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Auxiliary handstamp, UNDELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED
Object Details
- Description
- Post offices stamped mail as "UNDELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED" with the delivering office could not reconcile the address because it was faulty or incomplete. This was the explanation for a failed delivery and why the mailed item was returned to the sender, if that class of mail allowed for its return. Covers with this marking often have a "RETURN TO SENDER" auxiliary marking as well.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Object number
- 2006.2041.9
- Type
- Mail Processing Equipment
- Medium
- wood (natural); rubber (red)
- Dimensions
- Height x Width x Depth: 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 1 in. (6.99 x 5.72 x 2.54 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Mail Processing
- Record ID
- npm_2006.2041.9
- Usage
- Not determined
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