The Auxiliary Markings Club - Brief Auxiliary Markings Record

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HISTORY

The current Auxiliary Markings Record was compiled by Nancy Clark and Thomas Fortunato and is copyright (C) 2005-2013 by the Auxiliary Markings Club. We know that many more markings exist, please email scans of any additional markings or corrections to:

BRIEF Listings by marking text are shown below

ALPHABETICAL Listings by marking text

FULL Listings (in categorical order)

• 1 identifies the Type code assigned to the marking
• 2 Auxiliary Marking Description, is the text on (or description of) the marking
• 3 is the marking's Country of origin.
• 4 and 5 are the Earliest Known Use (EKU) and Latest Known Use (LKU) dates for the marking.
• 6 is the Color of the marking.
• 7 is the Type of application used for the marking.
• 8 is the Serif / Sans Serif font of the marking.
• 9 is the Right or Left direction of the pointing hand (if present) on the marking.
• 10 and 11 are the From (origin) and To (destination) cities on the envelope.
• 12 is Notes about the marking
• 13 is the Reporter of the marking
• 14 is the Image (if any) of the marking scanned at 100 dots per inch. Click on the image to view the high resolution scan scanned at 300 dots per inch. The top row of the table shows a one inch ruler for size reference (unless the image is noted as being at another scale).

