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Spoon end stamp tweezers - also known as the shovel tip stamp tongs. They have a broad spatula-shaped ends that are sometimes bent at an angle.
In 1844, Lysander Spooner founded the American Letter Mail Company, competing with the legal monopoly of the United States Post Office (USPO) (now the United States Postal Service {USPS}) in violation of the Private Express Statutes.
Spoon - A duplex cancellation, the left half of which was usually oval in shape, somewhat resembling a spoon.
Squared-circle - A circular date handstamp contained within a square.
Stalag - Camp.
Great Britain used many different types of postmarks, some of which have acquired interesting and descriptive nicknames. These include Bishop marks, crowned circles, tombstones, spoons, thimbles, Maltese crosses, step types, squared circles, ...
Spoon: British duplex cancellation, in which the date portion is oval, Dec. 1843.
Spoorwegen Chemins de Fer: (Flemish / Fr.) "trackway or "railroad;" overprint/inscription on stamps of Belgium, parcel post.
 See also: Stamp, Cancel, Cancellation, Catalog, Used
  
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