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Cancellation (mail)

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A cancellation (or cancel for short; French: "oblitération") is a postal marking applied on a postage stamp or postal stationery to deface the stamp and prevent its re-use. [1]

44 relations: Archibald G. M. Batten, Bisects and splits, Canada Post, Cancelled-to-order, Cork (material), Douglas DC-3, Duplex canceller, Edwin Müller, Event cover, Expertization, Fancy cancel, First day of issue, India, Isle of Man Post Office, Karnataka, Killer (philately), Lamy (and Rinck), Machine postmark, Maltese cross, Marker pen, Packet boat, Patent, Pen, Pen cancel, Penny Black, Perfin, Philately, Post office, Postage meter, Postage stamp, Postage stamp reuse, Postage stamps and postal history of Germany, Postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain, Postal history, Postal marking, Postal stationery, Precancel, Railway post office, Robert Brisco Earée, Scott catalogue, Socked on the nose, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United States Postal Service, Valuation of cancellations of the Austrian Empire.

Archibald G. M. Batten

Archibald George Mount Batten (1902 – 17 May 1996"A.G.M. (Archie) Batten, RDPSA, FRPSL." in The London Philatelist, Vol. 105, No. 1237, July–August 1996, p. 209.) was a British insurance industry executive and philatelist who was a specialist in the stamps of the Orange Free State.

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Bisects and splits

Bisects and splits refer to postage stamps that have been cut in part, most commonly in half, but also other fractions, and postally used for the proportionate value of the entire stamp, such as a two cent stamp cut in half and used as a one cent stamp.

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Canada Post

Canada Post Corporation (Société Canadienne des Postes), known more simply as Canada Post (Postes Canada), is a Crown corporation which functions as the primary postal operator in Canada.

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Cancelled-to-order

A cancelled to order (also called and abbreviated CTO) postage stamp is a stamp the issuing postal service has cancelled (marked as used), but has not traveled through the post,Bennett, Russell and Watson, James; Philatelic Terms Illustrated, Stanley Gibbons Publications, London (1978).

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Cork (material)

Cork is an impermeable buoyant material, the phellem layer of bark tissue that is harvested for commercial use primarily from Quercus suber (the cork oak), which is endemic to southwest Europe and northwest Africa.

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Douglas DC-3

The Douglas DC-3 is a fixed-wing propeller-driven airliner with tailwheel-type landing gear.

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Duplex canceller

A duplex canceller was a hand stamp used to cancel postage stamps and imprint a dated postmark applied simultaneously with the one device.

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Edwin Müller

Edwin Müller, later Edwin Mueller, (December 2, 1898 in Vienna – October 4, 1962 in New York City) was an Austrian philatelist.

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Event cover

Event covers are a type of stamp covers (decorated, stamped and canceled commemorative envelopes) that are created to celebrate an event or note an anniversary.

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Expertization

Expertization is the process of authentication of an object, usually of a sort that is collected, by an individual authority or a committee of authorities.

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Fancy cancel

A fancy cancel is a postal cancellation that includes an artistic design.

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First day of issue

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for useBennett, Russell and Watson, James; Philatelic Terms Illustrated, Stanley Gibbons Publications, London (1978) within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Isle of Man Post Office

The Isle of Man Post Office (Oik Postagh Ellan Vannin), which formerly used the trading name Isle of Man Post, operates postal collection, ancillary mail services, philatelic goods and delivery services and post office counter services on the Isle of Man.

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Karnataka

Karnataka also known Kannada Nadu is a state in the south western region of India.

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Killer (philately)

In philately a killer is a particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, consisting of heavy bars, cork impressions or other crude devices used to cancel postage stamps.

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Lamy (and Rinck)

In Peruvian philately, Lamy (infrequently Lamy and Rinck) refers to a catalogue of cancellations found on classic Peruvian stamps, from the first issue in 1857 to the end of the use of imperforate stamps in 1873.

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Machine postmark

A machine postmark or machine cancellation is a postmark or cancellation on mail that is applied by a mechanical device rather than with the use of a handstamp.

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Maltese cross

The Maltese cross is the cross symbol associated with the Order of St. John since 1567, with the Knights Hospitaller and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, and by extension with the island of Malta.

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Marker pen

A marker pen, fineliner, marking pen, felt-tip marker, felt-tip pen, flow marker, texta (in Australia), sketch pen (in India) or koki (in South Africa), is a pen which has its own ink-source and a tip made of porous, pressed fibers such as felt.

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Packet boat

Packet boats were medium-sized boats designed for domestic mail, passenger, and freight transportation in European countries and their colonies, including North American rivers and canals.

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Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state or intergovernmental organization to an inventor or assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention.

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Pen

A pen is a common writing instrument used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing.

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Pen cancel

A pen cancel on a Russian postage stamp. In philately, a pen cancel is a cancellation of a postage or revenue stamp by the use of a pen, marker or crayon.

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Penny Black

The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system.

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Perfin

In philately, a perfin is a stamp that has had initials or a name perforated across it to discourage theft.

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Philately

Philately is the study of stamps and postal history and other related items.

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Post office

A post office is a customer service facility forming part of a national postal system.

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Postage meter

A postage meter or franking machine is a mechanical device used to create and apply physical evidence of postage (or franking) to mailed matter.

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Postage stamp

A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage.

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Postage stamp reuse

The article outlines methods used in the design of postage stamps to avoid their fraudulent reuse (mainly by removing the postmark), attempted to avoid postage fees.

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Postage stamps and postal history of Germany

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Germany and philatelically related areas.

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Postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain

Postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain surveys postal history from the United Kingdom and the postage stamps issued by that country and its various historical territories until the present day.

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Postal history

Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of the use of postage stamps and covers and associated postal artifacts illustrating historical episodes in the development of postal systems.

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Postal marking

A postal marking is any kind of annotation applied to a letter by a postal service.

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Postal stationery

A piece of postal stationery is a stationery item, such as a stamped envelope, letter sheet, postal card, lettercard, aerogram or wrapper, with an imprinted stamp or inscription indicating that a specific rate of postage or related service has been prepaid.

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Precancel

A precanceled stamp, or precancel for short, is a postage stamp that has been cancelled before being affixed to mail.

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Railway post office

In the United States, a railway post office, commonly abbreviated as RPO, was a railroad car that was normally operated in passenger service as a means to sort mail en route, in order to speed delivery.

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Robert Brisco Earée

Robert Brisco Earée (1846–1928) was an English priest and philatelist who was known for his studies of philatelic fakes and forgeries.

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Scott catalogue

The Scott Catalogue of postage stamps, published by Scott Publishing Co, a subsidiary of Amos Media, is updated annually and lists all the stamps of the entire world which its editors recognize as issued for postal purposes.

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Socked on the nose

Socked on the nose ("SON"), also called Bullseye, in philately, refers to a cancellation of a postage stamp in which the postmark, typically a circle with the date and town name where mailed, has been applied centered on the stamp.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.

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United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service) is an independent agency of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, including its insular areas and associated states.

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Valuation of cancellations of the Austrian Empire

The study of postmarks is a specialized branch of philately called marcophily.

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Pictorial cancellation, Stamp cancelation, Stamp cancellation.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancellation_(mail)

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