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31 Dec 2015
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Image Not FoundImage Not FoundHI I Have 2 covers not sure what the D.P.O. stands for Diplomatic Post Office? The dates are different so i don't think it is dead Post Office. They were in with my HPO RPO STEAMSHIP Cancels i don't remember what D.P.O cancel was. Thanks for any Information. Image Not Found

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31 Dec 2015
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likely Downtown PO.

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31 Dec 2015
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Thanks for the help.

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31 Dec 2015
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What is the significance of the number in the killer area? Note that both cancels are a few days apart, one has a 4 and the other a 30. Also notice that the arrangement in the circular cancel is different on both. Interesting.

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31 Dec 2015
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I found one for sale it's JUN/17/1940. The number in the killer area is 1 and the cancel is like the one on the bottom pic.

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01 Jan 2016
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This is a diplomatic post office in the Netherlands. I do not know what the above could be but I thought I'd show one I know to be a diplomatic post office.

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the numbers in the killer (the football) refer to the station (or clerk) in that facility. likely one person saw several stamps uncancelled after others had been by a different clerk

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01 Jan 2016
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The DPO almost certainly indicates "Distributing Post Office." Due to much travel yet, I am likely not able to post specific references until in three weeks. But this is the direction in which research on this postmark probably should be going.

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01 Jan 2016
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After a cursory search, I found this on the USPS website:

"Network Distribution Center (NDC) - The NDC network consists of strategically located automated facilities that serve as centralized mail processing and transfer points for designated geographic areas, including Area Distribution Centers (ADCs), Sectional Center Facilities (SCFs), and auxiliary service facilities (ASFs)."



My guess would be that the ADCs may stamp mail with a "Distributing Post Office" cancel, or at least they may have done this back in 1945 when the cover was mailed. Feel free to correct me if I'm barking up the wrong tree.
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01 Jan 2016
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Thanks for all the responses. Richard

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01 Jan 2016
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Hi Everyone;

Happy 2016 Yea!!

DPO? Depot Post Office

I've seen British cancels that referred to Railroad and Tube station post offices.

Just my guess.

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26 Jan 2016
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Following up on my January 1 posting: The answer is documented in the May 2015 edition of the PMCC Bulletin. I know that because I have the annual index, but I cannot locate this edition. I probably gave it away at a stamp club meeting. This is not a journal I typically keep for reference.

In any event, distributing pot offices are part of the RPO system. A friend could actually share the exact location. The Cleveland DPO was at the railroad immediately by the Terminal Tower.

The city PO delivered mail and cancelled out going mail.

The Cleveland DPO cancelled mail received at the station with the unique DPO marking. The Cleveland postmarks used at the DPO are distinct with the large circular dial. There are many different numbers in the barrel cancel documented. I am not sure all state "DPO" in the cancel, however. Perhaps, if someone has access to the May PMCC Bulletin there will be additional information.

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28 Jan 2016
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Thank you again. Much Appreciated.

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29 Jan 2016
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"In any event, distributing pot offices are part of the RPO system. A friend could actually share the exact location. The Cleveland DPO was at the railroad immediately by the Terminal Tower. "



A Distributing Pot Office - now there's a thought!


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29 Jan 2016
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D.P.O. = Days Past Ovulation

I know, because I googled it.

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29 Jan 2016
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The preview of one of the Google search hits I got showed "APO/FPO/DPO."

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29 Jan 2016
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Sorry, I'm in the middle of my bowling league, and that search result required a pdf download of a USPS document. DPO is, indeed, for diplomatic mail.

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29 Jan 2016
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That USPS pdf reports a system introduced only in 2003, so can't apply to these postmarks. A discussion on another stamp forum concerning Cleveland DPO in the 1940s concluded that it was the Cleveland Depot Office, a depot at the railroad station. This agrees with an earlier suggestion above.

