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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…
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…
<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…
<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 …
<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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
Great work with this interview. Did he say why some letters had no two-digit codes?
Thanks for the dye/die clarification. Now that we have that straight, what next?
<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 …