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Re: Mailboxes

I think the bus bomb letter is most interesting, a hand stamped letter on Sunday 9 of November 69, maybe a very small not so busy post office in SF bu…

6 years ago
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I’m remembering something as well — that post offices typically had two inside slots for depositing letters. One was ‘Local’ and one was ‘Out of Tow…

6 years ago
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<The question now becomes, what was it about those three mailings that made it possible – even necessary – for him to change his usual mailing prac…

6 years ago
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<Now let’s look at the three postmark stamps without the two-digit codes.> Oh yes, very clear. Common sense would say all three are definitely …

6 years ago
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<So, no 2-digit code at least means not processed at the SCF.> Continued excellent work! Regarding the other three letters, I guess one thing …

6 years ago
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Re: Mailboxes

In re-reading the statements from the two experts, they essentially agree that the two-digit codes denoted the machine or head, plus the die. So they…

6 years ago
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In re-reading the statements from the two experts, they essentially agree that the two-digit codes denoted the machine or head, plus the die. So they…

6 years ago
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Soze, No offense but can you explain what you mean? I’m not following and I’m not understanding your frustration. <<The error codes are just t…

6 years ago
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Technically that would be true, but in reality it rarely worked that way. Similarly the USPS policy would be not to deliver a letter without a zone or…

6 years ago
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I’m guessing the Belli letter, for one, would have required more than 6 cents postage, due to the weight. The Little List letter might have as well. …

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Right, but doesn’t the Belli letter for example contain no such 2-digit code, even though it is also postmarked San Francisco? I’m wondered what your…

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Re: Mailboxes

Great work with this interview. Did he say why some letters had no two-digit codes? These particular face cancelling machines had, at the most, 8 head…

6 years ago
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Great work with this interview. Did he say why some letters had no two-digit codes?

6 years ago
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Re: Mailboxes

Thanks for the dye/die clarification. Now that we have that straight, what next?

6 years ago
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<So, as others have said, the letter/number on the Zodiac postmarks are service marks that merely indicate by which machine inside the post office …

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