Duplex cancel
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Duplex cancel - a two-part postal marking comprised of a canceler and a postmark. The canceler voids the stamp so it cannot be reused. The postmark notes the place and date of mailing.
Duplex cancel: A two-part postal marking consisting of a canceler and a postmark. The canceler, often called a killer, voids the stamp so it cannot be reused. The postmark notes the date and place of mailing.
*Duplex Handstamp - 1) a single unit handstamp uniting both a postmark and a cancel. First introduced in the 1860s and in use through the 1940s. 2) the impression left by a duplex cancel handstamp on a cover.
duplex cancel
A metal handstamp containing both cancel and postmark in a single unit. Often found on FDCs before the mid-1930s. [Back to top]
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Barrel duplex: cancel with barrel-shaped portion in the center.
Barr's Penny Dispatch: U.S. local post, Lancaster, Pa., 1855.
Barrel mail: Galapagos Islands mail container for deposit of mail from passing ships.
Barrington's P.S.
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, ...
The speed and duplexing capability of the new printer resulted in a spontaneous eruption of happy dancing down the hall.
Killer -- The part of a duplex cancel that actually cancels or obliterates the stamp rendering it unfit for reuse.
In 1878, the Stamford Mercury newspaper was given permission to use stamped to order wrappers that would be precancelled as required with a canceller incorporating the 742 Stamford duplex.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Cancel, Postmark, Local
  
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