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Post by smauggie on Mar 6, 2016 5:46:15 GMT
Here's a new one. Ugborough, Devon July 4, 1914
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Post by smauggie on Mar 6, 2016 3:57:55 GMT
Hi James, your first postmark is a Columbia rectilinear. The second one is an International Postal Machine cancel. The third is a Time-Cummings machine cancel. Then I read Steve's comment who already said this.
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Post by smauggie on Mar 4, 2016 19:17:49 GMT
Plain View, Minnesota October 22, 1866
The town name was later changed to read as one word: Plainview
If you may be wondering how I know the year, here is the back of the cover.
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Post by smauggie on Mar 4, 2016 13:17:29 GMT
Earliest US Machine Cancel Leavitt Type 1
Boston, Massachusetts September 5, 1877
Thomas Leavitt was the first to create a machine to speed the cancelling of mails. Most of his machines did not work well with envelopes, so that almost all Leavitt cancels can only be found on US POD postal cards.
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Post by smauggie on Mar 4, 2016 13:14:03 GMT
Earliest US Machine Cancel Leavitt Type 1
Boston, Massachusetts September 5, 1877
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Post by smauggie on Mar 4, 2016 3:29:46 GMT
Don't forget . . . Waco, Texas October 10, 1917
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Post by smauggie on Mar 2, 2016 15:15:50 GMT
Allentown, Pennsylvania December 18, 1891 Duplex Cancel
Partial Oxford (1) duplex
Forwarded to Paris.
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Post by smauggie on Mar 2, 2016 15:12:50 GMT
Plymouth Post Office Built in 1848
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Post by smauggie on Mar 2, 2016 14:59:26 GMT
Fort Smith, Arkansas July 17, 1940
Two postmarks here Minneapolis, Minnesota Riverside Station Duplex cancel April 20, 1903
New Haven Connecticut (1) April 22, 1903 American Postal Machine - Machine cancel indicating receipt
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Post by smauggie on Mar 2, 2016 3:06:48 GMT
Artist's rendition Edinburgh Post Office Built in 1819 Hull Post Office Built in 1843 Inverness Post Office Built in 1843 Brighton Built in 1843
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Post by smauggie on Mar 2, 2016 0:46:12 GMT
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Post by smauggie on Feb 29, 2016 21:08:36 GMT
I am starting a new thread for United States Postmarks, partially to help with tallanent's postmark database and partially for general enjoyment and education. From time to time I may use United States references to certain aspects of postal markings. Here is a short glossary of terms I may use and what they mean:
Auxiliary Marking: A marking other than a postmark used to guide the mailing of an item. Cancel: Synonymous with the word "postmark". Circular Date Stamp (CDS): Usually a circular marking usually consisting of a town name, state/territory name and the date. The abbreviation CDS is commonly used. Cork: A stamp cancelling device made from cork, usually carved with a design to kill stamps. Kill/Killer: To kill a stamp means to mark it so that it cannot be reused. A killer a marking used to make the stamp un-reusable. Machine Cancel: Postmarks and killers applied by a mechanical or electronic process. Machine cancels usually consist of both a "CDS" and a "Killer".
I will likely add more as questions arise.
Here are two related threads for additional reference.
thestampforum.boards.net/thread/542/early-machine-cancels thestampforum.boards.net/thread/2407/covers-general?page=1
Trenton (faint), New Jersey with cork killer in a star shape June 18, 1868 Sent by mistake to Patterson, New Jersey. Resent to Pittstown. June 20, 1868 Balloon with Auxiliary marking stating cover was "Missent".
Saint Paul, Minnesota (5) Also a Saint Paul roller killer. November 4, 1942 Special Deliver auxiliary marking.
Wilmington, North Carolina December 16, 1870's CDS and Cork 'Crossroads" killer.
That's a start anyway.
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Post by smauggie on Feb 29, 2016 20:11:06 GMT
Just a matter of conjecture, it almost seems like the 25 cents was crossed out. The red 25 cents would indicate that the item was pre-paid. By striking it out in black, it would indicate that it had in fact not been prepaid, thereby requiring the receiver to pay for it in Canadian currency.
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Post by smauggie on Feb 29, 2016 4:48:33 GMT
Selvedge (or selvage as we in the United States spell it) can show plate position when plating stamps, and can show a watermark more fully especially if the watermark is misplaced.
I collected US plate number blocks for years, and still have the collection which is based on collecting a block of stamps with their plate number in the attached selvage.
The occasions when I remove selvage are quite rare.
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Post by smauggie on Feb 28, 2016 15:06:02 GMT
Kensington W. 8. September 8, 1970 With normal machine cancel killer.
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Post by smauggie on Feb 28, 2016 14:55:18 GMT
Hounslow, Middlesex August 5, 1971 LKU
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Post by smauggie on Feb 28, 2016 14:46:43 GMT
Good day, East Anglian T P O Up PE Sect 2 February 25, 1953
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Post by smauggie on Feb 28, 2016 4:53:53 GMT
Looks good!
Say Allen, I notice you have a search function for US postmarks. I could start a thread and start posting some if you like.
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Post by smauggie on Feb 28, 2016 0:51:47 GMT
I agree, definitely not a coil. Likely an MR5. Those Perf 8 perforations never tore well.
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Post by smauggie on Feb 27, 2016 16:09:35 GMT
1976 to 1980 4 years 1986 to 1988 2 years 2010 to Present 6 years
12 years total
Cumulative amount now 150
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Post by smauggie on Feb 27, 2016 4:07:35 GMT
An EKU and perhaps superior example of . . . West Hartlepool, Durham, North East England January, 14, 1903
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Post by smauggie on Feb 27, 2016 3:27:36 GMT
Please don't let me keep you past your bedtime Allan. Just adding a few things. No hurry.
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Post by smauggie on Feb 27, 2016 3:26:47 GMT
Partial cancel and a bit of guesswork: Whalley Range, Blackburn, Lancashire November of 1910 Whalley Range being a borough of Blackburn consisting primarily of peoples from the Indian subcontinent.
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Post by smauggie on Feb 27, 2016 3:14:43 GMT
Kingsland, Shrews(bury), Shropshire In the year of 1912 (I cannot make out the month/day).
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Post by smauggie on Feb 27, 2016 3:12:19 GMT
You are a wonder, Rod. Great document!
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Post by smauggie on Feb 27, 2016 2:52:34 GMT
Wow, already at page 15 . . . and moving right along. Weymouth, Dorset December 12, 1906 Edwardian postmark with "C" code
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Post by smauggie on Feb 27, 2016 2:35:15 GMT
That's funny, I searched for any Australian threads bearing the word "meter". Seems there is a regional difference in nomenclature.
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Post by smauggie on Feb 27, 2016 2:26:48 GMT
Good evening, Here is another Reading parcel cancel, which seems bigger and bolder than the Victorian cancels. The perfin reads Sutton Reading.
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Post by smauggie on Feb 27, 2016 0:58:23 GMT
I have always been a huge fan of meters and I find the pre-decimal meters of Australia to be fascinating and attractive. If you are wondering why my post-it-note notations are about, I catalog meters using the International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog. The benefit is that the catalog is free and online.
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Post by smauggie on Feb 26, 2016 23:50:52 GMT
Here is another puzzler which I think I figured out, but I would like your opinion if possible Allan. Rod and I have puzzled over this one in the past. Someone used this block of 8 half-penny stamps to pay part or all of the cost of a parcel. You can see in the inset below that it is easy to read four letters at least, "ADIN". Would this then be a multiple parcel cancel (or quite literally, obliteration) with a well-worn Reading parcel cancel? Thanks in advance.
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