Posting stamp
An object of the temple (also: leaving punch , take-in pad , Auflieferungsstempel ) is a term used in Stamp and generally corresponds to the date stamp or place date stamp ( postmark ). It is pressed on by the respective post office of the shipment when it is posted.
As a rule, the stamp is used for stamp cancellation , but it can also serve as an auxiliary stamp .
According to Grallert, there were posting stamps in Great Britain from 1661, in France from 1694 and at the Post Office of Thurn-und-Taxis from 1725.
Posting stamps were introduced in Hanover in 1816.
literature
- Frank Arnau : Lexicon of Philately - An Encyclopedia of Postage Stamp Studies. Lingen Verlag, Cologne 1972, page 286.
- Wolfram Grallert: Lexikon der Philatelie , Phil * Creativ, Schwalmtal 2006, 3rd unaltered edition 2015, ISBN 978-3-932198-38-0 , article: posting stamp .
- Ullrich Häger: Small encyclopedia of philately. Bertelsmann Lexikon-Verlag 1977.
Web links
Wiktionary: Posting stamp - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations