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Can one of our postal history specialists please identify the circular marking on the left? Any help appreciated.  *** Edited by Staff to remove YELLING. All capital letters is the internet version of yelling. Please don't do it in titles or posts. *** |
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Rephil, that is a beautiful cover! I have no earthly idea what a coded cancel is, but I believe it is a receiving cancel from Boston.
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9 Arch Street was, or later became, the storefront for Lyman B. Brooks. His was a printing firm. |
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OK, KGB, I read your wikepedia lead on coded postal cancels. In my country, and most of Europe they are known as "puntstempels" or "pointcancels". If you read that lead you will find that the United States probably never used these, most likely because of logistical reasons. The numerical list of post offices here would span the earth!
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It's a "receiving distribution" mark from Boston as identified by the Blake and Davis book on Boston postmarks. These apparently exist with numbers from 1-12, though it's not immediately clear what the numbers referred to. |
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Thank you for the info, Paperhistory. I wonder if the numbers could have been an early form of a zone number for Boston.
And thanks to all who responded.
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Posted 09/04/2015 12:55 pm
