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A contemporary USPS postmark
I received recently on a letter the following stamp with a postmark on it
and beyond: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/u...l-usa-2013.jpg What can we learn from this forever postmark, placed on a forever stamp? -- Victor Manta, PWO, AIJP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spanish North Africa: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/ Philatelic Webmasters Organization: http://pwmo.org/ Art on Stamps: http://artonstamps.org/ Romania by Stamps: http://marci-postale.com/ Communism on Stamps: http://reds-on.postalstamps.biz/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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A contemporary USPS postmark
On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:14:34 -0400, "Victor Manta"
I received recently on a letter the following stamp with a postmark on it and beyond: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/u...l-usa-2013.jpg What can we learn from this forever postmark, placed on a forever stamp? We can 'learn' that the vaunted automating and facing cancelling system is far less than properly operational. That it misses about 1 in 20, with many envelopes escaping even the carrier's pen cancel. Thankfully [???] this is far less than many with a 'magic marker' slash! |
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A contemporary USPS postmark
the same, but just more light :
http://cjoint.com/?0DxuRMIwc2y perhaps the postal employee was shy ? rgds -- gandalf_le_gris Pour me joindre = a) désintégrer NOpub et NOspam b) et colorier de la bonne teinte "Sir F.A. Rien" a écrit dans le message de ... On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:14:34 -0400, "Victor Manta" I received recently on a letter the following stamp with a postmark on it and beyond: http://www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz/u...l-usa-2013.jpg What can we learn from this forever postmark, placed on a forever stamp? We can 'learn' that the vaunted automating and facing cancelling system is far less than properly operational. That it misses about 1 in 20, with many envelopes escaping even the carrier's pen cancel. Thankfully [???] this is far less than many with a 'magic marker' slash! |
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