Scott 650 With Dpo On Cds Dial Question

I have a question. I have a stamp (Scott#650) with an old C.D.S. (that is a S.O.T.N.) that actually has the letters D.P.O. on the bottom of the dial? Now I know that the abbreviated stamp collectors "slang" or acronym for Discontinued Post Office or Decommissioned Post Office but what do the letters D.P.O. on a C.D.S. mean? If a P.O. is decommissioned it certainly cannot be canceling letters? I realize that I posted my image before but I either can't remember or I never knew to begin with what it stands for? Do you know? Thank you very much.

I think it's "Downtown Post Office".

My guess is an RPO Cancel since the postmark is Cleve & N???

I am with dlawson on this one.

It could also stand for "Depot Post Office".

Cleveland used several versions of that postmark through the years and into the 1940s. Here are a couple of examples I found on the internet:

I'm not. I've looked at this very hard and believe it does read CLEVELAND OHIO D.P.O. Jul'2 3:30PM

Here is the cropped image of the dial and I tried to "enhance" the black ink so you can see what I'm seeing. I just don't think it is an "R" but rather a "D".

wt1 do you know of other D.P.O. cancels?

I think you nailed it down wt1. I thought it was Railway related. You posted that while I was constructing that post. I'm comfortable with "Depot Post Office". Thank you once again!

JamesW. gave that stamp to me.

What is "Depot Post Office"?

A railroad station is sometimes called a "depot", or a railroad depot. If the station has a post office that would be a depot post office or DPO.


Peter

Thanks Peter

is DPO common in Postmarks? I've found this signature in Cleveland only

Fast forward to the present day and the US Postal Service has come up with a new meaning for the word DPO, as in Diplomatic Post Office, for which there are some special postmarks, too.

I have several DPO postmarks. I figured the same, it was a depot post office. Not wanting to stretch my brain further I just placed them with the others for that Scott number.

Digging up some old posts eh?