , face - to - face , i’d rather leave it in the capable hands of ciarán and richard . ”
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yeah but we release stuff as it ' s ready . we don ' t sit down and tell bands
we need something ready for april
. we know we have a couple of definite releases next year in that
so it was nice to see them get the recognition after all the hard work they put into it . number 3 ? the 10th birthday . that was a great night and experience so it was great to be involved in that .
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and peter delaney that are more folk - tinged than the past . maybe it ' s a sign we ' re getting older . richard has three sons now so maybe he likes to play quieter music at home these days . at the same time the
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“heaven in an aeroplane” ( part of split 7″ with elk , november 2011 ) was the first release with a the new line up – richie o’reilly ( guilty optics ) & wayne dunlea ( horse , ex - waiting room ) joining ciarán in the band .
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owner ] ' s boss for a couple of years believe it or not . it’s great that stores have popped up in places that there simply aren ' t any stores such as waterford , athlone so it will be interesting to see how it does in dublin which has
“i do think that whole idea – and you can go back to the idea of community – it feels more real and tangible when it’s that physical exchange between people , when people are meeting each other or people are talking about music that way rather than being behind a keyboard . ”
about seven years ago . we did our tenth birthday party in limerick during the summer so we thought there was no point in doing something there again so soon . cork seemed a perfect choice as we hadn ' t done anything label - specific in four or five years . also ,
to date , the label has released 16 albums , 4 eps , 5 7s , and a number of other bits n’ bops . the last few years have been quite prolific for the label – along with a windings 7″ and hidden highways ep , 2012 saw the release of lps from jogging ( take courage ) , owensie ( citizens ) and the choice - nominated i am not the crow from windings . this year they’ve released the long awaited second album from rest ( i hold the wolf ) and the new album from peter delaney ( witch bottle ) . two new albums are due for release in the autumn – the debut album from hidden highways and the keenly anticipated follow up to 2008’s white wonder from crayonsmith .
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mccauley told me earlier in the week that he sometimes wonders if music shouldn’t always be like this ; freeflowing and collaborative with lots of room for spontaneity . after tonight , i have to agree . . .
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“we kind of thought that , unless there was help there , it would never actually get recorded or it would get recorded but not distributed , ” says bourke . “so myself and albert decided to try and put something together . ”
ryan agrees that without the pair’s support , the album would not have gone very far .
“they really , really opened our eyes and took care of that side of things and have continued to do so to this very day . ”
by 2009 , twomey had moved to cork for work and , no longer being in close daily contact with the others , decided to leave the label .
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twomey has since departed the label and all things are run still by richard and ciaran .
and in the autumn two new albums are the debut from hidden highways and the keenly anticipated follow up to 2008 ' s white wonder from crayonsmith .
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. i chat to ciarán about the upcoming show , another successful year for the label and , most importantly , biscuits .
and all four albums were very different to each other . there was no common thread but the province of munster perhaps . i can take your point with owensie ,
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a digital postmark ( dpm ) is a technology that applies a trusted time stamps issued by a postal operator to an electronic document , validates electronic signatures , and stores and archives all non-repudiation data needed to support a potential court challenge - it guarantees the certainty of date and time of the postmarking .

this global standard was renamed the electronic postal certification mark ( epcm ) in 2007 shortly after a new iteration of the technology was developed by microsoft and poste italiane .

the key addition to the traditional postmarking technology was integrity of the electronically postmarked item , meaning any kind of falsification and tampering will be easily and definitely detected .

additionally , content confidentiality is guaranteed since document certification is carried out without access or reading by the postal operator .

the epcm will eventually be available through the upu to all international postal operators in the 191 member countries willing to be compliant with this standard , thus granting interoperability in certified communications between postal operators .

in the united states , the us postal service operates a non-global standard called the electronic postmark , although it is soon expected to provide services utilizing the epcm .

digital postmarks

postmarks are normally black , although there are occasions when coloured postmarks are used . they generally fall into the following categories :
9 . the method of claim 1 wherein the step of attaching the determined digital signature includes attaching , the digital signature as a secure multipurpose internet mail extensions compliant digital signature .
maine postal history and postmarks [ by ] sterling t . dow . . .
3 . the method of claim 2 wherein the digital signature is a cryptographic digital signature of the body of the electronic message .
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nowadays , most postal administrations don ' t bother with receiving postmarks , although a few still do .
b . a public or private entity that has the regulatory authority or legal responsibility for providing electronic postmarks .
transmitting the electronic , message with the attached digital signature to the at least one recipient .
offset printing generally produces superior quality and is less expensive than digital printing at quantities over 1 , 000 or so . digital printing is best at very short runs and for jobs requiring personalization .
