Knowledge / Postmarks / Postmark Inscriptions

Stamp inscription: text that is in a postmark

Noble Postmark: philatelic term for a pre-philatelic postmark that has a preposition in front of the location (e.g. “von” or “de”)

Office Code: number after a location with which the post offices were numbered consecutively

Adaped Postmark: postmark in which the inscriptions were partially or completely removed

Letter Postmark: postmark that contains letters (and graphic elements) but no numbers

Date Postmark: postmark that only contains the posting date

Department Postmark: postmark that contains a location and the corresponding department number

Year Postmark: provisional postmark that contains a location and the year

Lower Case Postmark: postmark that contains a location in lower case instead of upper case letters

Minute Postmark: postmark that contains a location, the posting date and a minute

Number Postmark: postmark that contains numbers (and graphic elements) but no letters

Location Postmark: postmark that only contains a location

Location Date Postmark: postmark that contains a location and the posting date

Location Number Postmark: postmark that contains a number instead of the loc-ation that can be assigned using a directory

Postal Code Postmark: postmark that contains a location and the associated postal code

Rayon Postmark: postmark that contains a location and the associated postal fee zone (rayon)

Repdigit Number Postmark: philatelic term for a postmark that only contains the same numbers or a sequence of numbers

Cursive Postmark: philatelic term for a postmark with letters in cursive

Skeleton Postmark: philatelic term for a postmark on which neither the date nor the time has been set although this would have been technically possible

Thrifty Postmark: philatelic term for a postmark on which the time was not set even though this would have been technically possible

Silent Postmark: postmark that contains graphic elements but no letters or numbers

Hour Postmark: postmark that contains a location, the posting date and an hour

Distinctive Letter: postmark with a letter as a distinguishing feature if there are several identical stamps at a larger post office

Word Postmark: postmark that contains letters and numbers (and graphic elements)

Decorative Postmark: postmark that contains decorations and / or ornaments or is cut into a decorative shape