The Machine Cancel Society past vice-president, Tony Crumbley, has produced an award-winning exhibit on the history of the introduction of machine cancels in the state of North Carolina. This exhibit covers the years 1898 to 1925. A variety of machine brands were used during that time period, including American flag, Doremus, Time-Cummins, Columbia, Barr-Fyke, Hampden, International and Universal. The presence of this variety of machine cancellations provides an excellent overview of these machines. This web page contains images of the exhibit pages created by Tony Crumbley, and are reproduced and distributed to the public with his permission.
This web page, published by the Machine Cancel Society, contains the text of Frame 4 of the Crumbley's North Carolina Machine Cancel Exhibit.
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The Columbia Postal Supply Company of Silver Creek, NY produced machines which made a variety of postal markings beginning in late 1899. The first recorded use of a Columbia machine in North Carolina was in Charlotte on September 21, 1901. The latest known was from Saluda in 1947. By 1925, 45 different cities had used the Columbia machine and 60 varieties have been recorded. Six different dials and 8 different cancels were used by 1920.
Type A1 postmark dial, type 2 cancellation (7 bar). First recorded use of this machine within the state.
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Type A dial, Type G-1 cancel. 6 curvy line and 2 sets of 2 vertical lines. Used in Charlotte from January 1908 until December 1906.
Type A dial, Type G-1 cancel.
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Type A dial, Type G—1 cancel.
Type A dial, Type G cancel. Six smaller wavy lines between 2 vertical bars. This cancel was used in Charlotte from November 1906 until June 1908.
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Type J rectilinear postmark, Type 6 P cancel. Used from October 1908 until August 1910.
Type J rectilinear postmark, Type 6 P cancel.
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Type K four line rectilinear postmark, Type 8 eight bar cancel. Used from 1912 to 1918.
Type K four line rectilinear postmark, Type 8 cancel. Missing year date.
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Type G postmark, Type 2 W cancel. Used from 1920 until 1922.
Type G postmark, Type 1 WT wavy bars cancel. Only recorded example of this marking.
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Type J 1, three line rectilinear postmark, Type 6 P six bar in three pairs. Cancel used from 1911 until 1914.
Type K 1, four line rectilinear postmark, Type 8 eight bar cancel. Used from 1914 until 1917.
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Type G postmark, Type 1 WT 7 bar wavy thin line cancel. Used from 1918 until 1922.
Type G postmark, Type 2 WT 7 bar wavy lines. Used from 1920 until 1925.
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Type A postmark, Type 2 7 bar cancel. Used from 1902 until 1903.
Type A-1 postmark, Type G wavy lines and bars cancel. Used from 1903 until 1910.
Updated February 16, 2020