Can you copy a sample picture and upload it?
Roy
The crossed lines indicate that it's a registered item.
More frequently seen in blue.
It dates from the very old days when important letters were tied in a blue ribbon.
It has nothing to do with censorship.
Roy
It even shows up as part of a philatelic cachet:
It is a very British "thing" that spread throughout the Commonwealth.
Roy
Thankyou Roy... I have seen the envelopes with the blue lines as well..
Does it add to the value of a cover? or does it depend on the collector?
I was wondering if it would deter or add to the Patriotic Display ?
In my mind, it neither adds nor detracts. It is part of what it is.
I believe registered covers, in general, would add to a display of patriotic covers.
Roy
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One often sees clearly philatelic covers sent as registered mail.
You have to wonder 'why', as the registry markings & endorsements rarely made the cover more attractive or presentable, and registered mail, in & of itself, was hardly rare.
My guess is that the registration was most likely to deter theft ... not because theft was all that likely, but because the sender festooning those covers with excess postage was going to be the one person in any crowd who thought that the cover would be irresistible to mere mortals.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
Registered items were also handled separately so I expect they were much less likely to be damaged than ordinary mail.
An example of a ribbon-wrapped registered mail cover from Great Britain.
That's a beauty Smauggie. Do you own it?
Small correction: it's Australian, not Great Britain.
Roy
"... Registered items were also handled separately so I expect they were much less likely to be damaged than ordinary mail ..."
Thanks Roy. I certainly wish I did own it, but it is just a public domain image I found to show what registered covers originally looked like.
I have been collecting patriotic cancels and notice a few that I have seen posted on ebay that have red pencil lines on the covers Most of those lines are on censored covers. . Is this a way of censorship?
Does it increase or decrease the value of the cover? Thanks for any info
Cheryl
re: Red pencil lines across censored mail
Can you copy a sample picture and upload it?
Roy
re: Red pencil lines across censored mail
The crossed lines indicate that it's a registered item.
re: Red pencil lines across censored mail
More frequently seen in blue.
It dates from the very old days when important letters were tied in a blue ribbon.
It has nothing to do with censorship.
Roy
re: Red pencil lines across censored mail
It even shows up as part of a philatelic cachet:
It is a very British "thing" that spread throughout the Commonwealth.
Roy
re: Red pencil lines across censored mail
Thankyou Roy... I have seen the envelopes with the blue lines as well..
Does it add to the value of a cover? or does it depend on the collector?
I was wondering if it would deter or add to the Patriotic Display ?
re: Red pencil lines across censored mail
In my mind, it neither adds nor detracts. It is part of what it is.
I believe registered covers, in general, would add to a display of patriotic covers.
Roy
re: Red pencil lines across censored mail
.
One often sees clearly philatelic covers sent as registered mail.
You have to wonder 'why', as the registry markings & endorsements rarely made the cover more attractive or presentable, and registered mail, in & of itself, was hardly rare.
My guess is that the registration was most likely to deter theft ... not because theft was all that likely, but because the sender festooning those covers with excess postage was going to be the one person in any crowd who thought that the cover would be irresistible to mere mortals.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
re: Red pencil lines across censored mail
Registered items were also handled separately so I expect they were much less likely to be damaged than ordinary mail.
re: Red pencil lines across censored mail
An example of a ribbon-wrapped registered mail cover from Great Britain.
re: Red pencil lines across censored mail
That's a beauty Smauggie. Do you own it?
Small correction: it's Australian, not Great Britain.
Roy
re: Red pencil lines across censored mail
"... Registered items were also handled separately so I expect they were much less likely to be damaged than ordinary mail ..."
re: Red pencil lines across censored mail
Thanks Roy. I certainly wish I did own it, but it is just a public domain image I found to show what registered covers originally looked like.