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A postmark [1] is a postal marking made on an envelope, parcel, postcard or the like, indicating the place, date and time that the item was delivered into the care of a postal service, or sometimes indicating where and when received or in transit.
This 1953 cover has a normal postmark and two French service markings. A postal marking is any kind of annotation applied to a letter by a postal service. The most common types are postmarks and cancellations; almost every letter will have those.
Penny Red with a numeral "70" postmark of Boyle within the diamond shaped cancel as used in Ireland. The first coded obliterators were numerals within a Maltese cross design used at the London mail centre from 1843. From 1844 distinctive and different barred designs were introduced for England, Scotland and Ireland.
In conjunction with Parcel Post stamps, Congress approved an act on August 24, 1912, for postage due stamps which were issued at the same time the Parcel Post stamps were issued, to be used when inadequate postage was affixed to a parcel. Postage-due stamps were affixed by the postmaster and the amount was supposed to be paid by the addressee.
1840 (UK) Postally franked German Air Mail cover (Berlin-Buenos Aires via D-LZ127 Graf Zeppelin (1934)) "Postage" franking is the physical application and presence of postage stamps, or any other markings recognized and accepted by the postal system or systems providing service, which indicate the payment of sufficient fees for the class of service which the item of mail is to be or had been ...
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