Cancellation Question - Any Ideas?

Tried LAC Postal Archive - no "___etter - Op___". Don't think this is an RPO. Can you ident? Chris

Dead Letter Office? Totally a guess...

At first I thought that as well, but I have not seen a circular cancel with DLO. Thanks - C

Lars714...Here is a link to a PDF from BNAPS that will probably answer your question.

http://www.bnaps.org/hhl/newsletter...-03-w003.pdf

Robert

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Nice to catch one on a stamp, alone. That can't be common?

Cjd may be right in the guess. This may help? Maybe. bnaps.org/hhl/newsletters/dlo/dlo-2017-12-w013.pdf
http:// first of course.
Scroll down to page 11. Informative and the picture/description fits with your stamp.

This forum rocks!

I'll be, it is likely a Dead Letter Office strike on the stamp. Interesting, guess a little scarce...

Thanks all

The DEAD - LETTER OFFICE split ring handstamp is not unusual but I do not often see really clear examples.




The example shown here from my collection is dated April 23, 1897, The letter was posted as a drop letter in Montreal April 26 and RETURNED FOR POSTAGE. Two cents postage has been affixed (partly covering the 'RETURNED' handstamp. It then appears to have been processed as a single domestic letter that should have been paid 3 cents so thus marked 2 cents due. the previously paid 2cents is cancelled using the DLO handstamp.
GJP