3 . the method of claim 2 , wherein the customer identification information includes a digital certificate .
11 . the method of claim 10 , wherein the customer identification information includes a digital certificate .
46 . the method of claim 45 , wherein the customer identification information includes a digital certificate .
much less common are postmarks with romanized place - names . the rule for these stamps is : day - month - [ gregorian calender ] year .
sealed proposals must be received by the time indicated in the soliciation document on the last day of the submission period . see document for specific instructions concerning printed and / or digital copies . postmarks are not sufficient . proposals by fax and email will not be accepted .
new york pop band ivy ' s guitarist / songwriter andy chase signed on to mix the postmarks ' debut ep , the remixes , in 2006 . ( chase ' s other project , brookville , is on the road with the postmarks this month in support of their third album , broken lights ) .
i have noticed a lot of confusion about size and resolution of digital images . i ' ll try to provide some clarification here . note that this discussion applies only to bitmapped digital images , which are the kind you are dealing with when you use a scanner or digital camera . vector images are another matter but they are not relevant in this context .
first of all you need to realize that a digital image really does not have a physical size . to say that a digital image is , say , 4x6 inches is meaningless . after all , the image is just a collection of pixels stored in memory or on your hard disk . a digital image does , however , have a pixel size - the number of pixels horizontally and vertically . this is the only
size
that is inherent in any bitmapped digital image .
one system that has attempted to address these issues is provided through the use of digital postmarks , digital postmarks are intended for use in an enterprise environment , and are designed to specifically provide authentication of message contents . fundamentally it is designed as a non - repudiation service . fig . 3 illustrates an exemplary installation of a system to use digital postmarking . user a 100 uses a client to generate an email message . this message is sent from a client to an outgoing mail server 130 , typically provided by an enterprise associated with user a 100 , outgoing mail server 130 receives the message and forwards it to the digital postmarking server 132 . server 130 preferably signs the message prior to transmission to digital postmarking server 132 so that postmarking server 132 can verify that the message was not altered in transit . digital postmarking server 132 then validates the authenticity of the signature against a known key associated with either user a 100 or with mail server 130 . upon successful verification , the digital postmarking server 132 generates a timestamp that , along with the message , the signature and validation results are stored in a digital postmark non - repudiation database 134 . this information can then be accessed at a later date to establish a non - repudiation function . the postmarks server 132 and database 134 generate a digital postmarking receipt that is transmitted back to the outgoing mail server 130 . the outgoing mail server 130 wraps the original message in the digital postmarking receipt and transmits the message to the incoming mail server 136 . user b 112 retrieves the message in the proprietary digital postmarking wrapper 138 using a proprietary client 140 . the client 140 can then retrieve the authentication information from the digital postmark non - repudiation database 134 . client 140 does not need to perform any verification processes on the message itself , as the verification , receipt and even the original document can be retrieved from database 134 , alternately a local cryptographic verification can be performed by client 140 .
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in the days when mail was processed by hand , receiving postmarks were usually applied on the back of a cover to show when it arrived at the delivery office . international mail often received one or more transit postmarks on the back as it passed through the international mail centers of intermediary and delivery country post offices .
the per - postmark price will range from 80 cents for a block of 25 epms to 10 cents per epm for a block of 1 million or more electronic postmarks , he says . subsequent readers are not charged , and office 97 and 2000 users can verify epm marked documents although they cannot generate new electronic postmarks , reichgut says .
other cards have both types of postmarks . on the card below , the sino - japanese numeral postmark was stamped twelve days earlier than the hindu - arabic numeral postmark .
27 . the method of claim 25 , wherein the identification information about the third party includes the third party ' s digital certificate .
if you work with japanese picture postcards as historical source material , you have probably noticed that most surviving cards lack postmarks and other temporal indicators . this post provides a guide to estimating the age of these revealing artifacts , based on printing conventions that conformed to international and japanese postal regulations . this post also provides several examples and explanations of japanese postmarks .
certificate authority geotrust offers digital certificates for use with the program , but certificates from other authorities can be used as well , he adds .
the invention relates generally to postage meters , also called franking machines , and relates more particularly to electronic postage meters printing digital postal indicia .
customers must also set up an epm account through the usps web site and have a valid digital certificate to sign the documents , chamberlain said . while certificate authority geotrust inc . is offering digital certificates for use with the program , certificates from other authorities can be used as well .
in a further embodiment of the present invention , the step of processing the electronic message includes performing a virus scan of the electronic message , and optionally removing a virus identified by the virus scan . in another embodiment , the step of processing the electronic , message can include copying header information from the electronic message into the electronic message body prior to determining the digital signature . in yet another embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention , the step of attaching the determined digital signature includes attaching the digital signature as a secure multipurpose internet mail extensions compliant digital signature .
