This is the text content of the exhibit North Carolina's Pioneer Era Machine Cancels 1898-1925. It is supplied to the Machine Cancel Society as a courtesy of Tony Crumbley for research and educational purposes.
By the end of the 1870's, the Industrial Revolution had taken full hold in the United States. Citizens were looking for all types of methods to automate daily functions. It was natural the postal system would be a target. The first canceling machines were introduced in the U.S. in 1871. Before that, every letter had to have postage canceled by hand. From then until the beginning of the 20" Century, great strides were made with the invention of machines to sort and cancel the mail automatically. The first machines were hand driven but shortly electricity would be introduced.
The first machine to be placed in North Carolina was in Raleigh in 1898. This machine was produced by the Barry Company. By 1900, six cities were using machines to cancel the mail. By the end of the Pioneer Era, 1925, 91 cities are known to have used machines to cancel the mail in North Carolina. From these cities, 221 different cancels have been recorded.
The following chart indicates the timeline of these classic machines used in North Carolina.
1898 1900 1910 1925 Last Used
American Flag ih el ie eee tigen an aS: (1937) Barry A aI Barr Fyke Sie SARE AT ana: Columbia SRE Se: SD eae ees ree (1947) Time-Cummins eis Doremus | Spe ease a aan = (1927) Hampden Sa, International iA Dae eae Ba RE ata cS (1993) Universal Ta eee (1993)
Source: North Carolina Machine Cancel Data Base
During this period, a total of nine different machine manufacturers placed machines within the state. From these machines, a total of 221 different cancels have been recorded. This exhibit includes representation of all machine makers and the vast majority of the recorded types are included. By 1925, the Pitney Bowes Company had begun to manufacture canceling machines and would become * the dominant manufacturer of postage canceling machines.
Without a doubt, this era brought about many failures. In the end, it successfully ushered in the mechanization of mail processing, which allowed for significant growth in the volume of mail handled by the post office throughout the Twentieth Century.
American Flag
America Postal Machine Company
The earliest recorded APMC flag cancel is dated October 31, 1894 from Boston, MA.
In total, there are 7,575 catalogued flag cancels. North Carolina has 78 different cities and 103 different varieties recorded. The earliest known North Carolina flag
cancel is Winston, December 21, 1898. By 1925, there had been 69 different flag varieties recorded in the state. Throughout their use in North Carolina, there were
only two types of postmark dials, type A and type B, used with three different flag cancel dies. Type 14 being the most common and type 38 used in two cities. The third flag die used in Rocky Mount, was a type 4 ovate, used for 26 months in 1906- 1908. The latest known flag cancel use in the state is 1939 from Elon College.
Winston, NC, January 9, 1899
Type B dial showing split 1899 date within the dial. This machine was first placed in service in late December 1898. The year date in all flag dials were fixed and had
to be replaced each year.
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Asheville, NC, February 19, 1900 Type B dial type 14 flag with 1 in flag.
Asheville had six different flag cancels, more than any other North Carolina city.
RETURN AFTER 5 DAYS TO
SOUTHERN MANUFACTURER,
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
James Hurter & Son,
N. Adams, .
Mass.
Asheville, NC, February 21, 1903 Type B dial, type 14 flag with 1 in cancel.
The above type was used from 1899 until 1903.
American Flag
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
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Asheville, NC, March 6, 1905 Type B dial, type 14 flag. No number slot within flag.
In use from 1903 until 1906.
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Asheville, NC, April 22, 1907
Type B dial, type 14 flag with blank spot where number had been. In use from 1905 until 1909.
American Flag
- Asheville, NC, October 24, 1913
Type A dial, type 14 flag. Beginning in 1910, Asheville used a new dial with the year at the bottom of the CDS. This was in use until 1914.
Asheville, NC, September 7, 1919
Type A dial, type 14 flag. In 1914 a new flag die was added to the Asheville flag cancel machine. It would be used until 1919.
American Flag
Burlington, NC, February 18, 1915
Type B dial, type 14 flag used from 1908 until 1917.
Burlington, NC, February 16, 1911
Type A dial, type 14 flag used from 1909 until 1921.
American Flag
Fayetteville, NC, June 14, 1911
Type A dial, type 14 flag with 1 in flag. In use from 1909 until 1911.
