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3193zd
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Posted 09/12/2023   11:53 pm  Show Profile Check 3193zd's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add 3193zd to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I'm having a hard time determining what this cancel is. I assume a pen cancel but what is it spelling or a picture of ? Doesn't look like scribbling.
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Pencil manuscript, likely done by the carrier. The sender may have been on route 4 as well.

Edit: In 1908 St. Peter, MN has 5 rural routes.
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Edited by Parcelpostguy - 09/13/2023 12:57 am
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Very typical "down the line" RFD manuscript marking done by the carrier with an indelible pencil, and often abbreviated more than they should. A fuller description from the 1913 "Postal Laws and Regulations" volume:


More detailed RFD cancels will look more like this one from Findlay, Ohio:
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Edited by John Becker - 09/13/2023 01:28 am
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Thanks Guys. I just thought the script was more of a picture than a signature. Not really scribbling.
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