Are Meter Cancellations Gaining In Popularity

Meter Imprints, not cancellations. ;o)

Yes, but I guess I was thinking of metered tapes as well.

Every now and then I get my terminology screwed up

Chimo

Bujutsu

Some interest by topical collectors, which is why Doug Kelsey wrote a catalog of meters categorized by (illustrated) subject matter.

I collect meters as a sideline. It does not replace my stamp collection, but is an adjunct to it.

I began collecting meters when I was given a box full of hundreds of them that date back to the 1930s. Then I discovered all of the varieties there are, supported by the on-line catalog of Postage Meters available on the web, for not only the US and Canada, but for other countries worldwide.

The major players in the postage meter industry also change their indicia quite frequently to match a new or revised metering machine and/or for units that fit both the smallest office to the largest business or corporation.

It may be a limited collecting market right now, but as stamp usage declines, meters are the obvious choice to be a collectible in the future and those who do not collect them now, may be throwing away the postal history of the future as collectors are always on the lookout for postal history items, and postage meter usage often tells an interesting story, that can be very gratifying to research and collect.

They are an excellent item for thematic collectors, I collect any meter with elephant that come on my way..

Link please

Here's the primary one:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Intern...tamp_Catalog


And a classic listing of some of the older US postage meters:

http://www.meterstampsociety.com/Li...g020210s.pdf