a postmark is a postal marking made on a letter , package , postcard or the like indicating the date and time that the item was delivered into the care of the postal service . modern postmarks are often applied simultaneously with the cancellation or killer that marks the postage stamp as having been used , and the two terms are often used interchangeably , if incorrectly . postmarks may be applied by hand or by machines , using methods such as rollers or inkjets , while digital postmarks are a recent innovation . the local post hawai ' i post had a rubber - stamp postmark parts of which were hand - painted . at hideaway island , vanuatu , the underwater post office has an embossed postmark .
customers must also set up an epm account through the usps web site and have a valid digital certificate to sign the documents , chamberlain says .
sharing from our digital mitford project blog–a very helpful annotated guide to tei encoding of the more challenging aspects of 19th - c . manuscript letters .
in step 272 , a digital signature is generated using a private key associated with a public key stored in a publicly available certificate . the signature can be generated using conventional processes used over the entire message body . this digital signature is the trusted third party signature attached in step 254 .
( 5 )
electronic ' ' means relating to technology having electrical , digital , magnetic , wireless , optical , electromagnetic or similar capabilities .
in the 1990s , both linn’s and scott moved head on into the digital age . i will cover this dynamic transition in next week’s editor’s insights .
there is no charge for subsequent readers to verify the document , and office 97 and 2000 users can verify epm marked documents , though they can ' t generate new electronic postmarks , reichgut said .
t . costlow , “digital postmark helps fight spam , virus attacks , ” ieee distributed systems online , vol . 5 , no . 5 , 2004 .
to protect your revenue , we have created a concept that recognizes fraudulent mail items during the sorting process . in addition , it also collects legally admissible evidence to prove payment claims . artread recognition technology offers everything you need for uninterrupted monitoring . systematic verification is particularly important in the case of digital postmarks , since they cannot be verified by the mail carrier .
once installed , the office extension adds an epm toolbar to microsoft word with options for applying electronic postmarks to documents , checking the epm on a document and managing the usps epm account , reichgut said .
they may add the new stamps and one or more first - day postmarks , or obtain the autographs of the participants in the ceremony . the participants usually are available at an autograph table after the ceremony .
- output postmarks ( indicium ) data to a pc connected to the postage metering device ' s communication port ( e . g . rs232 ) when operating in an open system ( os ) franking environment .
a postmark can be a cancellation , if it is actually applied to the stamp , but postmarks are often found elsewhere on the cover rather than directly on the stamp . in such cases , they are not cancellations .
( d ) any governmental entity which intends to extend , modify or revoke the authority to accept electronic signatures or postmarks shall do so by the same means and with the same notice as required in this section for adoption .
in a first aspect of the present invention , there is provided a method providing trusted third party verification of an electronic message . the method comprises the steps of receiving the electronic message from a sender addressed to at least one recipient ; processing the electronic message to determine a digital signature associated with both the electronic message and a publicly accessible key not associated with the sender of the electronic message ; attaching the determined digital signature to the electronic message ; and transmitting the electronic message with the attached digital signature to the at least one recipient .
a united states postal service promotional image for the cut paper heart love forever stamp first - day cover with digital color postmark . the stamp was issued jan . 21 , 2014 .
quote : while i have been developing digital albums for several years now at dcstamps , in actuality , i got the original idea from kcb ' s blog ( kiitos keijo ) .
8 . the method of claim 1 wherein the step of processing the electronic message includes copying header information from the electronic message into the electronic message body prior to determining the digital signature .
dubai — emirates post has no immediate plans to develop and embrace electronic postmarks ( epm ) in the uae as the new optional postal service recently approved by the universal postal ( upu ) at its 23rd congress held in bucharest last month .
( b ) any governmental entity may elect to participate and utilize the secretary of state ' s digital signature authority and registry . upon acceptance of and registration with the secretary of state ' s digital signature authority and registry , the governmental entity ' s electronic transactions are bound to the regulation of the authority and registry and the rules promulgated thereunder . any governmental entity not required to participate , but which elects to participate , may withdraw at any time from the program upon notification of the secretary of state and all others who utilize that entity ' s digital signature program .
