Monday 1 June 2009

New Format of Machine Cancellation

If I not mistaken the current commonly used machine cancellation of Malaysia was introduced sometime in year 2006 (correct me if I'm wrong). The circular postmark contains the name of the mail centre at the top and the word "Malaysia" at the bottom (Fig. 1). However, lately another new style/format of machine cancellation (Fig. 2) has been introduced. The word "Malaysia" is no longer at the bottom of the circular postmark. This new style/format of cancellation so far is only available from Putrajaya Mail Centre.


Fig.1: Commonly used machine cancellation. The top of the circular postmark carries the name of the mail centre (in this case the Melaka Mail Centre) and the bottom with word "Malaysia"


Fig. 2: New style of machine cancellation. The word "Malaysia" is no longer in the circular postmark.