Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
Vanished Stamps and Postal Relics
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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- 1. Postal mark made unintentionally by excess ink smudges
- 2. An obsolete cancellation mark used to deface stamps
- 3. Fee or mark indicating payment for mail delivery
- 4. Older term for stamp erasure marks, often handstruck
- 10. Angular cancellation bars used on vintage postal stamps
- 12. Short for cancellation; an older style postal obliteration
- 14. A postal mark showing the exact date a letter was handled
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- 5. Early postal underline cancellation mark often seen on envelopes
- 6. A rare old postal marking indicating a post rider's route
- 7. Intricate parallel lines cancellation, a forgotten style
- 8. Device used historically to show postage paid by official mail
- 9. French term meaning 'killer mark’ or stamp cancel
- 11. Tool once used for marking stamps before machine cancels
- 13. A rarely used term related to stamped postal tokens
- 15. Stamp category once used on legal documents, now less common
- 16. Mark used historically to prevent stamp reuse by cross lines
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