Fayetteville, NC, February 4, 1919
Type A dial, type 14 flag with no number in flag. In use from 1917 until 1921.
A three cent war rate cover.
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State Council of North Carolina, Tr. Oo. U. A. M.
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Greensboro, NC, February 24, 1903
Type B dial, type 14 flag used from 1908 until 1909.
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Greensboro, NC, November 3, 1909
Type B dial, type 14 flag.
Barry
William Barry, born in 1841, educated in Canada and moved to Carthage, NY then
to Syracuse. While living in Syracuse, he called himself an inventor, machinist and
manufacturer of machines. After an unsuccessful partnership with Attorney George Hey and Matthew Dolphin in the early 1890’s, Barry was issued his first mail marking machine patent on January 2, 1894. His second patent was issued in June, 1897. Information on total number of Barry cancels is unavailable. However,
Raleigh was the only city in the state to use this machine.
Raleigh, NC, December 9, 1898
Type U 2-31 Barry machine cancel used in Raleigh from December 1898 until November 1899. Above cover is the earliest known
machine cancel in North Carolina.
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Raleigh, NC, August 2, 1899 Type U 2-31 cancel. Note split date by North Carolina in the CDS.
Used from December 1898 until November 1899.
PRIVATE MAILING CARD
AUTHORIZED BY ACT OF CONGRESS OF MAY 19, 1898:
ORDER OF COLUMB OF BALTIMORE, MD.
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THIS SIDE IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE ADDRESS.
Raleigh, NC, November 17, 1899
Type U 2-31. The last recorded use of this die in Raleigh.
Barry
Porth Carolina
Daughters of the Confederacy
Raleigh, NC, May 14, 1900 Type V 1-31 cancel. Note date above North Carolina.
Posta_Carp~ONneE CENT:
UNITED SEO att ao
WES GIDE [S FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY
Raleigh, NC, July 2, 1900 Ty V 1-31 circular cancel. Used from January 1900 until December 1900.
Barry
PRIVATE MAILING CARD. /
AUTHORIZED BY ACT OF CONGRESS, MAY 19, ’98.7
Raleigh, NC, February 21, 1902 Type K-2 rectilinear postmark, Type 5 (1) cancel. Used in Raleigh from
October 1901 until May 1902. Note straight line cancel. The K-2 model has slightly
longer lines under the Ral — igh then the K-1 but not as long as the L model. IF NOT CALLED FOR IN TEN DAYS RETURNTO
Raleigh, NC, May 1, 1902 Type L-1 rectilinear postmark, Type 5 (1) cancel.
Only recorded example of this marking.
Barry
Raleigh, NC, May 11, 1901
Type K-1 5 (1) rectilinear postmark killer. Used in Raleigh from
March 1901 until May 1901. The K-1 has short bars under Ral — igh.
After 5 days, return to ify 4
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Raleigh, NC, December 17, 1902
Type L-1 rectilinear postmark, Type 8 (1) cancel used in Raleigh from October 1902
until February 1904. Note curved line in cancels. The L model has longer bars
under the Ral — igh extending to the end of the town name.
American Flag
AFTER 5 DAYS, RETURN TO
Mountain View Farm,
D. E. FRYE, Prop. A.
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Hickory, NC, April 24, 1914 Type B dial, type 14 flag used from 1907 until 1921.
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CINCINNATI,
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Lexington, NC, May 28, 1914 Type B dial, type 14 flag used from 1908 until 1921.
American Flag
THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.
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Elizabeth City, January 6, 1910 Type B dial, type 14 flag used from 1906 until 1913.
Elizabeth City, January 22, 1917 Type B dial, type 14 flag. In 1913 a new die was received for the flag cancelling
machine. It was used until 1920. Note larger stars.
American Flag
Raleigh, NC, December 29, 1908
Type B dial, type 14 flag. In 1908 Raleigh received a new die with no number
within the flag. This was used until 1910.
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in the South Atlantic States—North Carolina, South
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farm yield $500 more a year and the most notable : | “ae
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Raleigh, NC, 1909 Type B dial, type 14 flag. New die used without dates in CDS.
