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Meter Stamp Reflections

This web site is designed to illustrate and describe material that is related to meter stamp collecting, but not specifically collecting the major Types.  Instead, peripheral material is shown.  This material is separated into seven 'chapters', as shown below.

CHAPTER I:  Postage Meter Machine Cachets  

CHAPTER II:  Postage Meter Machine Pictorial Slogans

CHAPTER III:  Postage Meter STAMP Pictorial Slogans

CHAPTER IV:  Postage Meter Stamp Cachet and Fancy Cancels

CHAPTER V:  Postage Meter Stamp Slogans with Meter Stamp Collector's Image

CHAPTER VI:  Miscellaneous Meter Stamp Items

CHAPTER VII:  Postage Meter Stamp Alignment Test Prints


CHAPTER I:  Postage Meter Machine Cachets

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Brazil used covers illustrating the Universal Postal Frankers' Midget and Multi-Value postage meter machines.

 

The United States, Germany, and Japan also used a form of cachet to illustrate and advertise the Postalia postage meter machine.

Click on the image to see the back


CHAPTER II:  Postage Meter Machine pictorial slogans

Some of the most attractive meter stamp slogans are those that illustrate a Postage Meter Machine.

Francotyp (German manufacturer)

Hasler (German manufacturer)

Neopost (Great Britain manufacturer)

Pitney Bowes (United Kingdom, Harlow)

(Click on the image to see the Harlow building on reverse)

Pitney Bowes (United States manufacturer)

Postalia (German manufacturer)

Hawkins (New Zealand manufacturer)

Komusina (German manufacturer)

Krag

National Cash Register

SATAS

FRAMA (Switzerland manufacturer)

Universal Postal Frankers (Great Britain manufacturer)

SAFAG (France manufacturer)

Audion, SIMA (Italy manufacturer)

 


CHAPTER III:  Postage Meter STAMP pictorial slogans

Below are meter stamp pictorial slogans that depict postage meter stamps or relate to meter stamp collecting.

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CHAPTER IV:  Postage Meter STAMP CACHET and fancy CANcel

Spanish cover with a cachet of a Spanish meter stamp. 

Spanish cover with a cachet of the 1st Norway meter stamp issue and a fancy cancel containing a Spanish meter stamp as part of the fancy cancel design.

Japan cover with a cachet of Japanese meter stamp issues and a fancy cancel containing a Japan NCR meter stamp as part of the fancy cancel design.


CHAPTER V:  Postage Meter STAMP slogans with meter stamp collector's image

Joseph Whiteborogh

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Ed Ward (Secy-Tres Meter Slogan Associates)
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Jack Peach, United Kingdom
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Richard Peck,  Australia
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Alistair Nixon,  United Kingdom
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CHAPTER Vi:  MISCELLANEOUS METER STAMP ITEMS

Postage Meter Stamp Manufacturer Representative Business card

(card size is 3 1/2" x 2") 

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Postage Meter Stamp Machine Plates and Meter Setting Device (top left) 

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CHAPTER VII:  Postage Meter Stamp Alignment Test Prints

Click on the image to reveal that actual meter stamp

 
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Special thanks to the following for their contributions to this web page:

Bob Rice (USA

Richard Stambaugh (USA)

Richard Peck (Australia)

Jim Ashby (Hong Kong)

Alistair Nixon  (United Kingdom)

 

If you have examples of meter stamp material that fits into the intent of this web page, send me a scan in .jpg format and I will add it, as well noting your contribution.

 


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