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Post by smauggie on Sept 13, 2017 3:24:03 GMT
Returned to Writer
MovedA local pointing hand from my home state of Minnesota. Accompanying it is a manuscript notation in pencil that the addressee has moved. 
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Post by smauggie on Sept 13, 2017 9:42:28 GMT
Fee Claimed at Kansas City, MO
I am sure the Special Delivery marking was added in Canada. In the US covers are supposed to include a marking showing who paid the fee for special delivery service. Since the service was paid for in Canada, no additional postage due was needed, but they still had to mark the cover showing that the fee was indeed paid. 
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Post by smauggie on Sept 15, 2017 1:28:25 GMT
Registered
Nov 19 1887
Minneapolis MN (in double-framed box)Here is another local registered marking on cover front. It's an odd advertising envelope where the advertising is all text. 
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Post by smauggie on Sept 15, 2017 3:17:08 GMT
Registered
Mar 22 1888
Binghampton, N. Y.Another cover front with a local registered marking. 
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Anping
Departed
Rest in Peace
Posts: 533 
What I collect: Hong Kong, Aden & States & odd stuff I like.
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Post by Anping on Sept 17, 2017 12:25:20 GMT
I found this picture postcard (PPC) in a dealers box yesterday at London Stampex, with what I considered to be an unusual egg shaped US Customs - LICENSED - Port Of New York auxiliary marking. It is dated MAR 18 1919, which matches the machined cancel date. In the centre there is a pencilled signature. Someone has written 'censor' above it. Perhaps someone might have more information about the use of this marking and whether this is a censor marking. In addition, could someone expand on the railway station acronym HUDSON T BRM. |
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tomiseksj
Moderator 
Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,053
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Sept 17, 2017 13:16:02 GMT
...In addition, could someone expand on the railway station acronym HUDSON T BRM.
The postmark is from the Hudson Terminal Station (HUDSON TERM. STA.). The below cut from the Postmaster General's Annual Report for 1908 provides background on the genesis of that post office. |
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Post by smauggie on Sept 18, 2017 14:57:10 GMT
Forwarded
Church Street AnnexThey really tried hard to forward this. I am not sure what the number 2 stamp is meant to indicate on the back, though it is in the same color as the Church Street Annex markings so my guess is that is where it was added.  
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Post by smauggie on Sept 18, 2017 15:09:03 GMT
Registered No 3Every once in a while they start a new registered mail log book and start the number count all over again. It can be fun to find the first few numbers of a new registered mail log. 
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Post by smauggie on Sept 22, 2017 11:58:44 GMT
Loose in Mails, December 24, 200X, Denver, CO 80266-1701 Received without Contents Rceived in Damaged Condition I just received this body bag. It is obviously a Christmas card that was being sent, perhaps with additional contents of pictures or a long letter which needed extra postage. This is the first time I have seen a Loose in Mails cancel, though it may be unique to Denver.  |
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Post by jimjung on Sept 23, 2017 14:38:11 GMT
Manchester, UK to Philadelphia, PA - Rate marking of 5 CENTS and straightline PAID.  |
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Ryan
Member 
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 2,589
What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many, many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Sept 23, 2017 18:22:04 GMT
Registered No 3Every once in a while they start a new registered mail log book and start the number count all over again. It can be fun to find the first few numbers of a new registered mail log. There's a guy who's a real serious collector of "cool serial numbers" on paper money. He has (had?) a website but it's recently gone down (available on the Wayback Machine, though). His gallery of images is still up, though - I wonder how much it costs to buy a Martha Washington $1 bill with an E60000000 serial number? More money than I spend on my stamps, I bet.  Ryan |
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Post by smauggie on Sept 26, 2017 3:14:41 GMT
Return to sender
Not at address given
New York, New York
Do not use this envelope or wrapper again.
I am not sure why the "Do not use this envelope or wrapper again." was needed. Perhaps it was simply to discourage the re-use of metered postage. This is franked with a slogan meter which adds to the panache of the cover. 
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Post by smauggie on Sept 27, 2017 3:05:14 GMT
Received unsealed at Hempstead, N.Y.
Received unsealed at Hempstead, N.Y.
Postage Due 3 Cents
Because of the different colors I thought I would try representing the colors in my post. I am not sure why the decided to stamp in twice in two different colors about the envelope having been received unsealed. I am assuming that is a postal worker's initials on the brown tape used to seal the envelope, possibly making it a provisional official seal, right? I kid. 
