One Page. Pictorial Postmarks in Philately
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Pictorial Postmarks in Philately
Introductiom
In addition to the normal cancellation of postage stamps with an office name and date, pictorial postmarks are also used. This means that extra information is provided in addition to the mandatory office name and date of stamping. Around 1900, mostly textual explanations were given about the use of postage stamps and upcoming events. But gradually various illustrations were added, which were clearly intended to stand out to the recipient of the letter or card as an "eye-catcher".
Division into groups
And there are many kinds of it. In this overview we limit ourselves to the following stamps/cancels with illustration, namely:
Group 1: Slogan Postmarks (in French: avec flamme). Sometimes called Machine Cancels.
Group 2: Roller cancels, also called repetitive or continuous cancels.
Group 3: Meter Stamps (in Dutch: frankeermachinestempels). Sometimes called Machine Cancels.
Group 4: Special Postmarks, single postmarks extended with an applicable illustration.
EXAMPLES
Group 1: Slogan Postmarks
Group 2: Roller cancels
Group 3: Meter cancels
Groep 4: Special Postmarks
Notes
1. The words cancels, cancellation, stamps and postmarks are used interchangeably.
2. Do not use machine cancels as a description.
Interesting links
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/International_Postage_Meter_Stamp_Catalog
https://www.stampsoftheworld.co.uk/wiki/One_Page._The_BICKERDIKE_Machine_Cancels
https://www.stampsoftheworld.co.uk/wiki/One_Page._The_VULCANUS_Cancellation_Machine_in_1901
https://www.stampsoftheworld.co.uk/wiki/One_Page._Pictorial_Meter_Cancels_in_the_Netherlands
https://www.stampsoftheworld.co.uk/wiki/Netherlands_FMS_Meter_Stamps_(NL)
https://www.stampsoftheworld.co.uk/wiki/One_Page._Windmills_in_the_Netherlands
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Author: Toon Oomens
(Terneuzen, the Netherlands, December 24, 2022)
