USPS Pictorial Postmarks Mark History
By John Finch, About.com Guide
The design of the USPS's first pictorial postmark included a representation of the country's oldest operating post office, at Headsville, West Virginia.
Pictorials - stamps with a 'picture' design - for example, landscapes, buildings, flowers, animals, etc. - as opposed to those of more traditional motif such as portrait or coat-of-arms.
Piece - see 'On piece'.
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Pictorial designs and multicolor stamps
Definitives stamp depicting scenery and some occasional fauna and flora became popular since 1890's. It started in New Zealand, Tonga, and Tasmania. It spread thoroughly to Latin America countries.
Pictorial Postmarks
Handstruck marks and machine impressions which include a pictorial element. Usually a First Day Cancellation or sponsored handstamp.
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PICTORIAL: Issued in 1869, these stamps were the first bi-color U.S. stamps and the precursor to modern commemoratives.
PLATE NUMBER STRIP: A strip of three or five coil stamps with the middle stamp bearing a plate number.
Pictorial Cancel - a cancellation that contains an illustration.
PictureItPostage - Personalized postage produced by Endicia.
Pigeon Blood Pink - a color found on a rare variety of the 3¢ 1861 stamp (Scott 64a).
Pictorial - Stamp bearing a picture, but not a coat or arms or portrait.
Plate - The unit on a press used to produce stamps.
Plate Block (PB) - A block of stamps from the corner or side of a pane.
Pictorial: Stamp bearing a picture of some sort, other than a portrait or coat of arms.
Pictorial: Stamp with a picture as a part of its design.
Plebiscite issue: A stamp issue to promote a popular vote.
Pneumatic post: Letter distribution through air tubes.
[edit] Pictorial issues
In the late 1990s, new designs were produced for each of the 4 British home nations including (for the first time ever) England.
Pictorial and thematic alphabets are probably as old as printing - perhaps as old as books themselves.
Pictorial postmark collecting appears to be growing in popularity.
Pictorial postmarks are created to celebrate or commemorate an event. The type of event can be anything from a stamp show to a town festival to the anniversary of a military battle.
Pictorial envelope with related stamps (gummed or self-adhesive) or a mini-sheet postmarked on the first day of issue. It is valued for postage only on the day of issue, from the post office named on the postmark.
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Pictorial
Stamp that features a view such as a landscape or seascape, rather than a portrait, coat of arms or other symbolic design.
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A pictorial design or inscription on a cover, usually used in conjunction with a first day cancel.
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The U.S. Pictorial Issue of 1869 and Its Usage
Southeastern Stamp Show
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Non-pictorial permit stamps: state of Kansas and Indian reservation stamps issues for various game licenses; 1941 to date.
Nonpostal stamp: stamp that is sold by the USPS as an agent of other federal agencies; such as the conservation stamp.
Whatever the reason for Canada's break away from the tradition, the idea of pictorial stamps found wide expression so that by the turn of the century countries everywhere were picturing the scenic spots of their land, ...
A FDC cancelled with other than the official FIRST DAY OF ISSUE slogan cancel or official first day pictorial cancelled suppled by the USPS for the first day.
Fancy Cancel: A general term to describe any pictorial or otherwise unusual obliterating postmark.
The Memorial Chamber commemorative was issued in 1938 as part of the Pictorials Issue. Opened in 1928, it is located on the third floor of the Peace Tower in Canada's Parliament Buildings.
Modern Australian maximum cards collected by maximaphelists have a pictorial postmark similar to that used on an FDC. This definition is a lulu … A picture postcard, a cancel, and a stamp presenting maximum concordance.
In Britain the advertising was carried on pictorial envelopes and wrappers sold by the Post Office, e.g. Mulreadys.
There are plenty of pictorial cancellations that tie in nicely with a stamp and postcard. Recently, I did several on the 150th birthday of Thomas Edison. I did one on George Washington's birthday from Mount Vernon. on February 22. ...
USED (cto), 45 Different Pictorials, large, colorful stamps including famous paintings, animals, sports, trains, airplanes, space, ships, etc.
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They depict and represent pictorially the variety we encounter in our lives. There are stamps on science, art, sports, history, literature, personalities and cartoons. All the outstanding achievements of a country are depicted on their stamps.
This process has been used, for example, in the 1950 multicolored pictorial set of Guatemala, the 1935-7 postage and airmail issues of that country, several Mexican issues in about the same period, ...
Mulready - The fist pictorial envelope issued by a Post Office. Designed by William Mulready, R.A., and issued with the denominations of 1d and 2d respectively.
 See also: Stamp, Cover, Used, Cancel, Philatelic
  
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