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Post by smauggie on Sept 28, 2017 13:32:30 GMT
Just adding that the Hempstead cover had a 6-page letter in it. The first page, though was missing.
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Post by smauggie on Oct 3, 2017 2:31:57 GMT
Box Closed
Promotion Expired
Return to Sender
Return to Writer, El Paso, TX, Nov 22, 1983Sporting two stamps with a make-up 2 cent Igor Stravinski to make up the new 20ยข first class rate. It also sports a stamp collecting slogan. The marking in black is the first machine-applied auxiliary marking I have posted. These were used sporadically throughout the country from about the 1960's to the 1990's though it is certainly conceivable that some may still be in use.  My binder of auxiliary markings covers is 2 inches on one side and 3.5 inches on the other. Perhaps the time has come for the collection is moved to a two-volume collection. 
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Post by smauggie on Oct 4, 2017 1:54:48 GMT
D1987 cover from West Germany to the US. Mail from the 1970's through the 1990's (my guesstimate) featured these labels sporting a single capital letter. These were used for mail routing, but I have not spotted any philatelic literature as yet describing these labels. The color of the label to the eye is fluorescent orange, but for some reason it comes out as a dull pink through the scanner. I recall seeing these in bright green, yellow and pink. 
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Post by smauggie on Oct 5, 2017 1:29:34 GMT
Forwarded
Forwarded
ForwardedNotified . . delivery . . (not entirely legible pencil marking)Do you hear an echo? This item was received in Waukesha, forwarded to Milwaukee and then forwarded to Hales Corners, WI (a suburb of Milwaukee).  The back 
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Post by smauggie on Oct 5, 2017 2:12:58 GMT
Due (in balloon)
3 (manuscript)Another colorful duplex cancel from Cincinnati, this cover was received in Saint Paul, MN. This 1860's cover was likely double-weight requiring an extra 3 cents of postage.  I think my interest in these markings has risen to the level of obsession.
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tomiseksj
Moderator
Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,053
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Oct 5, 2017 12:26:29 GMT
...I think my interest in these markings has risen to the level of obsession. The best cure for that would be writing about it for the Forum Newsletter! |
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Post by smauggie on Oct 5, 2017 23:10:09 GMT
Yeah, I saw your call for articles for the most recent newsletter but I didn't have time to write something that I would be happy with. Rest assured I am planning to do so for future issues. That being said, I don't have that much confidence in the curative power of such activity. |
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Post by smauggie on Oct 8, 2017 16:27:54 GMT
REGISTERED
Mar 3 1908
Olneyville Station
Providence, R. I.
This one postal station decided they needed a customized registration marking. 
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Post by smauggie on Oct 8, 2017 16:46:08 GMT
REGISTERED
Mar 10 1885
MOBILE, ALA (in double-framed box)Another locally sourced registration stamp. in pink. 
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Post by smauggie on Oct 10, 2017 1:07:27 GMT
DUE 6The small farming town of Kinnikinnic is named after the Kinnikinnic river in St. Croix County, Wisconsin. This gigantic postage due marking was likely home-made, so to speak. The post office closed in 1882. 
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Post by smauggie on Oct 16, 2017 20:04:36 GMT
Certified MailCertified mail markings are always in the form of a label or etiquette. 
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Post by smauggie on Oct 16, 2017 20:06:04 GMT
Ceritified MailAs with most other things postal, certified mail etiquettes gained a barcode in the 21st century. 
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Post by smauggie on Oct 16, 2017 20:08:54 GMT
Registered MailContinuing with some modern markings, a 1980's registered mail marking as an etiquette. 
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Post by smauggie on Oct 16, 2017 20:10:31 GMT
United States Postal Service
Registered MailThe last registered mail marking with barcode. Registered mail service was discontinued in 2013. 
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Post by smauggie on Oct 17, 2017 2:17:45 GMT
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Post by smauggie on Oct 29, 2017 17:39:40 GMT
Mis-Sorted by Post Office
Opened in Error by UCB
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Post by smauggie on Nov 5, 2017 18:53:35 GMT
Special DeliveryThis H2 National Postal Meter impression printed on a label includes the fee for special delivery service. The cover was taken down to the post office so that they would add the special delivery marking. Out of habit the postal worker cancelled the meter which was not required. 
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