US Slogan Cancels

PostalHysteria:
Thank you for the New York slogan cancels and your reference to what "C & D" represented.
Along those lines, can you (or anyone else) tell me what "T" would be a reference to.


Thanks,
Pat

C=collect
D=drop
R=received
T=transit

There were 4 letters, but all in theory as most post offices inserted one of these "service letters" and left it alone for months regardless of what mail they processed.

A "transit" cancels would imply an intermediate place, rather than an origin cancel, thus it appears both of these covers are killer letters meaning nothing relating to a transit use.

Here is a true transit use on a cover from Wheaton (misuse of the "R") through Chicago to Oberlin, with a "T" service letter in the Chicago machine cancel on the reverse side.

Thanks John.Now I know what to look for on other covers.
Unfortunately have only 2x4's on these,so no other information to be had.Out of several hundred from New York, only a few had the "T". All others had the C or D.
pat

The C, D, R, T letters are so often left unchanged, that I do not put to much credence in them unless they are obviously correct or incorrect.

(back to slogans)
https://sierranevadageotourism.org/...b6cb41839bc5

Just for fun, I'll add this as a "slogan" cancel, and a proper use transit.


As to the MITCHELLS,VA Doane 3/4, dated Feb. 1, 1907. The Doane cancel website lists the earliest date as 30 Dec 1907.
I sent it for an update some time ago, but maybe they missed it. Will try again to see if interested.
Good site.
http://www.doanecancel.com/

pat

Edit- Sorry, forgot this was US covers

"Come to Bermuda - The Isles of Rest"

8 AUG 1949

Still time to get a deal on the UPU's. I'd go for the FDC's

Here is a later 1943 use of a 1920-era ADDRESS YOUR MAIL... slogan from Boston, dater dial number 9. Note the inclusion of what appears to be a rather well-worn letter "S" in the location of typical service letters.

The cover is addressed to Ireland and contents examined by British Censor, passed by Irish censor. I wonder if this "S" has any postal significance.

A different abcd cancellation then posted by wt1 on the first page
This one is on three lines

What was ABCD mail?

Don

The first mention of ABCD Mail in the Postal Bulletin (Issue 20334, dated November 1, 1962, page 3):




The last mention I see in the Postal Bulletin is dated September 13, 1968 with regard to the upcoming 1968 Christmas season, which is when I think is about when the program was phased out along with diminished multiple pick-ups and deliveries, although I have belated examples of the slogan dated 1992 (Gulfport, MS), 1995 (Greensburg, PA), and 2000 (Des Moines, IA).

Not often that Little Rock, Ark. is first in the list of anything, except possibly "Most embrassing moments in US History, 1957 edition."

(I was born in Little Rock, and live nearby. So this is "self-deprecating" humor.)

Thanks, John, for the explanation.

Don

Here are a couple recent finds. You could probably make a decent collection just focusing on slogans related to National Parks and Forests.