Place the envelope or postcard in a larger envelope and address it to: Pictorial Postmarks, followed by the Name of the Station, Address, City, State, ZIP+4 ® Code, as listed next to the postmark.Ĭustomers can also send stamped envelopes and postcards without addresses for postmark, as long as they supply a larger envelope with adequate postage and their return address. Such items will be returned unserviced.Ĭustomers wishing to obtain a postmark must affix stamps to any envelope or postcard of their choice, address the envelope or postcard to themselves or others, insert a card of postcard thickness in envelopes for sturdiness, and tuck in the flap. Items submitted for postmark may not include postage issued after the date of the requested postmark. Pictorial postmarks are available only for the dates indicated, and requests must be postmarked no later than 30 days following the requested pictorial postmark date.Īll requests must include a stamped envelope or postcard bearing at least the minimum First-Class Mail ® postage.
Those who cannot attend the event but who wish to obtain the postmark may submit a mail order request. People attending these local events may obtain the postmark in person at the temporary Post Office™ station established there. Also provided are illustrations of these postmarks. The sponsor of the pictorial postmark appears in italics under the date. A list of events for which pictorial postmarks are authorized appears on the following pages. All scans can be credited to the person should this be required and requested at the time.As a community service, the Postal Service™ offers pictorial postmarks to commemorate local events celebrated in communities throughout the nation. If any user has a scan of a postmark that is not shown in this database, a better scan of one that is already shown or a variation that they feel should be listed then we would be grateful for a copy and details so that the information presented here can be brought up to date. This will show only those places that have a picture of the office Search for places with a picture of the office Special postmarks are not included in this search This will return all the operational postmarks that were in use in a given year These books have a sample impressions along with some additional information Search the date stamp impressions book from the archives This is usful for the telephone, Christmas, war bonds, post early slogans etc, etc If you are looking for a machine roller that had a slogan section enter the details here. This is also useful for searching for all places that begin with a certain letter or cobination of letters as well as the numericial cancellations such as (10) etc, etc If you are looking for an office where the start of the name is known, enter the name in here. This is also useful for searching terms such as telegraph, diamond etc, etc If you are looking for the numerical cancellation for a particular office, enter the name in here. If the lower box is not entered it will defalt to the letter A
This is used to search the main index with two items for hard to locate postmarks List of abbreviations used on British postmarks Telegraph marks including those that use telegraph codesĪdditional details on the slogan postmarks of Great Britain
This is used for special event, First day of Issue, censor marks, forwarding agents etc, etc If searching the British or Australian postmarks, a 2 nd table will be shown at the end with any foreign cancellations recorded as used on these stamps. Scene 1d Pictorial, AUGUSTA GATE to Cornelian Bay. To search the database for place names use this option 2d pictorial Violet POSTMARKS TASMANIA TAS Cancel Tasmania Australia roo x3. To see how these will be assigned, click the camera icon ( ) to view the map We are updating the search option to allow counties. All requests must include a stamped envelope or postcard bearing at least the minimum First-Class Mail postage. View the most recent additions to the database Pictorial postmarks are available only for the dates indicated, and requests must be postmarked no later than 30 days following the requested pictorial postmark date. Have you got one of these postmarks? There are stillīritish places listed that require an illustration. Multiple images can be opened at the same time to compare types There are also 170 pictures of Post Office buildings linked to officesĬlick on the camera icon in the results list to see a larger scan - these all expand on the page. There are 19843 British Postmarks listed with 17697 illustrated - (about 89.19 percent), this includes 1077 British special event Postmarks.
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The entire database contains 22960 places or variations of which 19985 have pictures - (about 87.04 percent) See full database stats The Largest Database of British Postmarks on the net
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