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Cancellation (mail) A cancellation (or cancel for short; French: oblitération) is a postal marking applied on a postage stamp or postal stationery to deface the stamp and to prevent its reuse. Cancellations come in a huge variety of designs, shapes, sizes, and colors. Modern cancellations commonly include the date and post office location ...
A Cancelled-to-order plate block of the US newspaper boy stamp of 1952. A cancelled to order (also called and abbreviated CTO) postage stamp, philatelic symbol , [1] is a stamp the issuing postal service has cancelled (marked as used), but has not traveled through the post, [2] but instead gets handed back to a stamp collector or dealer.
Duplex canceller. Misapplied duplex cancellation which failed to obliterate the postal stationery indicium. A duplex canceller was a hand stamp used to cancel postage stamps and imprint a dated postmark applied simultaneously with the one device. [1] The device had a steel die, generally circular, which printed the location of the cancel ...
Among the most definitive is George Washington, whose engraving (along with that of Benjamin Franklin) appeared on the first U.S. Postage stamps released by the U.S. Post Office, on July 1 of 1847. Thomas Jefferson first appeared on U.S. postage in March 1856, nine years after the first issues were released.
Reuse. A postage stamp is a small piece of paper attached to mail that indicates that the postage (the cost of sending the mail) has been paid. Because stamps are sent on most mail, the stamp on a received item can be removed and placed on a different piece of mail to be sent, thus reusing the stamp without paying the proper postage.
History. The first USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellations was issued on May 29, 1996 in partnership with Dan DiMiglio, the USPS Manager of the Pacific Area, Corporate relations, at a special ceremony unveiling the Breast cancer research stamp in Contra Costa County. 60 Representatives from non-profit organizations and coalitions were present in a special presentation with live ...
Precancel. U.S. 2¢ stamp of 1938 with New York precancel, Scott No. 806, PSS type 71. A precanceled stamp, or precancel for short, is a postage stamp that has been legitimately cancelled before being affixed to mail. [1] [2] A number of nations of the world use precancels, typically in the form of an overprint on definitive series stamps.
Benjamin Franklin — George Washington The First U.S. Postage Stamps, issued 1847. The first stamp issues were authorized by an act of Congress and approved on March 3, 1847. [20] The earliest known use of the Franklin 5¢ is July 7, 1847, while the earliest known use of the Washington 10¢ is July 2, 1847.