American Flag
Tarboro, NC, May 19, 1910
Type A dial, type 14 flag used from 1910 until 1925.
Wilmington, NC, August 10, 1909 Type A dial, type 14 flag.
Wilmington had only one flag die which it used from 1905 until 1910.
American Flag
Mr. Chas. Be Pineo,
Bar Harbor Kennel Co.,
Bar Harbor,
Me,
Winston-Salem, NC, February 10, 1900
Type B dial, type 14 flag with 1 insert within flag.
Winston and Salem merged in July 1899.
—RETURN IN FIVE DAYS TO—
FRANK C. BROWN,
MERCHANT,
Winston, N. C.
Winston-Salem, NC, August 31, 1900
Type B dial type 14 flag with blank spot in flag. The above two cancels were used from 1899 until 1902.
Barr Fyke
The Barr Fyke is one of the least known used in North Carolina of the early postage canceling machines. The machine was conceived by John Barr, a railroad mail clerk
from Kansas City, Missouri in 1895. In 1896, Barr entered into business with an
attorney, Charles Fyke, and formed the Barr Fyke Machine Company. Information is unavailable on the number of machines issued or the total use of this machine. Wilmington, however, was the only North Carolina city to use this machine type.
Wilmington, NC, September 25, 1900 .
Type C4-1 dial, type 121a cancel. Barr Fyke used in Wilmington from April 1899 until March 1902. This type had 15 vertical bars, six of which
were split in the middle.
Barr Fyke
Wilmington, NC, May 7, 1904
Tape C4-1 dial, type 122 cancel. Used in Wilmington from June 1902 until May 1904. The cancel has seven horizontal bars.
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Wilmington, NC, April 26, 1905 Type C4-3 dial, type 122 cancel.
Used in Wilmington from January 1905 until April 1905.
Hampden
William R. Landfear, the owner of William R. Landfear and Company with manufacturing facilities in Hartford, Connecticut, was a specialist in developing and manufacturing printing machines for the thread and yarn industry. In 1890, Landfear set to work designing a canceling machine. On July 22, 1891, he filed his first patent on his first machine. No known cancels have survived from this machine. In 1896, Landfear once again approached the Postmaster General with the request to test a new machine. At this point the Hampden Company did not exist.
In late 1897, Landfear was awarded a contract for the lease of ten machines. By June 1899, 522 machines were under lease, nine of which were of the Hampden type. By November 20, 1899, Charlotte had received its Hampden machine. Quality must have been an issue as most machines lasted only a few months. Charlotte is the only North Carolina city to use a Hampden machine.
THE LOOM REED AND HARNESS CO.
GHARLOTTE, N. C.
CHARLOTTE.N.C. APR | 77 — PM 1900
Charlotte, NC, April 17, 1900
Type B 8 Hampden cancel used in Charlotte from 1899 until 1901.
Hampden
Charlotte, NC, April 17, 1900 Charlotte, NC, May 11, 1900
Charlotte, NC, August 15, 1901 Three Type B 8 Hampden cancels.
The latter is the latest known use of the machine in Charlotte.
Doremus
Willard D. Doremus of Washington, DC was listed as a jeweler in the 1877 business
directory of Washington. By 1890 when cancelling machines were becoming popular, he had been issued three patents for his cancelling machine. In December
1899, Mr. Doremus fulfilled his first order of machines to the Bayonne, NJ post
office. About a dozen towns received the machines in January. He continued to supply machines through 1903. After 1903 no new machines were delivered. However, he serviced the machines until 1933 when the Depression put the
company out of business. It is estimated a total of 600 machines were produced and
1,400 different postal cancellations are recorded. Durham and Greensboro received the first machine in 1901. The last use in the state was Wallace in 1924. Four different dials were used within the state.
GREENSBORO, N. ¢c. /0» OCT. 8, 9, 10, AND 11, 1901.
7 ELKS LODGE NO, 602, Managers for all
Greensboro, NC, October 3, 1901
Type C cancel, used in Greensboro from 1901 until 1902 when it was most likely moved to High Point.
Doremus
GOLDEN BELT MANUFACTURING Co.
BAGS & POUCHES,
DURHAM,NC. Messrs. B, ¥, Gravely & Sons,
as atherwood,
Va. Henry County.
