Machin Madness - A Revenue Cancel?

Here's a little ditty from a Machin lot. I have no clue where I
picked it up, only that it looks like a "fee due" cancel. Not postal
fee, unless there's a surcharge or something that Royal Mail does.

Just thought I'd post this for the Machin lovers out there.

http://www.adirondack-pc.com/MachinRev.jpg

Tracy

wrote in message
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Here's a little ditty from a Machin lot. I have no clue where I
picked it up, only that it looks like a "fee due" cancel. Not
postal
fee, unless there's a surcharge or something that Royal Mail does.

Just thought I'd post this for the Machin lovers out there.

http://www.adirondack-pc.com/MachinRev.jpg

Tracy


The fee is for underpaid mail plus a penalty. In this case it was
probably because the item was over the minimum weight of, at that
time, 60 grams. It was imposed by the revenue protection branch of
Royal Mail. A very nice strike.

Douglas

On 16 Jun, 10:39, "Douglas Myall" wrote:
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Here's a little ditty from a Machin lot. *I have no clue where I
picked it up, only that it looks like a "fee due" cancel. *Not
postal
fee, unless there's a surcharge or something that Royal Mail does.

Just thought I'd post this for the Machin lovers out there.

http://www.adirondack-pc.com/MachinRev.jpg

Tracy

The fee is for underpaid mail plus a penalty. In this case it was
probably because the item was over the minimum weight of, at that
time, 60 grams. It was imposed by the revenue protection branch of
Royal Mail. A very nice strike.

Douglas

Yes, it's what we get here instead of Postage Due stamps these days.
The format seems to vary. Here is another one, maybe more later:
http://cjoint.com/?gqkQwWUPe1

Chris

On Jun 15, 11:17*pm, wrote:
Here's a little ditty from a Machin lot. *I have no clue where I
picked it up, only that it looks like a "fee due" cancel. *Not postal
fee, unless there's a surcharge or something that Royal Mail does.

Just thought I'd post this for the Machin lovers out there.

http://www.adirondack-pc.com/MachinRev.jpg

Tracy

Tracy,
I W A N T T H A T S T A M P F O R M Y M
A C FH I N C O L L E C T I O N.

No not really. My hatred for cut squares is too great.
However if it weren't for the hatred I woukd implore you to
send it to me post haste or I would send a pack of Fennecs to infest
your yard with fleas and feces.


Postal clerk #1
SNA post Office

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:39:16 +0100, "Douglas Myall"
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Here's a little ditty from a Machin lot. I have no clue where I
picked it up, only that it looks like a "fee due" cancel. Not
postal
fee, unless there's a surcharge or something that Royal Mail does.

Just thought I'd post this for the Machin lovers out there.

http://www.adirondack-pc.com/MachinRev.jpg

Tracy


The fee is for underpaid mail plus a penalty. In this case it was
probably because the item was over the minimum weight of, at that
time, 60 grams. It was imposed by the revenue protection branch of
Royal Mail. A very nice strike.

Thanks! Great description. So, there is a "revenuer" in the Royal
Mail!

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:47:30 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On 16 Jun, 10:39, "Douglas Myall" wrote:
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Here's a little ditty from a Machin lot. *I have no clue where I
picked it up, only that it looks like a "fee due" cancel. *Not
postal
fee, unless there's a surcharge or something that Royal Mail does.

Just thought I'd post this for the Machin lovers out there.

http://www.adirondack-pc.com/MachinRev.jpg

Tracy

The fee is for underpaid mail plus a penalty. In this case it was
probably because the item was over the minimum weight of, at that
time, 60 grams. It was imposed by the revenue protection branch of
Royal Mail. A very nice strike.

Douglas

Yes, it's what we get here instead of Postage Due stamps these days.
The format seems to vary. Here is another one, maybe more later:
http://cjoint.com/?gqkQwWUPe1

Wow - I guess they told you, eh? Still, a decent cancel and the
sticker takes the place of the postage due stamp. Probably using a PC
or machine to crank out those stickers.

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:15:03 -0700 (PDT), Ralphael1
wrote:

On Jun 15, 11:17*pm, wrote:
Here's a little ditty from a Machin lot. *I have no clue where I
picked it up, only that it looks like a "fee due" cancel. *Not postal
fee, unless there's a surcharge or something that Royal Mail does.

Just thought I'd post this for the Machin lovers out there.

http://www.adirondack-pc.com/MachinRev.jpg

Tracy

Tracy,
I W A N T T H A T S T A M P F O R M Y M
A C FH I N C O L L E C T I O N.

Hmmm...

No not really. My hatred for cut squares is too great.
However if it weren't for the hatred I woukd implore you to
send it to me post haste or I would send a pack of Fennecs to infest
your yard with fleas and feces.

Well, if you insist. I may be able to do that, if you send only one
fennec and he doesn't poop.

Hey, that's how I got it. Nope, I didn't cut it out for brevity.

On 16 Jun, 18:34, wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:47:30 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:



On 16 Jun, 10:39, "Douglas Myall" wrote:
wrote in message

. ..

Here's a little ditty from a Machin lot. *I have no clue where I
picked it up, only that it looks like a "fee due" cancel. *Not
postal
fee, unless there's a surcharge or something that Royal Mail does.

Just thought I'd post this for the Machin lovers out there.

http://www.adirondack-pc.com/MachinRev.jpg

Tracy

The fee is for underpaid mail plus a penalty. In this case it was
probably because the item was over the minimum weight of, at that
time, 60 grams. It was imposed by the revenue protection branch of
Royal Mail. A very nice strike.

Douglas

Yes, it's what we get here instead of Postage Due stamps these days.
The format seems to vary. Here is another one, maybe more later:
http://cjoint.com/?gqkQwWUPe1

Wow - I guess they told you, eh? *Still, a decent cancel and the
sticker takes the place of the postage due stamp. *Probably using a PC
or machine to crank out those stickers.

I've only seen a sticker once, not that I get very many surcharged
letters. This is what usually happens, except that they forgot to fill
in the box with the fees: http://cjoint.com/?gquY1fvpaD as here on the
left, with another round stamp example: http://cjoint.com/?gqu0kLahPh
Sorry about the cut squares.

I'm sure I've seen a round stamp with the charge written in, but can't
find an example.

Finally, a curious one: http://cjoint.com/?gqu2fJgwra It was a 175gm
"large letter" which the sender intended to go 2nd class, 55p the
time. But the meter was set wrongly at 44p (100gm 1st class). Normally
when they realise this in time, the sender runs the whole batch
through the machine again adding 11p. On this occasion someone has
somehow found a rubber stamp that not only says: "we've paid the
extra, honest" but also: "we meant to send it 2nd class anyway". The
scrawl is not postal -- it was by someone who passed on the letter to
me for the contents, not realising its philatelic rarity.

Chris