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The marks around the top left of the lower left stamp are artifacts of scanning. (Pretty sure...I'll double check.) |
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Bedrock Of The Community
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Are any of our Spanish friends, able to explain the date here please? 29th May 8514  Sc#2385  |
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| Edited by rod222 - 03/31/2023 7:32 pm |
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I don't know what the 1. and 4. represent...times? The date has to be 29 May (19)85. |
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If you agree it is the time, I find it difficult to understand
how the clerks have to adjust their hammers every 2 hrs, for what gain?
I don't understand how time recorded is of any use on modern mail.
Computer / meter printings the exception. (Non manual handling)
I am assuming these mechanical slogans, would have to be adjusted manually.
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| Edited by rod222 - 03/31/2023 11:18 pm |
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Machine cancels, probably, have some kind of cylinder with the times. It would not surprise me if no manual adjustment is required for any of these date and time slugs. |
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| Edited by NSK - 04/01/2023 02:27 am |
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C.C.P. (Centro de Clasificación Postal) - S. BERNARDO - (SEVILLA) DÍA 25 MES MAYO AÑO 1985 14 Hr.
POSTAL SORTING CENTER. San Bernardo is a neighborhood of Seville. The roller was manually changed every hour.
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The roller was manually changed every hour. Wow! Thanks Roberto, now there's surprise. contender for "Believe it or not!" |
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He, he, he
In 1985 there were not as many automatisms as today and there were no computers here.
Letters were placed on a sloping tray to the right of the automatic canceller.
Being inclined by their own weight, they entered a spring that sucked them in and that same spring made the roller rotate.
You can compare the 1985 system to any paper shredder today. The central paper sensing spring causes the blades to roll and draw the paper into the cassette.
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Glad it arrived! Too bad about the cancel, usually the local PO uses a nice circular date stamp they have. |
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I am not too bothered about that pen cancel, I'll keep the cover. It is the black felt pen scribble that gets me  Was a super 1p40 stamp. Delighted. PS: SWLF = Sydney West Letter Facility (Located in Strathfield) |
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| Edited by rod222 - 04/12/2023 07:08 am |
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Good - 2 weeks from rural Ontario to Perth - not too bad. Sometimes letters to Ohio (just across Lake Erie) take longer than that. |
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Posted 03/28/2023 10:23 am