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Durham, NC, September 12, 1905 Type D cancel used in Durham from 1903 until 1906.
This machine was most likely moved to Kinston. Note curved date at bottom of dial.
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S Hendersonville, NC, September 26, 1912
Type E cancel used in Hendersonville from 1909 until 1914.
Doremus
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Concord, NC, July 14, 1907 Type E cancel. 15 MM high bars. The type E cancel is recorded
in 491 U.S. cities. Last used in Concord in 1913.
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Durham, NC, March 30, 1903
Type C cancel used in Durham from 1901 until 1903. This type was used in 128 U.S. cities. Note straight line date.
Doremus
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, ---—
Office of the Dean
of the College of Liberal Arts,
CHAPHL HILL, N. C.
Chapel Hill, NC, August 8, 1913 Type E cancel used in Chapel Hill from 1909 until 1919.
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Chapel Hill, NC, December 9, 1919 Type E cancel. The above is the latest known use of
Doremus machine in Chapel Hill.
Doremus
POSTAL CARD.
THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.
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Greensboro, NC, August 22, 1902 Type C cancel used as receiving mark. With their regular cancel, each city received a receiving marking. Only two North Carolina cities are known to have used this
This is an example of the regular cancel used as receiving marking
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POSTAL CA o THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.
Greensboro, NC, August 27, 1902 Type 5 cancel. One of the two known North Carolina receiving markings
Doremus
After 10 days, return to
_ UNION FURNITURE CO.,
HIGH POINT, N. C.
High Point, NC, January 29, 1907 Type D cancel used from 1903 until 1907.
High Point, NC, November 20, 1906
Type 10 receiving marking used to cancel outgoing mail. This Type 10 receiving marking was used with most Type D cancels.
The above is the only recorded example of this marking used in the state.
Columbia
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.
(Chawletie. NC, September 21, 1901
Type Al postmark dial, type 2 cancellation (7 bar).
First recorded use of this machine within the state.
Columbia
AFTER FIVE DAYS RETURN TO
CONTRACTORS.
MACHINS SHOP ano°ROLLER COVERING SHOP
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
-- Berlin, Germany.
Charlotte, NC, May 5, 1903
| Type A dial, Type G-1 cancel. 6 curvy line and 2 sets of 2 vertical lines.
| Used in Charlotte from January 1903 until December 1906.
i ~ AFTER FIVE DAYS RETURN TO
Mr. W.Ge Haynes, Broker,
Norfolk, V4.
OUR SHOP BUILDING e ‘ J
THE D. A. TOMPKINS CO.
MANUFACTURERS, ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS.
MACHINE SHOP anp ROLLER COVERING SHOP
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
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Charlotte, NC, December 3, 1904
Type A dial, Type G-1 cancel.
Columbia
Charlotte, NC, November 6, 1906
Type A dial, Type G-1 cancel.
Charlotte, NC, October 2, 1907
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.
Columbia
RETURN IN FIVE DAYS TO
AMERICAN MACHINE AND MANUFACTURING co.
CHARLOTTE, N. Cc. :
Lynchburg Cotton Mills ;
Lynchburg, Va.
Charlotte, NC, September 30, 1909
Type J rectilinear postmark, Type 6 P cancel.
Used from October 1908 until August 1910.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT UNITED STATES ASSAY oF GHIRLOTIENS
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
OFFICIAT, BUSINESS’
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Charlotte, NC, August 3, 1910
Type J rectilinear postmark, Type 6 P cancel.
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AFTER FIVE DAYS RETURN TO
Wysong & Miles Co. GREENSBORO,
Columbia
GREENSBORO, N. C. APR22-
Mr. Jd B Coulter,
CONNELLY SPRINGS NC
Greensboro, NC, April 22, 1913 Type K four line rectilinear postmark, Type 8 eight bar cancel.
Used from 1912 to 1918.
GREENSBORO, AuGIU =
State Labratory of Hygiene,
Raleigh, WN. C.
Greensboro, NC, August 10
Type K four line rectilinear postmark, Type 8 cancel.
Missing year date.
Columbia
Marshall, NC, February 24, 1920
Type G postmark, Type 2 W cancel. Used from 1920 until 1922.
