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cancellation machine UK US noun [C] US (UK franking machine)► COMMUNICATIONS a machine that prints a mark over a stamp on envelopes or packages to prevent the stamp being used again
Financial and business terms. 2012.
cancellation machine
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postal cancellation machine — ➔ machine1 * * * postal cancellation machine UK US noun [C] US ► COMMUNICATIONS CANCELLATION MACHINE(Cf. ↑cancellation machine) … Financial and business terms
machine — ▪ I. machine ma‧chine 1 [məˈʆiːn] noun [countable] a piece of equipment that uses power such as electricity to do a particular task: • Labour and machines are both at full capacity in the production department. • We plan to upgrade all machines… … Financial and business terms
Machine head (groupe) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Machine Head (homonymie). Machine Head … Wikipédia en Français
Cancellation (mail) — On mail, a cancellation (or cancel for short) is a postal marking applied to a postage stamp or postal stationery indicating that the item has been used. They are to be distinguished from overprints, and, in the case of the British Occasions… … Wikipedia
Machine postmark — A machine postmark or machine cancellation is a postmark or cancellation on mail that is applied by a mechanical device rather than with the use of a handstamp. Nearly all machine cancellation devices apply both postmark and cancellation… … Wikipedia
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Daguin machine — A 1926 cover cancelled by a Daguin machine. One of the datestamps was replaced with a touristic message for Arcachon. The Daguin machine was one of the first cancelling machines used by the French postal administration. It was created by Eugène… … Wikipedia
hand-stamped cancellation — A cancellation on postage stamps that is applied manually (rather than mechanically with a canceling machine) on mailpieces that are nonmachinable or do not meet USPS dimensions. It includes the standard cancellation with killer bars, the… … Glossary of postal terms
pen cancellation — noun : a stamp cancellation made by hand with a pen (as on a revenue stamp or on a postage stamp) prior to the general use of the handstamp and canceling machine … Useful english dictionary
Entw. — 1) Entwurf; Entwürfe EN design(s); draft(s) 2) Entwöhnung EN disaccustoming, weaning 3) Entwicklung EN development 4) Entwerter EN cancellation machine 5) Entwendung … Abkürzungen und Akronyme in der deutschsprachigen Presse Gebrauchtwagen