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31 Dec 2015
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Image Not FoundImage Not FoundHI I Have 2 covers not sure what the D.P.O. stands for Diplomatic Post Office? The dates are different so i don't think it is dead Post Office. They were in with my HPO RPO STEAMSHIP Cancels i don't remember what D.P.O cancel was. Thanks for any Information. Image Not Found

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likely Downtown PO.

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31 Dec 2015
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What is the significance of the number in the killer area? Note that both cancels are a few days apart, one has a 4 and the other a 30. Also notice that the arrangement in the circular cancel is different on both. Interesting.

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31 Dec 2015
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I found one for sale it's JUN/17/1940. The number in the killer area is 1 and the cancel is like the one on the bottom pic.

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This is a diplomatic post office in the Netherlands. I do not know what the above could be but I thought I'd show one I know to be a diplomatic post office.

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re: D.P.O. Diplomatic Post Office?

the numbers in the killer (the football) refer to the station (or clerk) in that facility. likely one person saw several stamps uncancelled after others had been by a different clerk

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01 Jan 2016
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re: D.P.O. Diplomatic Post Office?

The DPO almost certainly indicates "Distributing Post Office." Due to much travel yet, I am likely not able to post specific references until in three weeks. But this is the direction in which research on this postmark probably should be going.

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re: D.P.O. Diplomatic Post Office?

After a cursory search, I found this on the USPS website:

"Network Distribution Center (NDC) - The NDC network consists of strategically located automated facilities that serve as centralized mail processing and transfer points for designated geographic areas, including Area Distribution Centers (ADCs), Sectional Center Facilities (SCFs), and auxiliary service facilities (ASFs)."



My guess would be that the ADCs may stamp mail with a "Distributing Post Office" cancel, or at least they may have done this back in 1945 when the cover was mailed. Feel free to correct me if I'm barking up the wrong tree.
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01 Jan 2016
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Thanks for all the responses. Richard

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01 Jan 2016
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re: D.P.O. Diplomatic Post Office?

Hi Everyone;

Happy 2016 Yea!!

DPO? Depot Post Office

I've seen British cancels that referred to Railroad and Tube station post offices.

Just my guess.

Keepin' on stampin'....and sortin'....
TuskenRaider

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re: D.P.O. Diplomatic Post Office?

Following up on my January 1 posting: The answer is documented in the May 2015 edition of the PMCC Bulletin. I know that because I have the annual index, but I cannot locate this edition. I probably gave it away at a stamp club meeting. This is not a journal I typically keep for reference.

In any event, distributing pot offices are part of the RPO system. A friend could actually share the exact location. The Cleveland DPO was at the railroad immediately by the Terminal Tower.

The city PO delivered mail and cancelled out going mail.

The Cleveland DPO cancelled mail received at the station with the unique DPO marking. The Cleveland postmarks used at the DPO are distinct with the large circular dial. There are many different numbers in the barrel cancel documented. I am not sure all state "DPO" in the cancel, however. Perhaps, if someone has access to the May PMCC Bulletin there will be additional information.

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28 Jan 2016
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Thank you again. Much Appreciated.

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29 Jan 2016
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"In any event, distributing pot offices are part of the RPO system. A friend could actually share the exact location. The Cleveland DPO was at the railroad immediately by the Terminal Tower. "



A Distributing Pot Office - now there's a thought!


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29 Jan 2016
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re: D.P.O. Diplomatic Post Office?

D.P.O. = Days Past Ovulation

I know, because I googled it.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

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29 Jan 2016
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re: D.P.O. Diplomatic Post Office?

The preview of one of the Google search hits I got showed "APO/FPO/DPO."

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29 Jan 2016
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Sorry, I'm in the middle of my bowling league, and that search result required a pdf download of a USPS document. DPO is, indeed, for diplomatic mail.

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re: D.P.O. Diplomatic Post Office?

That USPS pdf reports a system introduced only in 2003, so can't apply to these postmarks. A discussion on another stamp forum concerning Cleveland DPO in the 1940s concluded that it was the Cleveland Depot Office, a depot at the railroad station. This agrees with an earlier suggestion above.

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