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Ephemeral Impressions of Postal Antiquity
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Across
  • 1. Printed mark indicating prepaid postage, predating adhesive stamps
  • 2. Early postal mark made by pressing a fibrous material—rare and tactile
  • 3. Primitive cancellation method using carved cork applied with ink
  • 4. Privilege-based marking indicating postage exemption—often handwritten or signed
  • 5. Term for markings denoting additional fee charged on undelivered mail
  • 8. Obsolete telegraphy-related postal mark signaling message urgency
  • 11. Official seal imprint often used to authenticate old postal correspondence
  • 14. Historic document trace, sometimes hand-stamped, showing mail routing details
  • 16. Possessive adjective pointing to specialist symbols denoting postage inspectors
  • 17. Peripheral cancellation mark designed to avoid interfering with central inscription
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  • 6. Intermediate postal stop mark indicating relay or forwarding of mailbags
  • 7. Type of cancel used for press censorship markings during wartime mail
  • 9. Medieval hand-stamp for official letter authentication in Latin-script states
  • 10. Rare postal imprint relating to messages carried by trained birds
  • 12. Imprint showing date and place of mailing, essential for philatelic dating
  • 13. Express mail marking derived from hunting cry, indicating urgent dispatch
  • 15. Early British postal stationery marking named after its artist designer
  • 18. Ancient label marks that named distant post offices in Latin inscriptions

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