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Quick note.....These stamps are still affixed to the envelopes. The envelopes were part of an accounting practice or record keeping of some kind. |
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All 4 stamps have been affixed to the envelope by a Mailometer mailing machine. The slots on the sides were used by the machine to locate the stamp to be cut from the coil. These machines were capable oh affixing up to 250 envelopes per minute.
The 2nd and 3rd stamp are Scott #534 and #534a from the
Offset process. I can't be sure of the other two Scott #s.
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Schermack Type III not Mail-o-meter, I believe. The Schermack Company was renamed The Mailometer Company in 1910, when Joseph Schermack left the company, and though the Stamps have what are commonly called Schermack type III perfs they were applied by a Mailometer Mailing Machine. The Mailometer mailing machine was capable of applying stamps with either Schermack, Mailometer or Farwell perforations. |
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| Edited by kcaramat - 10/24/2019 5:25 pm |
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Thank you, kcaramat! For purposes of classification, do we call these perfs Schermack Type 111's? |
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Yes, the stamps with the slots are still called Schermack type III. Mailometer mailing machines were able to be modified to run government coils sometime around 1914. Some customers preferred the privately perforated coils that Mailometer continued to produce until 1927, when the Bureau eliminated flat plate printing.
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The two non offset stamps both appear to be type I, and are either 409 or 482. The cancel date should make it pretty easy to tell which ones they are likely to be. The bottom stamp has a 1922 slogan cancel, so 482 seems much more likely. |
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Post mark for image 1. is 1917. For image 2., it is 1920. Image 3. is 1921 and image 4. is 1922. |
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