Datestamps
Implements for applying a date to postal matter. The term is also loosely used to denote the postmarks made by these instruments.
DATESTAMP - A hand or machine stamp containing a date
ETIQUETTE - An adhesive which is not a postage stamp.
FANCY CANCEL - A cancellation which is or includes a design.
Hooded datestamp: circular datestamp with a concentric oval around the top in the shape of a hood with a description such as "registered."
Hooper's Emergency: United Kingdom postal strike, local post, 1971.
Side ways double datestamp - See Sideways Duplex.
Side ways duplex - A Sideways Duplex is a double stamp that combines in one handstamp a circular datestamp and a town obliterator such that when applied to an envelope, ...
1865 cover to Shanghai, China, NORWALK, [CT] JAN 12 1863 datestamp, red N. YORK BR. PKT. PAID exchange credit handstamp, red London transit, ms. '1' colonial credit, magenta ms. '40' credit, ms.
CDS — "Circular datestamp." A circular postmark containing the date and, usually, the place of mailing. A CDS used at the left or bottom or on the back of a cover is a transit marking or a receiving marking.
 See also: Stamp, Cancel, Used, Cover, Trans
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