U.S. Machine Cancel Identifier – Barry Oval
![[barry machine cancel]](../machines/barry_o_st.gif)
This machine cancel was impressed by a Barry machine that had an oval postmark. The killer for this example is a set of horizontal lines. Other Barry machines impressed circular postmarks and rectilinear postmarks, as well as wavy and diagonal line killers.
Note that the example image shows two nearly horizontal lines near the year inside the oval. Not all Barry oval postmarks contained these lines.
Because of potential confusion about Barry types, I’ve created a web page that shows the various Barry cancelling machine types in one place.
Barry cancels can often be identifed by the fact that the feeder mechanism for the machine was a series of pins that grabbed the card or envelope near its right edge. If there is evidence of slight pin impressions near the right edge of the card or envelope, the cancel may be a Barry.
There is a bit more information available about these machines on my Machine Web page.
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