[ 024 ] with reference to figures 1 and 2 , archive administrator component 275 may receive identification information from customer 120 , for example , a username , password , company , email address , physical address , etc . archive administrator component 275 determines based on the identification information , whether customer 120 has a digital certificate of authority (
digital certificate
) . if customer 120 does not have a digital certificate , archive administrator component 275 generates a digital certificate for customer 120 and sends it to customer 120 over network 110 . archive administrator component 275 may store identification information including information about digital certificates for customers 120 in an access authorization database 270 . the identification information may be used to link access authorization database 270 with archive database 260 . archive administrator component 275 may be implemented in any computer programming language or software tool , such as c + + , c , java , hypertext markup language (
html
) , visual basic , etc .
a postmark is a postal marking applied to a cover to show the date and place of mailing . postmarks actually predate both adhesive postage stamps and cancellations , as they are often found on old stampless covers mailed before the introduction of postage stamps .
postmarks are used to cancel postage stamps on mail items and to record the date and place the items entered the mailing system . the postmark comprises a date , a location ( which must have a post office attached to it ) and a postcode .
a new software plug - in from the united states post service and microsoft is designed to provide the same kind of security for digital documents as a sealed envelope and postmark does for paper mail .
details of egyptian traveling postmarks may be researched in peter alan somervail smith ' s the travelling post offices of egypt , 1983 , a publication of the mobile post office society , no . 4 in its international t . p . o . markings series .
we at emirates post will also study the new technology and adopt it after seeking legal approval on the use of electronic postmarks . but , as of now , we have no immediate plans to introduce the epm in the uae , ” he noted .
which inspired me to demonstrate this for anyone not seeing the full benefit . . . . i played around a little on the sotn album page which i posted yesterday . the revised album page was done in a couple of minutes , removing several stamps and adding others , completed without any hinges or mounts . . . the new page also displays some of the other benefits by going digital - allowing to extract the postmarks to highlight ' the important aspects ' .
[ 033 ] figure 5 is a flowchart showing a method for retrieving archived data by a third party . sometime during the life of the storage of the electronic file , a third party may wish to access customer 120 information in archive system 101 . a customer 120 may share with a third party the customer ' s access privileges for one or more electronic files through the use of digital certificates . an authorized third party ' s digital certificate may be linked to the customer ' s digital certificate , thereby giving the third party access into the electronic archive system 101 for one or more archived electronic files specified by customer 120 .
some people may be wondering whether a digital camera can serve the same purpose as a scanner . for the most part , the answer to that question is
no .
consumer - oriented digital cameras are designed to take pictures of people , scenery , buildings , and the like - large subjects that are relatively far away from the camera . with older digital cameras the closest you can get to your subject is 2 - 3 feet , and the area in the photograph will be roughly the size of a newspaper page . here ' s an example of a photograph taken with an olympus dl - 300 digital camera showing some stockbook pages i was putting up for auction . this photo was made at the camera ' s closest focusing distance , and clearly , individual stamps in this image are too small to be extracted as individual images .
systems and methods are disclosed for providing secure electronic archiving of customer ( 120 ) data over a network ( 110 ) . electronic postmarks are used to track archival of the data , access request for the archived ( 101 ) data , and fulfillment of the access requests .
2 . the method of claim 1 wherein the step of processing the message includes determining the digital signature by encrypting a cryptographic hash of the electronic message using the private portion of a private - public key pair .
[ 035 ] archive administrator component 275 verifies that customer 120 is allowed to access the archived electronic file , using information in authorization database 270 and the customer identification information ( stage 517 ) . if customer 120 is not allowed access to the archived electronic file (
no
) , archive administrator component 275 sends an appropriate message to customer 120 and terminates the transaction ( stage 590 ) . otherwise (
yes
) , archive administrator component 275 links the customer ' s digital certificate to the third party ' s digital certificate for access to the archived electronic file ( stage 520 ) . in addition , archive administrator component 275 creates a link epm and applies it to the archived electronic file by generating a record for the transaction in transaction log 265 in archive database 260 . a link epm may include the time and date on which the customer ' s digital certificate was electronically linked to the third party ' s digital certificate , information about the third party ' s digital certificate , and an index link to the storage epm that includes the electronic file .
2012 west virginia code chapter 39a . electronic commerce article 3 . digital signatures ; state electronic records and transactions . §39a - 3 - 2 . acceptance of electronic signature by governmental entities in satisfaction of signature requirement .
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[ 025 ] a digital certificate may be used to uniquely identify a customer and to provide authorization to a customer for access of electronic information , such as an archived electronic file . an exemplary digital certificate of authority is described in u . s . serial no . 09 / 809 , 325 , filed march 16 , 2001 , by leo j . campbell et al . and titled
methods and systems for proofing identities using a certificate authority ,
the entire disclosure of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference . for example , the usps provides a public key infrastructure , which includes , among other things , the generation of digital certificates .