BRIEF Listings

	Auxiliary Markings Record	© 2005 by Auxiliary Markings Club
Type	Auxiliary Marking Description	File
BCCO	Bar Code Correction Markings
BCCO	solid wide bar
BCCO	XIXI INCORRECT ZIP/BARCODE IXIX/PROCESS MANUALLY
BCCO	14615-2022 09
BCSL	Bar Code Slogans/Sprayed On Markings
BCSL	62 HAPPY HOLIDAYS
BCSL	AMERICA'S #1 CITY ROCHESTER MN 1
BCSL	FOSTER PARENTS ARE GREAT: SHV OCR#1 08/01/1995/ 12:28
BCSL	GO STEELERS 152 01/25/96 (time) ISS (1 or 2)
BCSL	"HAPPY HOLIDAYS" AVL 280 12/08/94 PM
BCSL	HAPPY HOLIDAYS    BUF NY 142 12/09/95 05:09 OCR#189 1
BCSL	HAPPY HOLIDAYS BUF NY 142 12/13/95 06:57 OCR#400-1
BCSL	HAPPY NEW YEAR!! RP&DF OCR1 109 12/29/97 PM
BCSL	"HELP SCOUTING FOR FOOD "  152 04/25/00 15:06 ISS 5
BCSL	"HELP SCOUTING FOR FOOD "  152 04/03/01 1x…ISS 5
BCSL	KIDS JAMBALAYA JUBILEE SHV OCR#1 06/29/95 14:28
BCSL	LETTER CARRIER FOOD DRIVE JUNE 6-11 94'
BCSL	MAIL EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS! ! !   USPS  WIL DE 12/11/93 OCR 21
BCSL	MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM DAYTON, OH 454 PM 12/20/94 OCR#13
BCSL	PHIPPS WINTER FLOWER SHOW 152 12/14/00 12:02 ISS 3
BCSL	ROC NY 146 17:41 12/11/92 #3 HAPPY HOLIDAYS
BCSL	SEASON'S GREETINGS 12/14/95 LOU #5
BCSL	SEE YOU AT SAFETY EXPO SHV OCR#1 02/24/95 15:42
BCSL	"WE DELIVER" CHICAGO, IL 60607 11/03/94 22:45 #10
BCSL	HAPPY HOLIDAY BONS VOEUX
BCSL	Literacy/Alphabetization
BCSL-R	Bar Code Slogans/Sprayed On Markings- Return to Sender
BCSL-R	RETURN TO SENDER * FOR REASONS SHOWN
BCSL-R	RETURN TO SENDER-FOR REASONS SHOWN
BCSL-R	RETURN TO SENDER FOR REASON SHOWN
BCSL-R	RETURN TO SENDER - ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN
BCSL-R	RETURN TO SENDER/ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN
BCSL-R	[RETURN TO ] SENDER * UNDELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED
BCSL-R	[RETURN TO SENDER - UNDELI]VERABLE AS ADDRESSED
BCSL-R	RETURN TO SENDER - UNDELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED
BCSL-R	RETURN TO SENDER/UNABLE TO FORWARD
BCSL-R	###RETURN TO SENDER/UNABLE TO FORWARD###
BCSL-R	RTN TO SENDER/FOR REASON SHOWN
BCSL-R	RTRN TO SNDR - unable to forward
BCSL-R	RTS ATEMPTED NOT KNOWN
BCSL-R	< - RETURN TO SENDER-NO SUCH #/STREET
BCSL-R	RETURN TO SENDER: ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN
BCSL-R	RETURN TO SENDER/ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN*
BCSL-R	RETURN TO SENDER<< >>FOR REASON SHOWN
BCSL-R	<- RETURN TO SENDER-UNDEL AS ADDRESSED
BCSL-R	<-- RETURN TO SENDER  <--
BCSL-R	>>>RTN TO SENDER=FOR REASON SHOWN-092004
BCSL-R	RTN  TO  SENDER  UNDELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED
CUSTOM	Customs Markings
CUSTOMS	COLLECT 33 CENTS/CUSTOMS CLEARANCE/AND DELIVERY FEES
CUSTOMS	EXAMINED BY/U. S. CUSTOMS/BOSTON, MASS./DUTY TO BE COLLECTED (w/COLLECT 33 CENTS/CUSTOMS CLEARANCE…)
CUSTOMS	EXAMINED/PASSED/PORT OF/NEW YORK/Mr 25 '55/VB
CUSTOMS	LETTER PACKET/COLLECT TEN CENTS (with U. S. CUSTOMS/PASSED A. A. G./Port of NEW YORK)
CUSTOMS	LETTER PACKET/COLLECT TEN CENTS (with PASSED FREE/DETROIT, MICH./U. S.  CUSTOMS)
CUSTOMS	OPENED BY U. S. CUSTOMS/FOR TARIFF PURPOSES ONLY/NEWARK/PASSED FREE
CUSTOMS	PA…/U. S. CUSTOMS…/AR (in box)
CUSTOMS	PASSED FREE/CUSTOMS AT NEW YORK/MAR 10 1956/428
CUSTOMS	PASSED FREE/Detroit, Michigan/U. S. Customs
CUSTOMS	PASSED FREE OF DUTY/X/CUSTOMS HOUSE/BUFFALO, NY (in circle)
CUSTOMS	PASSED FREE/U. S. CUSTOMS/CHICAGO P. O.
