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Philately Ship cancelShort set

Ship Letter Letter that was brought by ship to another port or city and usually bears markings to indicate its passage.
Slogan Postmarks Modern cancellation, usually by machine which carries official slogans or advertising beside the postmark.

 


Ship Letter: Letter carried by private ship.
Short Set: An incomplete set of stamps, usually lacking either the high value(s) or one or more key values.

Ship Letters Sent Along the Trade Routes of Salem, Mass 1787-1837
SANDICAL
Jim Busse ...

Packet-ship letter: mail arriving in port without any cancel or mark of origin.
Packhoi, Pakhoi: treaty port in Kwantung province, China; overprint on stamps of Indo-China, French offices in China, 1903-22.
P.a D.

See Ship Letter handstamp applied to letters arriving by Packet.
Pair - Two se-tenant postage stamps, taken to be se-tenant horizontally unless described as a 'vertical pair'.

[4] Study of a particular shipping line like, Cunard, P & O, Danube steamers, South American packets or American steamboat mail are a few options as are; Ship Letter marks, ...

Other paquebot markings that have been used include "Loose Ship Letters" or "Ship Mail" (Australia), "Posted at Sea" (various countries), "New York Ship" (New York City), "Schiffsbrief" (Germany and Austria), "Pacchibot" (Italy), ...

See also: Stamp, Used, UPU, Cancel, Postmark

Philately Ship cancelShort set

 
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