- 17 special postmarks –one for each automated processing centre– which spread the message
at the first sign of maltreatment , call
and the phone number 016 . this means that approximately 100 million letters have circulated spain and the world at large with this message stamped onto them .
a system and method for providing trustworthy processing of electronic messages applies the digital signature of a trusted third party to a message en route from the sender to a recipient . the signature is preferably applied , so that it is compliant with the s / mime standard . the use of a trusted third party applying the digital signature allows for simplified timestamping of the message and reduces the complexity of verification of the authenticity of an archived message .
through their usps accounts , customers can purchase blocks of epms , just as they would buy blocks of stamps . the per - postmark price will range from 80 cents for a block of 25 epms to 10 cents per epm for a block of 1 million or more electronic postmarks .
many stamp collectors and dealers are interested in creating digital images of their stamps , covers , and other philatelic material . there are many uses for these images , including computerized databases , web pages , and on - line auction listings . the procedure is not all that difficult , but it can be a bit confusing to the newcomer . i have gathered some basic information to help you get started creating digital images of your stamps and covers .
the postmarks discussed are all from 2014 , commemorating the 70¢ c . alfred
chief
anderson stamp ( scott 4879 ) , the cut paper heart love forever stamp ( 4847 ) , the janis joplin forever stamp ( 4916 ) and the circus posters forever stamps ( 4898 - 4905 ) .
individuals other than livingstone wrote on and folded two of the source texts ( see 1870c , 1870h ) that would eventually become part of the 1870 field diary , then sent these documents to livingstone in central africa . this process included the addition of stamps and postmarks to the first of these .
the postmarks ' self - titled studio album followed in 2007 , earning positive critical accolades and decent commercial success . last year , with chase assisting with the studio production and pressing , unfiltered records helped shape memoirs at the end of the world into a remarkable piece of sophisticated pop well worth checking out .
what about digital photographs , which unlike scanned images do not have an inherent physical size ? these images are assigned an arbitrary resolution either by the camera or your software . for example , when i open an image from my digital camera in photoshop it is assigned a resolution of 72dpi . since the image is 2560x1920 pixels , this results in the image having a
physical size
of about 36 x 26 inches . this
size
is essentially meaningless , of course .
the office extension adds an epm toolbar to word with options for applying electronic postmarks to documents , checking the epm on a document , and managing the usps epm account , reichgut says . clicking the apply epm button launches a step - by - step process to lock the document ' s content , sign it with the user ' s digital certificate , and place a record of the signed document in the usps epm repository . once the document is signed , a usps epm logo is affixed to the document indicating it is signed and its content is valid .
a new software plug - in from the u . s . postal service ( usps ) and microsoft corp . being unveiled today is designed to provide the same kind of security for digital documents that a sealed envelope and postmark provide for paper mail .
n . courtois , m . finiasz , and n . sendrier , “how to achieve a mceliece - based digital signature scheme , ” proc . asiacrypt ‘ 01 , lecture notes in computer science , vol . 2248 , pp . 157 - 174 , 2001 .
25 . a method for providing access to a secured electronic file to a third party , the method comprising : providing a database wherein the electronic file and customer identification information are stored with a storage electronic postmark ; receiving from a customer a link request to permit access of the electronic file by the third party , wherein the link request includes information identifying the electronic file in the database , the customer identification information including the customer ' s digital certificate , and the third party ' s digital certificate ; authenticating the customer based on the customer identification information ; linking the customer ' s digital certificate to the third party ' s digital certificate , when the customer has been authenticated ; receiving an access request from the third party , wherein the access request includes identification information about the third party and the information identifying the electronic file in the database ; verifying that the third party may access the electronic file based on identification information about the third party ; retrieving the electronic file from the database ; and providing the retrieved electronic file to the third party .
( c ) any governmental entity may adopt , in the manner provided by law , an ordinance , rule or official policy designating the documents on which electronic signatures , electronic postmarks or both are authorized and the type or types of electronic signatures which may be accepted for each type of document . those governmental entities not subject to the provisions of chapter twenty - nine - a of this code which propose to authorize the acceptance of electronic signatures , electronic postmarks or both on documents filed with that entity shall give public notice of the proposed adoption in a manner prescribed by law , an ordinance , rule or official policy , but in no case for less than thirty days before adoption .
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[ 007 ] in accordance with yet another embodiment of the invention , systems and methods are disclosed for providing access to an electronic file in an archive to a third party , wherein the electronic file is stored with a storage epm . such systems and methods provide for receiving from a customer a link request to permit access of the electronic file by the third party , wherein the link request includes information identifying the electronic file in the archive , customer identification information including the customer ' s digital certificate , and the third party ' s digital certificate ; authenticating the customer based on the customer identification information ; linking the customer ' s digital certificate to the third party ' s digital certificate , when the customer has been authenticated ; receiving an access request from the third party , wherein the access request includes identification information about the third party and the information identifying the electronic file in the archive ; verifying that the third party may access the electronic file based on identification information about the third party ; retrieving the electronic file from the archive ; and providing the retrieved electronic file to the third party .
