Meter Marks
d/r cds Worcester 17 Meter mark and slogan to Droitwich 14 May 1986, with red slogan 'Look After Yourself – Quit Smoking' plus large boxed red h/s "Franking Me with an Incorrect Date has made it Appear that I have Arrived Late, date posted 15 May"; no b/s, unusual Reference: 944 |
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Registered Airmail franked with 02.45 rupees meter mark plus 5p and 10p definitives to make a 2.60 rate; cancelled with unclear s/r cds; from Calcutta to St Helier, Jersey on 28 April 1972; endorsed 'Enclosing Documents'; on reverse fine Calcutta Bank seal Reference: 813 |
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Illustrated 75th Anniversary of UPU 1874-1949 Envelope, franked with a London WC2 2½d Meter Mark 23 May 1950, to Cairo, with Egyptian inspector's mark (Censor?; unusual combination Reference: 432 |
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Praha 1 star-shaped meter mark on envelope with bilingual Airmail etiquette, to St Louis USA 9 April 1948: on reverse a neat grey-blue 'Sokol' publicity label XI 1948 sealing the flap Reference: 313 |
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Official Bank envelope franked with Francotyp machine type 1, 30 October 1928, from Prague to Portrush, Ireland; a fine clear example of this earler mark, no backstamp (ex CWE Coles collection) Reference: 312 |
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a commercial window envelope franked with a meter mark 042c Mexico DF, registered, with etiquette, marked in handstamp 'Spanish Correspondence' to USA; with US Censor's sealing strip, sealed front & back with a circular violet 'Examined' cachet: and on reverse 2 large red registration seals, cancelled with large circular cachets; US arrival d/s at Saint Louis Mo & Fort Wayne, Ind, having been forwarded; a spectacular combination Reference: 262 |
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1961 cover with an ILFRACOMBE DEVON 3d paid meter mark dated 28.VIII.61 and the Lundy Millenary Issue cancelled by LUNDY MILLENARY 30.AUG.61 Reference: 220H |
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1963 airmail cover to Kuala Lumpur with a MARSEILLE shipping line meter mark dated 17.12.63. On the reverse there is a SG D17a and SG D21a Malayan Postal Union postage due stamps cancelled by a poor KUALA LUMPUR postmark dated 23.DEC.1963. Roughly opened! Reference: 184H |