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Can anyone help with this one? A squared circle postmark on 1d KEVII issue. I'm wondering what "DE-B.P.O" is part of. Does anyone know what BPO is an ebbreviation for, other than "British Post Office"? That would seem a little redundant in this case, as BCA had been a British Protectorate for 16 years before this stamp was issued in 1907.  |
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| Edited by jubilee - 05/06/2010 04:46 am |
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If it were a GB postmark Jubilee,
I'd suggest "Branch Post Office"
Here, it is just a guess.
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Maybe Blantyre Post Office? Blantyre was the largest commercial centre in the area. |
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That's another thought 22crows, but I have a Blantyre postmark of similar vintage somewhere, and it isn't similar |
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Oh well found!  I'm happy to call it Chinde BPO. Thanks everyone for the effort  |
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there's also an "AM" mark, is that suppose to mean morning? just a guess..! |
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Yes, that's a morning mark. Of course, we'll never know what time or what day, but we do know it was September! As this stamp was issued in 1907, and the name of the BCA was changed to Nyasaland in July 1907, this stamp can only have been used in September 1907. Stamps inscribed Nyasaland were issued in 1908. |
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Now that begs a question. What does the MOB after Zomba mean? Nice find Rod. |
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Ask phil turned up nothing but:
M.O.B.: Money Order Business USPS postal marking.
Mobile post office (MPO): a vehicular post office that can serve as a temporary postal station
M.O.B is a curiosity.
Also on that registered cover, down the bottom is a very feint
"Hooded cancel" in lilac, very attractive cancels when met on GB mail. I wonder what that is as well.
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Grotty, but handsome  knowing you are generous with your scans, I'd like to keep that one for my Registration collection, I have never met with a hooded registration before. Southcoates may be a closed post office cancel. |
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Of course, add it to the 470,000!
It's also the first one I've seen. As it's been applied in London, after transit from Hull, there must have been a second checking process before the envelope left the country. Sadly, there's no backstamps for Bombay. |
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| Edited by jubilee - 05/07/2010 05:33 am |
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M.O.B is a curiosity. That could be related to a mobile post office? Maybe Mobile Office Branch. It goes to show you the old saying holds true: "The Postmark is Mightier than the Stamp" |
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Posted 05/06/2010 04:22 am
