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how to read the numbers in a postmark?
If a postmark has 4 numbers in it, 3 of them is day, month and year
obviously, but what about last one? what does it stands for? thanks |
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Hello,
the hour ... "b1zgrz55" a écrit dans le message news: . rogers.com... If a postmark has 4 numbers in it, 3 of them is day, month and year obviously, but what about last one? what does it stands for? thanks |
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Time of cancelation, probably, but without a clearer description or a scan,
who knows? What country? What year? What type of cancellation? Bob From: "b1zgrz55" Newsgroups: rec.collecting.stamps.discuss Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 23:16:18 GMT Subject: how to read the numbers in a postmark? If a postmark has 4 numbers in it, 3 of them is day, month and year obviously, but what about last one? what does it stands for? thanks |
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HFG wrote :
Hello, the hour ... Yes HFG, it is the most likely answer to this quite unprecise question as already said by Bob. In France, it could be also (early 20th century) : - a number corresponding to the post office where the stamp had been cancelled - a number counting the different "levées" (collect of letters by the postman) in the concerned pillar box which gives an approximation of the hour In adition to that, the question reads : " ... 3 of them is day, month and year obviously ... " Not so obvious, as in the US, the UK and may be Canada as well, the order would be month, day, year ? ;-) -- All the best, Pierre Courtiade |
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 02:35:42 +0200, "Pierre Courtiade"
wrote: HFG wrote : Hello, the hour ... Yes HFG, it is the most likely answer to this quite unprecise question as already said by Bob. In France, it could be also (early 20th century) : - a number corresponding to the post office where the stamp had been cancelled - a number counting the different "levées" (collect of letters by the postman) in the concerned pillar box which gives an approximation of the hour In adition to that, the question reads : " ... 3 of them is day, month and year obviously ... " Not so obvious, as in the US, the UK and may be Canada as well, the order would be month, day, year ? ;-) Not quite n Canada. Postage Meters read YY.MM.DD or DD XXX (Month in Roman numerals) YY Circular cancels read DD MONTH (alphabetic) YYYY Jetspray cancels read: ### {Machine #) #A# A#A (postal code) YY.MM.DD HH.MM Blair -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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"Pierre Courtiade" wrote in message ...
HFG wrote : In adition to that, the question reads : " ... 3 of them is day, month and year obviously ... " Not so obvious, as in the US, the UK and may be Canada as well, the order would be month, day, year ? Not in the UK. Despite having many Americanisms forced on us (mini-billions, -izes, trick-and-treat, Thanksgiving, and, just recently, yellow school busses) we still use day-month-year. However, a postmark I happen to have in front of me says unequivocally: MOUNT PLEASANT 8 45AM 11 AUG 2003 Chris |
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Chris Doran wrote :
Not in the UK. Despite having many Americanisms forced on us (mini-billions, -izes, trick-and-treat, Thanksgiving, and, just recently, yellow school busses) we still use day-month-year. However, a postmark I happen to have in front of me says unequivocally: MOUNT PLEASANT 8 45AM 11 AUG 2003 Chris, Many thanks for correcting my bad knowledge of UK versus US (I lived four years in London but in an international environment : this may explain that sometimes I mix the habits of the Americans and those of the British ;-). As for the dates, I thought that in both the UK and the US, a correct writing should be : Saturday September 20th 2003 (with some comas I don't know where to place :-( and not Saturday 20th September 2003 (direct translation from the French : Samedi 20 Septembre 2003) I am not speaking of postmarks (I should, as we are on rcsd !) but of the current use of dates, i.e. in a letter. Coming back to your answer : I like the mini-billion term ;-))) I thought that the spellings in '-ize' and the 'trick-and-treat' habit from the children were coming from the UK ? I was not aware of the yellow school busses now used in the UK, but I think that (for safety purposes) it is a nice idea ;-) Many thanks as well to Blair for his kind answer explaining the situation in Canada as for the dates on the postmarks. -- All the best, Pierre Courtiade |
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In an earlier message "Pierre Courtiade" wrote:
Chris Doran wrote : Not in the UK. Despite having many Americanisms forced on us (mini-billions, -izes, trick-and-treat, Thanksgiving, and, just recently, yellow school busses) we still use day-month-year. However, a postmark I happen to have in front of me says unequivocally: MOUNT PLEASANT 8 45AM 11 AUG 2003 Chris, Many thanks for correcting my bad knowledge of UK versus US (I lived four years in London but in an international environment : this may explain that sometimes I mix the habits of the Americans and those of the British ;-). As for the dates, I thought that in both the UK and the US, a correct writing should be : Saturday September 20th 2003 (with some comas I don't know where to place :-( That is perfectly OK and not Saturday 20th September 2003 and so is this. (direct translation from the French : Samedi 20 Septembre 2003) However, when using just numerals as in 20.9.2003 the UK usage is ALWAYS day month year (logical really), and we can set our computers accordingly....or even the US way if we are feeling perverse ;-) I believe the Italian postmarks are usually as the UK system, with the hour as the fourth numeral(s) -- Tony Clayton or Coins of the UK : http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/coins.html Values of Coins of the UK : http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/values/coins.html Metals used in Coins : http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/metal.html Sent using RISC OS on an Acorn Strong Arm RiscPC .... Please Tell Me if you Don't Get This Message |
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