Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Queensland manuscript cancel marking types - crosses, lines, cork, squiggles

A wide variety of different markings such as crosses and wavy lines were used to cancel stamps at receiving offices in Queensland. Here are some examples

Crosses
Examples of crosses

More examples of crosses

Registered cover cancelled with crosses at an unknown receiving office. Seen at Abacus auction no 234

Lines
An example of wavy lines

Cork
Cork cancellations were also used. Seen on Ebay

More examples of cork cancels being used

Squiggles
Another way to manually cancel a stamp! Seen on the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Page

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