2c Admiral Cancel - M Or W - Anyone Seen This Before?

Here's a 2c Admiral Coil with an odd bluish M or W postmark on it. Has anyone seen anything like this before?

Jim, I don't think it is W. May be I V L?

Gilles, What does I V L stand for?

Why not simply a heavily-inked "M."

Most handtamps are struck upright, and many end with a punctuation mark - so I would start with a simple interpretation before becoming too creative or too imaginative. And it may be a private marking, rather than postal in origin.

like this M.

Perhaps it is nothing to do with the Postal system but just a private mark applied by the recipient. I have seen many such marks which recorded the date and time the item was received or processed by a company. However I have no idea what would end in an "M" or "IVL" or whatever

AQ

The Admirals were used for alot of different purpose. This stamp may have been on a bank cheque or luggage tag during which it could've received any number of different handstamps. I've sent his to an expert at BNAPS to see what they have to say.

I'm pretty sure it has to be postally used, because of the postal machine cancel on the stamp. I think the M. must be some kind of service mark or auxiliary marking.

Jamesw, of course the stamp is postally used. The discussion centers on the origin/meaning of the "M." whether is is postal or private. There is a good chance it is private and is the last part of a corporate recipt-stamp denoting A.M. or P.M.

I agree that it is probably a company receiving marking, AM, PM, corporate name, office directional, etc. and not applied by the post office.

Hi John Becker. My response was directly related to jimjungs thought that it may have been used on a cheque, and that the M. may be a bank cancel.

The stamp bears the traditional wavy line postal cancel making it doubtful that it was used as a revenue on a bank cheque, receiptr or for some other revenue purpose.

Yes - postaly used, not a revenue or bank cheque usage due to the machine cancel. Not a Canada Post Office marking as the Canadian PO did not use the bluish colour for their postal markings. It is definitely an M and not a W or IVL. Great possibility that it could be AM or PM. This is a good answer. Now here are a couple of examples I have found with Admiral stamps from the same time period with single letter markings. One is to France and the other is to New Hampshire, no idea what either letter signifies.