ScottV Stamps

There is a fine discussion of the types of circular date stamps of New Zealand over on the Stamp Forum . The original poster DK gives the 7 types very succinctly.  With some notes of my own, these are: 'A' class or 'coin' cancel: I always called these "straight-line cancels" since the town name is in a straight line. 'B' class used mainly in the larger offices and by the military and other abnormal uses 'C' class is a basic circle often with inner part circle, DDMMYY with timsetamp 'F' class or 'squared circle' commonly used around the world 'G' class or 'concentric circle' introduced to Post Offices between 1894 to 1911 'H' class or 'English cancellation' introduced into NZ in the late 1890's.  Double outer circle, inner circle. 'J' class brought the introduction of the 'modern' Circular Date Stamp (CDS), similar to C but without the time stamp.   Now, I wonder if my big arc...

Here is an easily overlooked item: a blurry old stamp from Jammu & Kashmir.  At least, I think that's what it was.  There was so little of the actual impression of the stamp to identify. But it did have a nice clear postmark.  The local markings at the time were often just smudges themselves, so this clear mark caught my eye.  Looking more closely, whatever travels this piece of mail took, it was finally postmarked in MANCHESTER, England on 9 SEP 1876. So, while I can't identify the poorly printed stamp, at least I can say where it ended up ... in a lot of old India postmarks, filed away at my place.