Receiving mark - a postmark or other postal marking applied by the receiving, rather than the originating post office.
Receiving Mark - a postmark applied to a cover (generally on the back), by the receiving post office as opposed to the originating post office. The requirement for such backstamping of first class mail was in effect from 1879 to 1913.
Receiving mark: A postmark applied by the recipient post office.
Redrawn: A stamp design that is slightly altered from the original issue.
Receiving mark: a postal marking applied by the receiving post office.
Receiving ship: postmark for a ship with a barrack-like structure used as a temporary home for recruits and transient sailors awaiting assignments to other ships.
The postmark and the Nukualofa receiving mark on the picture side of the postcard show that it trav-eled from San Francisco to Tonga in just under six weeks.If you have been shun-ning picture postcards, it might be time you took a closer look.
In philately a backstamp is a postmark on the back of a letter showing a post office or station through which the item passed in transit. The office of delivery may also backstamp a cover and this type of mark is known as a receiving mark.
He identified many new items, including two crash covers, added to Volume One of the sixth edition, as well as an explanation of the "Train Late" receiving mark in Chicago (1918) and the method of identifying specific pilots that flew particular ...
 See also: Stamp, Trans, Cover, Used, Cancel
  
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