34 . a system for providing access to a secured electronic file to a third party , the system comprising : means for providing a database wherein the electronic file and customer identification information are stored with a storage electronic postmark ; means for receiving from a customer a link request to permit access of the electronic file by the third party , wherein the link request includes information identifying the electronic file in the database , the customer identification information including the customer ' s digital certificate , and the third party ' s digital certificate ; means for authenticating the customer based on the customer identification information ; means for linking the customer ' s digital certificate to the third party ' s digital certificate , when the customer has been authenticated ; means for receiving an access request from the third party , wherein the access request includes identification information about the third party and the information identifying the electronic file iri the database ; means for verifying that the third party may access the electronic file based on identification information about the third party ; means for retrieving the electronic file from the database ; and means for providing the retrieved electronic file to the third party .
the advanced electronic services user group , part of the upu ' s telematics cooperative ( an association of upu member countries that work together to develop technical applications for the benefit of the postal world ) , and countries currently using electronic postmarks also contributed their expertise to the project . these include belgium , canada , france , italy , portugal and the united states .
fundamentally , we ' re all studio cats ,
says chris moll , guitarist and co - songwriter of miami - based pop trio the postmarks .
i ' ve been a fan of all of that great studio / soundtrack stuff — from the ' 60s through the 4ad label bands of 20 years ago . those influences are certainly on this album .
i have put together a very detailed set of instructions on another stamp forum of how to make digital albums . i am not sure whether it is ok for me to reference that here , but anyone who is interested , drop me an email and i will provide you the link .
39 . a system for providing access to a secured electronic file to a third party , the system comprising : a component for providing a database wherein the electronic file and customer identification information are stored with a storage electronic postmark ; a component for receiving from a customer a link request to permit access of the electronic file by the third party , wherein the link request includes information identifying the electronic file in the database , the customer identification information including the customer ' s digital certificate , and the third party ' s digital certificate ; a component for authenticating the customer based on the customer identification information ; a component for linking the customer ' s digital certificate to the third party ' s digital certificate , when the customer has been authenticated ; a component for receiving an access request from the third party , wherein the access request includes identification information about the third party and the information identifying the electronic file in the database ; a component for verifying that the third party may access the electronic file based on identification information about the third party ; a component for retrieving the electronic file from the database ; and a component for providing the retrieved electronic file to the third party .
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scanning techniques can be useful in some situations to detect forgeries and printing varieties . the principal behind this technique is that the printed design on the forgery or variety will differ from the design on a normal stamp . by scanning both stamps and subtracting one image from the other , any differences should stand out . the technique is essentially the same as described for reading difficult postmarks .
wow , the thread is alive , i like that keijo - thank you for providing your insight as always , especially valuable with your relevant professional backround ! dcstamp - perfect ! that ' s absolutely some heavy arguments for me to stick with powerpoint , first of all because i am no data - geek at all . i would love to have this detailed set of instructions ! floortrader - i understand your concern , no doubt it would be easy for anyone to ' fake ' a digital collection if that would give them any pleasure . if anyone would happen to look at any off my digital stuff and think it ' s not right , so be it , i would still keep my own pleasure in doing it . don - your album is beautiful , love the flip - over presentation of your stuff . however i think your missing the concept , as your ' digital album ' presents images of your actual hard - copy album pages ( as far as i understand anyway ? ) the topic of this thread was more like creating digital album pages from scratch , only presenting the images of the actual stamps themselves . that would enable editing of your digital album any way you like , while your stamps would simply stay put wherever it is stored . like in your admirable album . . . thank you all for valuable inputs to the discussion ! before i conclude to stick with powerpoint . . . . as i am quite lazy by nature , i have considered using the steiner pages as a starting point , and then develop them further for my digital collection . that would save me an immense job in creating frames , adding data etc . . . does anybody know if it is possible to insert images , textboxes , frames etc on the editable steiner pages ?
although the digital postmarking , system discussed with relation to fig . 3 can provide both authentication of a sender and the message , it requires proprietary software , and is cumbersome . the system is designed for implementation in an enterprise environment , and does not take into account the needs of individuals . the digital postmarking server 132 is often dedicated to a particular outgoing mail server 130 . as such digital postmarking server 132 requires that the enterprise obtain a dedicated hardware device and implement a complex process of having either client software sign a message or having the mail server 130 sign message prior to beginning the verification process . the storage requirements for database 134 can be immense if all messages and attachments are stored for a number of different organizations . as such , the verification information is typically only stored for a predefined period . if this period expires , the ability to authenticate the message can be adversely affected .
