Private cancellation

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Private cancellations are cancellations of postage stamps, or in some cases, artist stamps applied by other than a government or other official stamp-issuing entity.

In the United States

Private postmarks are commonly used with private postal meters. They are also occasionally used to create "first day of issue" items for personalized U.S. postage (officially defined as meter labels and thus not requiring cancellation).^[1] Private cancellations are often applied by local posts to their stamps (this is frequently also the first day of issue).

Another type of private cancellation, used in the

Private postmarks have also been used as back-stamps showing the name of the firm from which the mail was sent.[2]

United States taxation

In the United States if the time of posting is significant and there is both a private and regular cancellation, the regular cancellation controls.^[3] Private postmarks are not considered valid in some other cases.^[4]

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• Mailer's Postmark Permit Club