Backstamps are often applied as documentation of transit times, lengthy ones in the case of ocean crossings or short ones in the case of airmail flights. Registered mail is often backstamped in order to show the chain of custody.
Backstamp: A postmark applied to mail by the receiving post office or by a post office handling the piece while it is in transit. Backstamps are usually on the back of a cover, but they can be on the front.
Backstamp. Postmark applied to the reverse of a cover (see below for "Covers") to indicate transit or receipt of mail. Oval backstamps are also used on registered mail.
Backstamp Postmark applied to back of incoming mail to show date and time of receipt at the receiving post office.
Backstamp. Most backstamps are another form of auxiliary postal marking. Often a backstamp is a receiving mark that indicates the date and location of delivery for a cover or a date it transited a given post office.
*Backstamp - a postal marking, usually applied to the back of a cover, evidencing either the arrival of a cover at its destination post office or the handling of a cover while in transit.
BACKSTAMP - A handstamp applied to the back of a letter, usually indicating date of transit or receipt at the office of destination.
- a backstamp is a postal marking applied to the back of an envelope. At one time, most mail in the U.S. was backstamped with a CDS upon arrival at its destination post office. The only backstamps I know of that are used in the U.S.
The primary purpose of a backstamp is to document the date, time, and receiving location of a specific mail piece.
Receiving Mark -- A postmark or other postal marking applied by the receiving, rather than the originating, post office. See also Backstamp.
Redrawn -- A stamp design that has been slightly altered yet maintains the basic design as originally issued.
 See also: Cover, Used, Stamp, Cancel, Postmark
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