Red Springs, NC, January 1, 1908
Type G postmark, Type 1 WT wavy bars cancel.
Only recorded example of this marking.
Columbia
After 5 days, return to
HYMAN SUPPLY COMPANY,
NEWBERY, N. C. NEWBERN,N.C.
JUN 15-14 — —
5—30PM idencaaeeahanish
Norton Company,
Worcester, Mass.
New Bern, NC, June 15, 1914
Type J 1, three line rectilinear postmark, Type 6 P six bar in three pairs. Cancel used from 1911 until 1914.
After 5 days, return to HYMAN SUPPLY COMPANY, 2 =
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Worcester, Mass.
New Bern, NC, March 6, 1915
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.
Belmont, NC, November 10, 1920
Type G postmark, Type 2 WT 7 bar wavy lines. Used from 1920 until 1925.
Columbia
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Winston Salem, NC, October 9, 1902
Type A postmark, Type 2 7 bar cancel. Used from 1902 until 1903.
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Mr. T. E. Morris, East Bend,
Winston Salem, NC, July 13, 1905
Type A-1 postmark, Type G wavy lines and bars cancel.
Used from 1903 until 1910.
International
The earliest postmark of machines made by the International Postal Supply Company of New York appeared in Brooklyn in March 1888. By 1895, the International machine had become the leader in the canceling machine business.
There are two distinct periods of use of International hand operated machines in North Carolina. The first period was from 1904 until 1918. The first machine was
placed in Newbern in 1904 and was used until 1911. Sixteen cities received
machines during this early period. The latest use was Charlotte in 1917. The second period began in 1985 and is not covered by this exhibit. More than 250
different North Carolina cities have used International machines.
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NEW BERN, N- C. (2 CEP 2")
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Newbern, NC, September 4, 1904
Type D 34 (1) (D), used in Newbern from 1904 until 1911 is the first recorded
International use in North Carolina. The Type D 34 cancellation is used only on Model L hand crank machines.
International
Charlotte, NC, September 13, 1918
Type D 32 (1)(C). The Type D-32 cancel bars measure 58 mm long. Above cover is latest known Charlotte use of this type D-32 machine. /
Charlotte, NC, December 13, 1914
Type D 32 (1)(C). The C was used in the killer to cancel mail
collected from outlying mail boxes.
International
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THE SPACE BELOW IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY.
Southern Fruit Coe,
Charleston, Se Ce
Concord, NC, April 30, 1909
Type D-32 (1)(T) miss-sent to Concord on its way to Charleston.
A T was placed in the killer bar to indicate it was posted while in transit.
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Concord, NC, May 11, 1910
Type D 32 (1)(R) the International machine was used from 1908 until 1912.
Used as receiving marking on this card miss-sent to Kannapolis.
International
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Raleigh, NC, February 10, 1913, October 4, 1913
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since the tomb of one ancestor gives the date of his death as Nov. 30, 1700, aged 68, There is a fine art gallery containing the portraits of Virginians from the first generation to the present.
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J. N. McCAUSLAND &- CO. Stoves and Ranges, Slate and Tin Roos.
Galvanized Iron Work 221 S. Tryon Street
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September 5, 1911, April 8, 1914, September 27, 1915 Type D 32 (1)(R). The (R) in the killer indicates the covers were received
at the post office for canceling.
International
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ST.LOUIS.MO.
Durham, NC, April 1, 1916
Type D 32 (1) C. Broken top bar in killer.
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Type D 34 (1)(D) used from 1909 until 1916.
The Type D-34 killer bars are shorter measuring 45 mm long.
Used on Model L hand crank machines.
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uly 18, 1913, October 15, 1913
Type D 32 (1)(R). The International machine was used in Durham
from 1906 until 1917.
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RETURN AFTER FIVE DAYS
Raleigh, NC, June 14, 1911
Type D-32 (1)(D). The earliest known use from Raleigh.
Used from 1911 until 1918.
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International
Goldsboro, NC, September 9, 1914
Type D 34 (1)(D) used from 1912 until 1917.
Salisbury, NC, May 8, 1911
Type D-32 (1)(D) used in Salisbury from 1911 until 1914. The Type D-32 machine was used on electric machines.
