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Cancellations

Scope note

Use only for defacements made by authorities for the primary purpose of preventing reuse of postage stamps; for official marks bearing information about the time and place that a postal system accepted custody of a piece of mail, use "postmarks."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000194603

Broader Terms used

<marks by function>

Equivalent Terms used

cancellation

Created

13yrs ago

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Terminology definition for: cancellations" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-104753 Accessed: 2024-11-29 12:03:57

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-104753|title=Terminology definition for: cancellations|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-29 12:03:57|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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