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EP 0 528 911 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 03.03.1993 Bulletin 1993/09 (21) Application number: 91909425.0 (22) Date of filing: 13.05.1991

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B26D 7/ 18( . ) B26F 3/ 02( . ) G09F 3/ 00( . ) G09F 3/ 10( . ) B26F 1/ 20( . ) B44F 1/ 12( . ) G09F 3/ 02( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/AU1991/000200 (87) International publication number: WO 1991/018378 (28.11.1991 Gazette 1991/27)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE (30) Priority: 15.05.1990 AU 19900000143 10.10.1990 AU 19900002751 08.02.1991 AU 19910070870 (71) Applicant: AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CORPORATION, Trading as AUSTRALIA POST Melbourne, VIC 3000 (AU)	(72) Inventors: POWER, John, Rodney Australian Postal Corporation Melbourne, VIC 3000 (AU) GRAY, Robert Mornington, VIC 3931 (AU) AVERY, Kerry Pemara Labels Notting Hill, VIC 3168 (AU) SMITH, H. Collingwood, VIC 3066 (AU) (74) Representative: Johnson, Terence Leslie  Edward Evans & Co. Chancery House 53-64 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1SD London WC2A 1SD (GB)