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REGISTERED. 80
MUSCAT. muscat
N W.
Type 16 Type 17
R 169
MUSCAT
Type 18
Other postal markings include the Registration Cachet (Type
16) which was used during the latter part of the 19th and early years of
the 20th centuries (Seen 1891 — 1905). The letter ‘N’ stood for
‘Number’, and it is thought that ‘W’ signified ‘Weight’.
Muscat was later supplied with blank numbered Registration
Labels on which the small (Type 17) hand-stamp (Seen 1917—18) and
large (Type 18) hand-stamp (Seen 1941-48) were used. The large
hand-stamp is also found impressed directly on covers; and, in at least
two instances in 1948, the P.O. Clerk carefully drew a ‘registered
label’ around the hand-stamp in red ink!
Type 19 Type 20
The Postage Due cachets (Types 19 and 20) were very rarely used.
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