Squared-circle postmark
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squared-circle-postmark-297-11252910
title:
Squared-circle postmark
text:
A squared-circle postmark is a type of postmark that surrounds the circle of town and date with a set of concentric arcs forming a square outline. They were introduced in the United Kingdom in late 1879 as an alternative to the duplex cancels, which were somewhat larger and more cumbersome to use. The additional arcs constituted the "killer" that marked the stamp as having been used. They declined in use from the 1910s, when new types of cancelling devices became available, and disappeared by th
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Postal marking
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squared-circle_postmark
date created:
date modified:
2020-07-13T01:37:36Z
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