In recent days, February 20, March 4 issued the closing ceremony, the opening ceremony commemorative cover stamping mode caused a heated discussion, commemorative cover with the sports logo of the personalized stamp, commemorative stamp stamp stamped in the lower left corner (Figure 1), some postmen think that the stamp has been stamped, should be stamped in the blank space, indicating that the post office can be received and sent; some postmen believe that the commemorative stamp is not really sold, should be stamped again, then this set of stamps is dated off by the commemorative stamp?
[Release Announcement] First of all, we need to clarify the specifications of the personalized stamp, the announcement shows (Figure 2), the stamp is octagonal, the edge length is 14.92 mm, so the area inside the octagon is the stamp area, of course, the announcement also wrote, in order to facilitate use, plus the specification of 36 * 39 mm of the ruler hole, in layman's terms, the outside of the ruler hole is to tear up conveniently, if not troublesome, you can also tear into an octagon, for example, I am tearing into an octagon (Figure 3).
【How to date-off】Let's first talk about the purpose of stamps, stamping stamps with postmarks, the original intention is to express that postage has been used, to avoid repeated use of stamps, resulting in "running and dripping" of postage. Looking at the commemorative cover of Figure 1, if only a postmark is stamped in the blank space, the recipient can indeed cut the stamp on the envelope into an octagon and use it again without paying the postage, resulting in the wool of the postal service, so many postmen firmly want to stamp a postmark between the personalized main ticket and the secondary ticket, and the postmark must be stamped in the octagonal area. However, from a practical point of view, receiving this commemorative cover, even if the postmark is stamped in the blank space and not stamped in the octagon of the stamp, the probability of the stamp being deducted and used again is extremely low, because no one will cut a 4-round envelope in order to use a 1.2 stamp.
【Actual situation】The receipt and delivery of mail by the specific business outlets are responsible, in the face of the sudden increase in letters, the front desk salesman naturally has no intention of identifying the stamp date-off method, so all kinds of seals will be on the road normally, when I help other friends stamp on the same day, it is also for me to cover where I will cover, Figure 4 is the way to stamp when I send it myself, so which kind of stamping are you more inclined to?
Source: Little Red Book
Author: Long Zhanglin Horn