The farthing negative mark of the 1920s

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dc.date.accessioned	2020-11-11T12:27:13Z	-
dc.date.available	2020-11-11T12:27:13Z	-
dc.date.issued	2016-04	-
dc.identifier.citation	Ganado, A. (2016). The farthing negative mark of the 1920s. Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society, 45(1), 17-18.	en_GB
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/63624	-
dc.description.abstract	In the 20th century the General Post Office used standard types of handstamps for cancelling and backstamping normal daily mail. These handstamps varied from time to time. The first 'POSTAGE PAID' marks since the appearance of adhesive stamps were two 1/4d (farthing) so-called 'negative ' marks with white lettering on a double round circle in black ink. It was held at one time that they were used at the end of the nineteenth century before the introduction of the 1/4d stamps, the evidence shows that they were used in 1924 and shortly after. There were two types of this mark. One had a round inner circle with the 'D' on the right alongside the full %, while the other type had the 1/4D in a vertical oval, but with the 'D' alongside the top part of the 1/4 next to' 1 '. [excerpt]	en_GB
dc.language.iso	en	en_GB
dc.publisher	Malta Philatelic Society	en_GB
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	en_GB
dc.subject	Postmarks -- Malta -- History -- 20th century	en_GB
dc.subject	Handstamps (Philately) -- Malta -- History -- 20th century	en_GB
dc.subject	Postage stamps -- Malta -- History -- 20th century	en_GB
dc.title	The farthing negative mark of the 1920s	en_GB
dc.type	contributionToPeriodical	en_GB
dc.rights.holder	The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder.	en_GB
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dc.publication.title	Journal of the Malta Philatelic Society	en_GB
dc.contributor.creator	Ganado, Albert	-
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