Postage Labels: Class Of Mail.

A random selection from my collection of 500 "sticky bits"

Hi Rod

You have a nice selection of postal etiquettes

I think that these are gaining in popularity. I know a man, retired from the Canadian Armed Forces, that has done a reference book on the Canadian ones. They make a great topic and are something different from the main stream.

Chimo

Bujutsu

I like the one on the top row, fourth from left - "DELIVER". Seems a little obvious to me...

Let me explain. What Rod doesn't show are the etiquettes not released for public observation.

You see the "DELIVER", but there's a corresponding label "TO BE LOST".

Likewise, instead of "FRAGILE", there is a label "STOMP HERE".

I think Stampgal has raised a valid and curious point.
In what circumstance would that label have been affixed?
That's where philately leaves the Stamp Catalogue
and invites investigation.
Humour aside, it has a reason I'm sure.

You Forgot: "MIS-DIRECT", "DELIVER TO WRONG ADDRESS", "FOLD A LOT", "MUTILATE", and "JAM IN MACHINE"
I forgot, "OPEN ON PURPOSE"

And then blame it on the squirrels!

Just as a guess, it might be applied to hold mail. You can request mail be held for pick-up. But you can override by calling in and request it be delivered. This also applies to registered mail if nobody was there to sign for it the first time. I've never seen that label, so that is just a wild guess.

Hi Rod.
I don't quite remember whether I ever sent you this one.
In any case ..... here it is.

No, I don't have a registration from Argentina,
so thanks Tony
Now go and have some rest, far away from China.
Return refreshed.

That label also suggests an "AR" duty
especially with that little snippet of paper missing
mid label.
At least I'll flag it in my AR collection.

This material is "postal ephemera."

Here's one of my earliest : Syria.

Very nice Tony

Albeit a different collecting discipline,
These should be collected under "Registration Labels"






On the Origins of Registered Post—by Ibn Khaldûn (1332-1406)

Ibn Khaldûn, the Arab philosopher, historian and politician, was born in Tunis in 1332. His major
work is the Muqaddimah or An Outline of History, from which the following translation is taken.


On the origins of registered Post:

"It is also possible to impress a seal upon some soft substance, so that the letters of the legend
appear on that substance, and to place the substance (with the seal impression) on the knots (of the
strings with) which letters are tied, and upon places for deposits (such as storehouses, strong boxes,
etc.). The first to introduce the sealing of letters, that is, the use of signature, was Mu'âwiyah. He
also introduced the ministry of the seal. It is composed of the secretaries who see to it that the letters
of the ruler are expedited and sealed, either by means of a signature, or by tying them. Letters are
tied either by piercing the paper and tacking (the letter) together (with string), as is the custom of the
secretaries of the Maghrib, or by glueing the top of the sheet to the part of the letter over which the
top is folded, as is the custom of the people in the East. Over the place where the letter is pierced
and tacked, or where it is glued, a signature is placed. It guarantees that the letter has not been
opened and that its contents have not been read. The people of Maghrib place a piece of wax where
the letter is pierced and tacked, and seal it with a seal upon which some signature is engraved for
use in sealing, and the engraving is impressed upon the wax. In the old dynasties of the East, the
place where the letter was glued was also sealed with an engraved seal that was put into a red paste
of clay prepared for that purpose. The engraving of the seal was impressed upon the clay. Under the
Abbâsid dynasty, this clay was called 'sealing clay'. (The use of) the seal was peculiar to the ministry
of correspondence. In the Abbâsid dynasty, it belonged to the wazir. Later on, custom differed. It
went to those who were in charge of (official) correspondence and the office of the secretaries in the
(various) dynasties. In the Maghrib, people came to consider the seal ring as one of the royal marks
and emblems. They made artistic seal rings of gold inlaid with gems of hyacinth (ruby), turquoise,
and emerald. The ruler according to their custom wore the seal ring as an insignia."

http://www.the153club.org/khaldun2.html

correct me if I am wrong, but isn't that just the nation code as part of the tracking number??

I know whenever I get one of those peach cards in my box to let me know I have something to sign for, I can always tell where it is coming from by the last 2 letters of the registration number.

If you are interested in these "registered" labels, I have 3 covers sitting here, from Serbia (RS), France (FR) and Spain (ES). The French and Spanish covers both have multiple stamps on them, while the Serbian label includes the postage charges. Just noticed I also have a cover from Slovenia (SI) with one of these "registered" labels, but we'd have to figure this one out as I need the stamps on that cover. Several of the covers also have other etiquettes (new term I recently learned here of SCF!) Slovenian "A PREDNOSTNO / Priority", French "PRIORITAIRE / Priority", Serbian "AVIONOM / PAR AVION". Also have an Australian "Air Mail International" label, with the stars in the background, as is on the AU flag.

I think you are right kuhli,
illustrating the value of a stamp forum,
one learns quickly when one makes a mistake

I would argue that these labels are
"Postal Labels ~ Accountable Mail"
as a general classification, and not etiquettes.

Thanks for correcting me

A France Registration Label to example your point.

That is an "etiquette"