Machine postmark
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cover from Nassau to Miami 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. Nearly all machine-cancellation devices apply both postmark and cancellation simultaneously. While some mail is cancelled using handstamps, machine cancellation is ubiquitous, and in the industrialized nations the vast majority of mail is cancelled by machine.
cover from Nassau to Miami]] 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. Nearly all machine-cancellation devices apply both postmark and cancellation simultaneously. While some mail is cancelled using handstamps, machine cancellation is ubiquitous, and in the industrialized nations the vast majority of mail is cancelled by machine. ==References== Russell F. Hanmer, A Collector's Guide to U.S. Machine Postmarks 1871-1925, 3rd ed. (David G. Phillips Publishing, 1989) ==External links== International Machine Cancel Society Homepage Pages with many US examples Machine cancellations of Latvia
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