[ 004 ] the present invention provides an archive system that customers may access through a browser over a network using secure communication transmissions , and using electronic postmarks (
epms
) to facilitate tracking of customer data . an epm is a time - stamped and cryptographically sealed digital hash that accompanies an electronic message , to detect modification of the latter . the epm for a message may include a time and date stamp indicating when the epm was generated . the contents of an epm are digitally
sealed
by the addition of a digital signature . an exemplary epm is described in u . s . serial no . 09 / 675 , 677 , filed september 29 , 2000 , by leo j . campbell et al . and titled
systems and methods for authenticating an electronic message ,
the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference to its entirety . in addition , an embodiment of the invention provides an archive system that is independent of customer hardware and software platforms .
cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication , e . g . authorization , entity authentication , data integrity or data verification , non - repudiation , key authentication or verification of credentials involving digital signatures
[ 034 ] as shown in figure 5 , a customer 120 may submit to the archive system 101 over network 110 a link request to permit a third party to access an archived electronic file to which customer 120 has access ( stage 510 ) . the link request may include information identifying the archived electronic file , customer identification information , such as a digital certificate and optionally a name and password , and a third party ' s digital certificate . the information identifying the archived electronic file may include , for example , a filename for the electronic file . archive administrator component 275 creates a link request epm and applies it to the link request by generating a record for the transaction in transaction log 265 in archive database 260 ( stage 515 ) . a link request epm may include the time and date of the link request , the information identifying the archived electronic file , the customer identification information , and information about the third party ' s digital certificate .
the u . s . p . s . requires a clear space must be available on all mail for the address , postage ( permit imprint , postage stamp , or meter stamp ) , postmarks , and postal endorsements . young’s printing takes responsibility for address block and barcode placement guidelines when we process your mail , but here is infomation on u . s . p . s . requirements for your reference .
it can be useful , however , to assign a physical size to a digital image . suppose that you scan a 4x6 inch postcard . if the resulting image is assigned the size
4x6 inches
then people viewing the image will know the actual size of the postcard . it also means that when you print the image at
normal
size it will print at this size ( at least with all the software i have seen ) . all digital image files include this size information with an image . scanned images are assigned a physical size that corresponds to the actual size of the area that is scanned - which makes perfect sense .
the epm technology complies with standards set forth in the u . s . electronic signatures in global and national commerce act of 2000 , which gave legal status to digital signatures . however , without a case to test the validity of the technology , there is no way to know whether courts will accept epms , chamberlain said .
[ 003 ] current electronic archive systems provide for the long - term storage of electronic files . typically such systems require specialized software and / or are incorporated in document management software packages , such as docuxplorer by archive power systems , inc . one known system for providing archival and retrieval of electronic messages , such as emails and their attachments , is zantaz , by zantaz , inc . what is needed is a secure archive system for archival and retrieval of customer data files by incorporating secure customer identification through the use of digital certificates , and by utilizing electronic postmarks (
epms
) to store customer data and to facilitate tracking of customer data . what is also needed is a secure archive system that is independent of customer hardware and software platforms .
then there ' s the matter of resolution , which is usually expressed in terms of pixels per inch ( ppi , sometimes referred to as dots per inch or dpi ) . perhaps you have already realized that once a digital image is assigned a size it automatically has a resolution . here ' s the formula for horizontal resolution :
the epm technology complies with standards set in the u . s . electronic signatures in global and national commerce ( e - sign ) act of 2000 , which gave legal status to digital signatures . however , without a case to test the validity of the technology , there is no way to know whether courts will accept epms , chamberlain says .
interesting concept , i can see it being used by a person writing a article or a researcher using it for education . but i fought against people who claim ownership of material when in fact they just stole a picture from a stamp auction off the internet . so i have a hard time accepting these digital albums after spending a life time building my collection . many times i have shown some pages and the stamps would catalog a few dollars and someone who never shows their stuff on a regular basis throws up a scan of a $ 5 , 000 or $ 10 , 000 stamp , then say it is from their collection . that kind of diminishs my page . so no i have a negative respond to digital albums .
