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561. Pre-Cancel Pre-Cancel – stamps issued by postal authorities with a form of cancellation already on it. These were primarily issued to commercial organizations with large amounts of mail...
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562. Poached Eggs Poached Eggs – a popular name for special labels the size of and perfed the same as stamps to be dispensed by vending machines ...
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563. Paquebot Paquebot – term adopted by the UPU in the 1897 to describe mail posted on board a ship. This mail is usually postmarked with a cancel including the word “Paquebot” and very often augmented by the words “posted at sea”. It would be accepted a...
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564. Obliterator Obliterator – The device used to cancel a stamp to prevent it being reused. Many early obliterators were dumb and consisted of...
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565. Manuscript Cancellations Manuscript Cancellations – this is where a stamp has been cancelled using a pen or other indelible writing instrument and is known generally as pen cancels, and usually indica...
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566. Maltese Cross Maltese Cross – A distinctive eight pointed cross (used by the knights of Malta) and used a lot in the design of stamps, watermarks & cancellations. The name given to the early cancellations used on GB stamps 1840/41. Many different exam...
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567. Lozenge Cancellation Lozenge Cancellation – cancellation in the shape of a diamond – usually made up of bars or dots and was found on many early French letters & stamps. Rob Browning
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568. Town stamp Town stamp – any postmark which includes the name of the town. It is normally applied to pre-stamp postmarks and includes all the various shapes, straight-line or boxed cancels. Rob Browning
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569. Tied Tied – an expression to indicate that the postmark or
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570. Telegraph Cancel Telegraph cancel – cancellation showing that the stamp had been used to prepay telegraph fees. They have a cir...
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