labels wherein each postage indicia label has a pre assigned serial number a serial number may be printed on the label stock at the time the postage indicia is printed the at print time serial number would be printed as a record of the printing depending on the configuration of a plurality of label arrangement set 12 the serial number would typically be printed on the label stock that is not part of the postage indicia label or other label in the label arrangement set 12 either above below or to the side of the postage indicia label 14 in some cases depending on the configuration of the plurality of label arrangement set 12 the serial number may be printed according to an orientation that differs from the orientation of the postage indicia label 14 for example in fig3 a spaces 113 1 113 2 and 113 3 would be adapted for printing a serial number record in landscape orientation as compared to the postage indicia labels 14 1 14 2 and 14 3 which would be adapted for printing postage indicia in a portrait orientation it will be understood by someone with ordinary skill in the art that placement of space reservation for serial number record printing can be varied without departing from the spirit of the invention returning with reference to fig1 postage indicia label section 31 below line 19 19 and to the right of line 21 21 is adapted to be printed with a two dimensional postage indicia barcode in an exemplary postage indicia label embodiment an exemplary two dimensional postage indicia barcode comprises information about.