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Posted 07/06/2010 11:01 am

I like these for the cancellations. This one was used in the Canal Zone (apparently the Canal Zone Postal Service just used the USPS forms). Or whatever the postal system was called then.

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Edited by smauggie - 07/06/2010 2:28 pm

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Posted 07/06/2010 1:01 pm

The first AR card I have seen from CZ.
Thanks for posting

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Posted 07/06/2010 2:46 pm

Zonian Post I would imagine

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Posted 07/06/2010 4:36 pm

Funny one BeeSee. I see I will have to contend with quick witted repartee here.

I was referring to the US Postal system in my post. Which I guess was just "Post Office Deparment" (as opposed to USPS).

In the Zone it was the Canal Zone Postal Service.

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Posted 07/06/2010 9:02 pm

Rod - Why did you call it an AR card? Does that stand for something? Thanks!

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Posted 07/06/2010 9:09 pm

I'm not Rod, but AR stands for Acknowledgement of Receipt

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Posted 07/06/2010 9:39 pm

If I may add information to my learned colleague's response,

the genesis of "AR" I believe was French and was

"Avis de Reception" or...acknowledgement of Receipt

Possibly due to rulings from the UPU, who's lingua franca was
French during the early years.

US cover marked "AR"

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Edited by rod222 - 07/06/2010 9:42 pm

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Posted 07/06/2010 10:52 pm

Thanks Jubilee and Rod!

Here is one used in the Canal Zone, but with a US cancellation (I like the airmail advert). What amazes me is that airplanes looked like that in 1928.

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Posted 07/06/2010 11:44 pm

If you like AR, then you must Google David Handelman or visit Richard Frajola's site to view some fabulous exhibits. David's collection is truly world-class. An astonishing assortment of AR material.

Peter

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Posted 07/06/2010 11:59 pm

Thanks for those links Peter.
it is always nice to read in depth treatments
of peripheral collecting.

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Posted 07/07/2010 11:40 pm

Agreed, great links! Thanks!

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