Dead Letter Office (D.l.o.)

This is a cover I bought some years ago.

I only have a few of these cancellations. This cover is from 1878

Chimo

Bujutsu





Back of the cover



Close-up of the DLO cancellation

and with an Experimental PO CDS peeping out from under the label on the front as well.

What is RLO ?

Rod, it's 'DLO' - just a poor impression

Great covers everyone.

It sure is amazing what one can find if they perservere.

I think I have one more DLO for sure and maybe two, but, will have to go through more boxes.

That Canadian "Officially Sealed" stamp is fantastic too Rod. I got one for my collection several years ago and what I like about it so much is the fine detailed engraving. This is also one of the main reasons I like a lot of the revenue stamps too.

Chimo

Bujutsu

Here is my contribution to the thread..
I have a bunch (small bunch) of these. Here are 3 of them.
The first is the 3 cent collected fee affixed (precancels)




Note the "triangle" on the envelope. This indicates that the contents are without value. The second scan is a larger cover...




The 3rd scan is of another cover with a star affixed. This indicated that the contents had some value.




There was a 3rd symbol on these envelopes which was a circle which indicated the contents had no inherent value. Don't have one of those yet.

That's all folks..

Nah! If that's "DLO" I'll run naked down
Collins Street on saturday Morning.
Time to fix the bifocals Tony.

Miranda Otto at the Dead Letter Office....

Philb, Londonbus1 Bobgggg and Tonymacg
seen here, surprisingly arriving early for work.....

Great material here - stuff I have not seen before

Chimo

Bujutsu

Better nude than in lycra, Young Rodney

Have a look at the wording on the label attached to the front: 'From the Dead Letter Office/NAGPUR' and the Form No. 'DLO10'.

You will give me plenty of notice before your run, won't you? So I can evacuate safely to Darwin or Townsville

I'm sticking to my guns Tony,
sure, I see the dead letter office stationery
but the rubber stamp says RLO
and I'd take a guess it's Returned Letter Office.

I'll be in Lycra tommorrow for 5 hours,
I am attempting my f1rst 100Km bike ride,
heading out at 5am.

I did 70Km last week, so reasonably confident

I rest my case.

RLO

And where did this come from, Young Rodney? Was it Nagpur - or somewhere else?

Not sure Tony
a *pdf
I'll see if I can locate it.