CUSTOMS	PASSED FREE/U. S. CUSTOMS-MILWAUKEE
CUSTOMS	PASSED FREE/U. S. Customs/at/Pittsburgh, Pa. (in circle)
CUSTOMS	Supposed Liable to Customs Duty
CUSTOMS	SEALED ARTICLE./SECURE OWNER'S/PERMISSION TO/OPEN.
CUSTOMS	Supposed Liable to customs duty (with PASSED FREE/U.S. CUSTOMS/No. 4/S. F. CALIF. In box)
CUSTOMS	U.S. CUSTOMS/PASSED FREE/BUFFALO, N.Y. (in diamond)
CUSTOMS	U.S. CUSTOMS/PASSED FREE/BUFFALO, N.Y. (in diamond)
CUSTOMS	U.S. CUSTOMS/PASSED FREE/Port of New York & Forwarded & Advise correspondents or/publishers of your/correct address
DAMAG	Damaged
DAMAG	Post Office, New York, N.Y./Febry 23 st 1989./This piece of mail was damages/by accident while in transit through/the pneumatic Tube this…
DAMAG	Damaged by cancelling machine.
DAMAG	Damaged by Cancelling Machine
DAMAG	DAMAGED BY CANCELLING MACHINE
DAMAG	DAMAGED BY CANCELLING MACHINE
DAMAG	Damaged by cancelling machine/MIDDLETOWN, N.Y.
DAMAG	DAMAGED BY FLOOD
DAMAG	Damaged by Rain, Postage O.K./Los Angeles, Calif.
DAMAG	DAMAGED BY VANDALISM
DAMAG	DAMAGED BY WATER
DAMAG	DAMAGED BY WATER (in box)
DAMAG	DAMAGED BY WATER  POSTAGE O.K. (in box)
DAMAG	DAMAGED BY WATER /POSTAGE PAID
DAMAG	DAMAGED/DELAYED/in Handling/US Postal Service & Deposited in Antarctica & ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN (finger)
DAMAG	DAMAGE DUE TO VANDALISM
DAMAG	DAMAGED IN AIR CRASH / NOV. 29, 1949 / DALLAS, TEXAS
DAMAG	DAMAGED IN HANDLING/AT WILM., DE POST OFFICE
DAMAG	DAMAGED IN HANDLING/IBY THE POSTAL SERVICE/PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGY.
DAMAG	DAMAGED IN HANDLING/IN THE POSTAL SERVICE
DAMAG	DAMAGED IN HANDLING/IN THE POSTAL SERVICE
DAMAG	DAMAGED IN HANDLING/IN THE POSTAL SERVICE
DAMAG	DAMAGED IN HANDLING/IN THE POSTAL SERVICE
DAMAG	DAMAGED IN HANDLING/IN THE POSTAL SERVICE
DAMAG	DAMAGED IN HANDLING/IN THE POSTAL SERVICE
DAMAG	DAMAGED IN HANDLING / IN THE POSTAL SERVICE / PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGY
DAMAG	Damaged in Handling/In The Postal Service/Please Accept Our Apology
DAMAG	"Damaged in handling/Please Accept Our Apology"
DAMAG	DAMAGED IN HANDLING/PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES/U.S. POSTAL SERVICE/SAINT PAUL, MN 55101
DAMAG	DAMAGED IN HANDLING/PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES/U.S. POSTAL SERVICES/LUFKIN, TX 75901-9998
DAMAG	Damaged in High Speed/Cancelling Equipment/Please Accept Our/Apology, Alhambra GMF 91715
DAMAG	Damaged in High Speed/Cancelling Equipment/Please Accept Our/Apology, Alhambra GMF 91715
DAMAG	Damaged in Plane Crash/at Park City, Ut. 3-11-28/C.F. Dulton PO
DAMAG	HANDSTAMPED-REWRAP (in cancel)
DAMAG	Post Office/New York 1, N. Y./…damaged by water/during a storm encountered at sea by the "S.S. Liberte"/…arrived…September 12, 1950
DAMAG	POSTAGE O.K. RECEIVED/IN WET CONDITION AT/GENERALPOST OFFICE/BRONX, NEW YORK 10451
DAMAG	POSTAGE PAID/STAMP REMOVED IN/CANCELLING PROCESS
DAMAG	POSTAGE STAMP DETATCHED/BY CANCELLING MACHINE
DAMAG	Received in bad condition
DAMAG	Received in bad condition at ____
DAMAG	RECEIVED IN BAD CONDITION/AT/(N.Y.P.O. - G.C. Sta. Div. of Mails.)
DAMAG	Rec'd in bad order at/Cleveland, Ohio - City Div.
DAMAG	Received in damaged condition
DAMAG	Received in damaged condition
DAMAG	Received in Damaged Condition/At United States Postal Service/Airport Mail Facility/J.F.K., N.Y. 11430-9205
DAMAG	Received Unsealed at ___
