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Interesting US Auxiliary Markings

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Posted 03/21/2022 6:59 pm

This is one of my favorites. "Mail delayed Train late" It happened so much they made a stamp for it :)

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Posted 06/01/2022 01:32 am

Well, here is a surprise discovery! However, this may not have been applied by the USPS.

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Posted 06/19/2022 8:02 pm

I came across a fairly early "Missent" on an 1867 cover. Which begs the question, when was the earliest auxiliary marking used on mail?

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Edited by GregAlex - 06/19/2022 8:03 pm

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Posted 06/29/2022 1:42 pm

This one is fun because it was missent to Miss Lolita's middle name "Hayward"

Hayward was originally known as "Hayward's", then as "Haywood", later as "Haywards", and eventually as "Hayward".

It remained "Haywards" until 1910 when the "s" was officially dropped.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayward,_California

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Posted 06/29/2022 3:39 pm

An interesting item, especially when the reason for a mis-sending is apparent, however,

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It remained "Haywards" until 1910 when the "s" was officially dropped

"Officially dropped" by whom? The Wikipedia article does not specify, thus the pitfall of over-reliance on Wiki articles. From a postal history standpoint, the USPOD did not make it official until April 1, 1911:

(Postal Bulletin # 9467, dated March 17, 1911)

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Posted 06/29/2022 4:11 pm

John, Thanks for official citation

Don't know; maybe the people who lived there decided to call it that before the PO officially changed it.

That is a problem with Wiki, anyone can add or edit. I've never done before. Maybe I'll update the entry (if I can figure out how).

pat

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Posted 06/29/2022 4:33 pm

Wiki ....short on volunteers.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02...tors/4515928

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