U.S. Machine Cancel Identifier – Killer with Dashed or Dotted Horizontal Lines

Your machine cancel was most likely made by a machine sold by the Doremus Company. There was a rare cancel machine that impressed dashed lines as a receiving mark. The much more common Doremus machine is designated as the type ‘C’. This machine had a killer made up of dotted horizontal lines. Another machine type from this company impressed dashed horizontal lines.

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Doremus type ‘C’ has horizontal dotted lines

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Another Doremus type with horizontal dashed lines

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Whitehead receiving marking (very rare)

There is a bit more information available about these machines on my Machine Web page (Doremus). and (Whitehead).

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