Does anyone know what this is?

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    • Creado 10 abr 2012 a 15:03
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    I believe its called a meter mark.

    These are applied by a machine that prints the postage paid using a design like this. This is very similar to the meter marks made by Pitney Bowes machinery today where a certain amount of postage is purchased from the Post Office and credited to the machine that prints the postage paid mark on the envelope.
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    I believe its called a meter mark.

    These are applied by a machine that prints the postage paid using a design like this. This is very similar to the meter marks made by Pitney Bowes machinery today where a certain amount of postage is purchased from the Post Office and credited to the machine that prints the postage paid mark on the envelope.
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    • Creado 10 abr 2012 a 16:39
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    Also, if you examine the meter mark you will find that the King is George V not George VI.
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    Also, if you examine the meter mark you will find that the King is George V not George VI.
    Tony
    • Creado 10 abr 2012 a 18:00
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    The brief period of King Edward's reign has confused me on various occasions where stamps are concerned.

    How come in September there is a GV stamp, when he died in January? At that point in time, surely one should have expected a King Edward stamp.
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    • Creado 10 abr 2012 a 19:44
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    Ref. the last part of your post regarding the telephone exchange in Reigate - there are apparently only 2 buildings known with the EVIIIR cypher - the other one being the Post Office in Bangor, Co. Down.
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    Ref. the last part of your post regarding the telephone exchange in Reigate - there are apparently only 2 buildings known with the EVIIIR cypher - the other one being the Post Office in Bangor, Co. Down.
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    • Creado 11 abr 2012 a 6:08
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    Ref. the last part of your post regarding the telephone exchange in Reigate - there are apparently only 2 buildings known with the EVIIIR cypher - the other one being the Post Office in Bangor, Co. Down.
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    • Creado 10 abr 2012 a 15:03
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    It most certainly is a meter mark, or frank, as others have said, and it wouldn't surprise me at all if it was from a meter machine used at Fry's factory. The indicator PB (Pitney Bowes) 7 is visible which would be a very early contract - each business user was given a separate number in the die for each machine, and specialist collectors of these can tell which company they were issued to. A large company like Fry's would quite possibly have more than 1 franking machine. It's possible visitors to th efactory could buy a company postcard, pay for the card + the postage and it would be sent out with the company's mail
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    • Creado 10 abr 2012 a 15:03
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    This is not a stamp but a postage meter. It is quite legitimate. Many company have these meter machines to use for bulk mailings.
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    It most certainly is a meter mark, or frank, as others have said, and it wouldn't surprise me at all if it was from a meter machine used at Fry's factory. The indicator PB (Pitney Bowes) 7 is visible which would be a very early contract - each business user was given a separate number in the die for each machine, and specialist collectors of these can tell which company they were issued to. A large company like Fry's would quite possibly have more than 1 franking machine. It's possible visitors to th efactory could buy a company postcard, pay for the card + the postage and it would be sent out with the company's mail
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    Ref. the last part of your post regarding the telephone exchange in Reigate - there are apparently only 2 buildings known with the EVIIIR cypher - the other one being the Post Office in Bangor, Co. Down.
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