International
Wilmington, NC, July 16, 1913
Type D 32 (1)(D). Used from 1913 until 1915.
Wilmington, NC, July 30, 1915
Type D 32 (1)(D). The latest known use of this machine in Wilmington.
International
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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
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Winston Salem, NC, October 16, 1911, June 25, 1912, October 28, 1913
Type D 32 (1)(D) machine was used from 1910 until 1917.
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Time-Cummins
The unique feature of the Time marking machine was a clock operate wheel that
automatically printed the exact time to the minute. Unfortunately, it appears that
the clock may have been the downfall of the machine. After a short period, the clockwork was allowed to remain inoperative.
It is difficult to determine the difference between Time markings and Cummins
markings. It is believed that those types prior to 1912 are time markings and those that appear in 1912 and later are Cummins. It is thought the Cummins Company
stopped making machines in 1913. These markings are reported used as late as 1940 and in North Carolina as late as 1921. Six North Carolina cities used Time-
Cummins machines.
Newton, NC, September 11, 1911, 8 p.m.
Type E postmark, Type 121 7 bar straight line cancel. The earliest known use in North Carolina. Last used in 1921.
Time-Cummins
Edenton, NC, November 15, 1912, 6:30 a.m.
Type F postmark, Type 131 cancel. Used from 1912 until 1915.
Granite Falls, NC, December 3, 1912, 12 p.m.
Type Fa postmark, Type 131 cancel. Two lines of type for town name. Only recorded example of marking.
Time-Cummins
Jacksonville, NC, 1915
Type F postmark, Type 131 cancel. Known used as late as 1917.
Mount Gilead, NC, September 11, 1912, 12 p.m.
Type Fa postmark, Type 131 cancel. Only recorded example of this marking.
Used as receiving marking.
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Newton, NC, August 1, 1912, 9:30 a.m.
Type E postmark, Type 121 cancel.
Used as a receiving marking in Newton.
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State Laboratory of Hygiene,
Antitoxin Department,
RALEIGH, N. C.
Dunn, NC, November 29, 1913, 9 p.m.
Type F postmark, Type 131, 7 bar cancel with date included. Only recorded example of Dunn marking.
Universal
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Charlotte, N C, April 22, 1919
Type DT postmark, Type 300, 6 bar wavy cancel.
Used in Charlotte from 1919 until 1962.
Charlotte, NC, December 20, 1919
Type DT postmark, Type 300, 6 bar wavy cancel.
Universal
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Raleigh, NC, September 19, 1919 Type BT postmark, Type 300, 6 bar wavy line cancel. IF NOT DELIVERED IN 5 DAYS RETURN TO THIS OFFICE.
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Raleigh, NC, September 22, 1919 Type BT postmark, Type 300, 6 bar wavy line cancel.
Used in Raleigh from 1918 through September of 1919.
Universal
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Winston Salem, August 11,1917
Type DT postmark, Type 300, 6 bar wavy cancel. Used in Winston Salem from 1917 until 1919.
Winston Salem, April 6, 1919
Type DT postmark, Type 300, 6 bar wavy line cancel. The latest known use of this machine in Winston Salem.
Universal
Type BT 400 postmark, Pisgah National Forest slogan cancel.
North Carolina’s first slogan cancel. One of only six cities to have slogan cancels. Recorded used March 1920 until October 1921.
Fayetteville, NC, Bragg Branch, September 10, 1920
Type DSB postmark, Type 300 6 bar cancel.
Only two recorded examples of this military base cancel.
Universal
Type BTB 200 October 6, 1917
7 wavy line cancel
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Type DSB 300
December 8, 1917
20 MM Dial
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Charlotte, NC, Greene Branch, October 6, 1917 - December 22, 1917
On July 23, 1917 work began on a military camp in Charlotte that would house 60,000 troops. The base latest until World War I ended and was finally closed
March 15, 1919. During that time, two Universal cancels were used. Post office operated August 3, 1917 until March 15, 1919. This machine was electric.
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Type J rectilinear dial, Type 6 P cancel. Six bars in pairs.
Used from October 1908 until August 1910.
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Charlotte, NC, March 26 (1910)
Type J rectilinear dial, Type 6 P cancel.
Note date slug was left off this canceling machine.
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