quote : interesting concept , i can see it being used by a person writing a article or a researcher using it for education . but i fought against people who claim ownership of material when in fact they just stole a picture from a stamp auction off the internet . so i have a hard time accepting these digital albums after spending a life time building my collection . many times i have shown some pages and the stamps would catalog a few dollars and someone who never shows their stuff on a regular basis throws up a scan of a $ 5 , 000 or $ 10 , 000 stamp , then say it is from their collection . that kind of diminishs my page . so no i have a negative respond to digital albums
pictures of the letters seen by the guardian show many of them featured the same pseudonym or initials . three of the letters received by us mosques were sent at the same time , with the postmarks reading 5 . 14pm or 5 . 15pm on 22 february . “there were two second - class stamps on all the letters sent to the us , which is interesting , ” said steve rose , who is responsible for content at faith matters , a community action group working to counter extremism .
clicking the apply epm button will launch a step - by - step process for locking the document ' s content , signing it with the user ' s digital certificate and placing a record of the signed document in the usps epm repository . once the document has been signed , a usps epm logo will be affixed to the document , indicating that it has been signed and the content is valid .
i love this subject , and i love it when others show off there digital albums . while i have been developing digital albums for several years now at dcstamps , in actuality , i got the original idea from kcb ' s blog ( kiitos keijo ) . i also love it when others show their work so i really appreciate seeing the pages from blaamand . for those skeptic out there , yes it is a lot of work scanning your stamps , but it is really the only way of effectively showing off your collection to many people around the world . also , it allows you to display your collection exactly in the manner you want - highlighting the important aspects in a way that no preprinted pages can . what makes it even better , is that you can easily change your pages to include new items or changes in your collection .
sometimes there is not a problem reading a postmark , but rather you want to
lift
the postmark to make a clean copy of it - in other words , an image of the postmark without the stamp . this is sometimes needed for overprints , surcharges , and the like as well as for postmarks . the technique described here can also be used in some situations for reading a difficult postmark . this technique works best if the postmark or overprint is black and the rest of the stamp is colored with no black elements in the design .
one skilled in the art will appreciate that though there are many systems for providing digital signatures on email messages to allow for verification of the integrity of the message body , they all introduce a number of different layers of complexity . addition of authenticated time stamping functionality is difficult to provide without the addition of additional server side hardware , much as the ability to authenticate the sender of a message requires the cumbersome management of encryption keys .
in some areas of philately , watermarks are very important and can make the difference between a $ 2 stamp and a $ 2000 stamp . the ability to create digital scans of stamps that show the watermark will be useful to many philatelists . i have devised a technique that can be used to create such scans . it can be used only with a flat - bed scanner , and may not work well with the less easily seen watermarks .
[ 027 ] as shown in figure 3a , archive administrator component 275 creates the storage epm 370 by generating a hash file 374 from the electronic file 372 , and storing the hash file 374 in storage epm 370 ( stage 340 ) . archive administrator component 275 may generate hash file 374 using known hashing techniques , such as a secure hash algorithm (
sha - 1 ) , a technique based on an algorithm provided by rivest , shamir , and adelman (
rsa
) , and a message digest algorithm (
md5
) . archive administrator component 275 also stores in storage epm 370 a time and date stamp 375 to indicate the time and date of the storage of the electronic file . in addition , archive administrator component 275 may store in storage epm 370 a digital signature 376 having a digital key 377 for digitally securing the storage epm 370 . further , archive administrator component 275 may store customer identification information in storage epm 370 .
in an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention , the step of processing the message includes determining the digital signature by encrypting a cryptographic hash of the electronic message , possibly just the body of the electronic message , using the private portion of a private - public key pair . in another embodiment , the step of processing the electronic message can include overwriting header values such as time and date values in using verified header values ( e . g . verified time and date values ) .
very nice tool and collection . works really well if you have your stamps in an album . for those of us making digital albums , i think we like designing them around our specific collection and being able to put what information we actually want on it . as for me , i collect dead countries , no one has designed album pages with such a specialty , so i resorted to designing my own . here is an example of a couple of my pages that i made to fit my specific collection :
i think the notion of a digital album is a great idea . i ' ve thought about doing something like that , although since i don ' t store my stamps in albums per se , preferring stockbooks or cards , depending on the area , i prefer to just use a general gallery approach to my online presentations . many of you have seen my main website : urltoken i also have a few other fledgling websites devoted to other philatelic topics : urltoken urltoken each one is slightly different in terms of presentation .
here is a colorful , annotated series of powerpoint slides prepared ( and recently updated as of 20 may 2018 ) by greg bondar . greg prepared these from research of tei coding , our photos of letters from the reading central library ( posted with their permission ) , and information from the canonical reference tome , alcock and holland’s the postmarks of great britain and ireland . ( note that the online version of this is not complete , and we have the hardbound version to consult within the mitford project . ) greg designed this series of slides to help us with identifying and encoding some of the more challenging aspects of 19th - century mansucript letters ! thanks , greg !