Meters Are Dull?

I have scanned some meter covers. I don't think that they are dull at all, and, in fact, I am getting more and more interested in them.

Here are a few I have scanned. I have a small quantity of these and I find I can get these from the dealers boxes easily enough too.

Chimo

Bujutsu

Meters are fun.
Aussie Al collects Australian meters.

A discovery for me,
a new example of Brazil Airmail Etiquette

Fourteen thousand four hundred and ninety-nine posts ! Ah, whos counting ?

I like the second cover... What is the point of the multiple franking, wouldn't it be easier just to do 1'3?

I LIKE things that are DIFFERENT !

Rod - yes, I like the airmail etiquette too

New12 - I agree, but I understand that this was not that uncommon a prodedure. Don't ask me why, I just doen't know <G>

Philb - Like you, I too like things different. If we look hard enough at the different shows, we can usually find something

Chimo

Bujutsu

I'm not that familiar with postage meter indicia from Great Britain, but according to this excerpt from the IPMSC that lists the denominations that particular Neopost meter was known to have used a 1/5 isn't one of them, so the sender used (2) 6d and (1) 3d to make up the required rate:



Incidentally, the addressee, Shelton Looms, 1 Park Avenue, NYC, was a big textile manufacturing of both clothing and carpeting back in the day.

1/3 would do the trick, and the listing says that the meter could generate a 1/3, so I don't know why it wouldn't have been done in one step.

Based on the spacing and location, it seems unlikely an office worker would have accidentally stamped too little, and gone back to add more...

Any meter collectors have any ideas?

Could be a different type. Some meter machines were made to imprint multiple indicia depending on the postage needed.

Here is a link to a pdf from the meterstampsociety.com website that goes into some detail on the machines, including a picture and simple diagram of a Neopost:

http://www.meterstampsociety.com/Li...Sept2001.pdf

(It appears to be a GSM article from 2001.)

All are very nice but the Pitney Bowes I do fine dull.

When I saw that multiple meter I figured the secretary did not know how to use the machine! Just kidding!
Bujutsu, thank you for showing them. The Dutch one brought back memories for me!

Pete

Speaking of the Pitney Bowes 'dull' meter; does anyone know what type of info is contained in all those blocks on the left hand side?

I assume it is some sort of thing for the post office to scan to prove that it hasn't been reused or something like that? It looks like those things you are supposed to scan from smartphones to bring up a webpage. Looking through some meters I've saved alot of companies have one of those type things- hasler, neopost, Pitney- bowes etc.

Thanks all for your input here.

Peter - - in regards to your question I read somewhere what they trigger off but would have to dig for information. I wouldn't be surprised though that it has your name, your best tv show and how many times you go to the can - - just kidding. Seriously though, I am not sure what information would be in those squares but it would be interesting to find out.

Cjd - - thanks for the link. I wish I had kept my subscrition up with Gibbons Stamp Monthly. Also, I am thinking that there are more and more meter articles appearing in the major stsmp papers and magazines. Would it be safe to say that maybe meters are finding more respect in the philatelic realm??

Chimo

Bujutsu

I posted some multi-indicial meter impressions here.

https://goscf.com/t/19240