Modern US Postage Meters

Slug works.

Are meters only collectible as covers? Or can they be cut squares?

Yes, they are collectible as covers or "on piece" (cut from envelopes). Having the whole cover is preferable, but the catalog lists values for both (when it lists values).

Here's a new Pitney Bowes meter imprint, type M13. Notice the date has been replaced by dashes.



Robert

Trainwreck: That appears to be the latest PB meter that is ID'd as an M13 (first introduced in 2010). The date is eliminated due to the "Non Profit Organization" and reduced postage franking which would essentially make it a bulk rate mailing by a non-profit organization (the rate requires that the date not be used.)

I just found out that the $.087 Non Profit postage rate represents Non Profit Enhanced Carrier Route Rate for High Density letters.

wt1, thanks for the info. That explains why the majority of the Data-Pac meters (type S1) I have are date-less, which I was just wondering about this morning as I was cataloging them.

Robert

I had the same question recently, and I have begun to think of dated meter impressions as being more desirable than dateless, especially the DataPac impressions which seem to be used primarily for bulk mailings.

For the R6A (Hasler) imprints, I have obtained the following mail classes/slugs.

PRSRT FIRST-CLASS
PRSRT FIRST-CLASS MAIL
PRSRT FIRST - CLASS
FIRST-CLASS
PRESORT FIRST CLASS
PRESORTED FIRST CLASS
NONPROFIT
NON PROFIT ORG

There may be others out there, if you spot them, please let me know.

Cheers,
Smauggie

Here are three additions to the R6A list:
PRSRT STD
PRSRT 1ST CLASS
PRST FIRST CLASS

Good hunting,
Robert

Thanks!

Here are two impressions of type M9D. The original impression is dated May 1. I guess the letter did not go out on May 1 as intended, so a "null" meter (I think that is the correct term) was applied for the actual date the letter was mailed, May 5.



Robert

I have seen impressions front and back of the cover, but never intersecting. Nice find!