DAMAG	Received Unsealed at ___/WEST RIDGE STATION/ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 14615
DAMAG	Received Unsealed at/Grand Rapids, MI 49501
DAMAG	RECEIVED UNSEALED AT/HOUSTON, TEXAS
DAMAG	Received Unsealed at/Pittsford, New York 14534
DAMAG	RECEIVED UNSEALED/AT SANTA ANA CA GMF
DAMAG	RECEIVED UNSEALED/AT SYRACUSE, NY
DAMAG	Received without contents
DAMAG	Received without contents at
DAMAG	Received without contents at ___
DAMAG	RECEIVED WITHOUT POSTMARK
DAMAG	REWRAPPED AT BUFFALO, NY
DAMAG	REWRAPPED AT BUFFALO/NEW YORK, 14240, TOUR III
DAMAG	REWRAPPED AT BUFFALO/NEW YORK, 14240, TOUR III
DAMAG	REWRAPPED AT/PITTSBURGH BULK MAIL/CENTER/"WE CARE"
DAMAG	Soiled in POST OFFICE/by having furnace/trouble
DAMAG	STAMPS LOST IN THE/POSTAL SERVICE/POSTAGE O.K.
DAMAG	STAMPS LOST IN THE/POSTAL SERVICE/POSTAGE O.K.
DAMAG	Torn by Cancelling Machine at/Newburg Sta. , Cleveland, Ohio.
DAMAG	WATER DAMAGED
DAMAG	burned envelope in USPS We Care envelope
DAMAG	assorted USPS body bags
DEAD	Dead Letters
DEAD	DEAD LETTER BRANCH
DEAD	DEAD LETTER BRANCH
DEAD	DEAD LETTER OFFICE/MINOR LETTER/Letter G, Vol. 70/No.
DEAD	MAIL FROM THE DEAD LETTER BRANCH/MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 380101: Postage Due 55c
DEAD	OPENED IN THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE/SAN FRANCISCO, CA: 15c+40c Postage Due
DEAD	Opened in the Dead Letter/Office, NY, NY 10001/Contained no return address/Forwarded Postage Due 33 c/(13c Postage+20c Handling Fee
DEAD	Opened in the Dead Letter/Office, Phila., PA 19104/Contained no return address/Forwarded Postage Due
DEAD	TAKE OUT G. D. NO. 6 (in double ring cancel)
DEAD	TAKE OUT/APR 23, 1923 (boxed)
DELAY	Delayed Mail
DELAY	Advise Correspondant or /Publisher of Current Address
DELAY	Advise Correspondant or /Publisher of Current Address
DELAY	Advise correspondents or/publishers of your/correct address
DELAY	ADVISE CORRESPONDENTS OR/PUBLISHERS OF YOUR CORRECT ADDRESS
DELAY	Delayed because of/incorrect Zip
DELAY	DELAYED MAIL DUE TO / INCORRECT ZIP CODE
DELAY	DELAYED MAIL/Due to Improper/Mailing Address (with loop bar code obliteration)
DELAY	DELAY IN SERVICE/DUE TO ILLEGIBLE/ZIP CODE
DELAY	Deliver delayed on account/of incorrect address
DELAY	DELIVERY DELAYED/BECAUSE OF INCORRECT ZIP CODE
DELAY	Dispatched via train/to avoid delay.
DELAY	Failed of delivery for want/of time.
DELAY	HI! HAPPY WE FOUND YOU/THIS ADDRESS ERROR WAS/DETECTED BY POSTAL SERVICE/PLEASE NOTIFY SENDER...
DELAY	HI! HAPPY WE FOUND YOU/THIS ADDRESS ERROR WAS/DETECTED BY POSTAL SERVICE/PLEASE NOTIFY SENDER...
DELAY	Hi, HAPPY WE FOUND YOU/This Address error was/detected by your Postal/Service.  Please noticy the/sender of…
DELAY	Inadvertently left/on mail sack found/at Morgan Sta., N.Y.P.O
DELAY	INCORRECTLY ZIP CODED
DELAY	Mail delayed because wrong zip/code.  Please advise correspon-/dents.
DELAY	MAIL DELAYED DUE TO/INCORRECT ZIP CODE
DELAY	MAIL DELAYED DUE TO MISSING/OR INCORRECT ZIP CODE/CITY &/OR STATE NAME/PLEASE NOTIFY…
DELAY	MAIL DELAYED/FROM BURGLARY/EUGENE P.O. 5-12-88
DELAY	Mail delayed in/delivery due to/West Coast dock strike
DELAY	No service on C A M. Rt. 21 this date./Mail trained    Houston, Texas
DELAY	PLEASE INCLUDE SUITE #/OR FIRM NAME AS PART/OF YOUR ADDRESS
DELAY	RETURNED TO SENDER/TURNED IN AS/MISDIRECTED/by Railway Mail Service/2nd DIV, N.Y.-I.S. (w/Do not use this envelo…)
DELAY	THIS MAIL IS ADDRESSED INCORRECTLY/SOON YOUR MAIL WILL BE PROCESSED/BY COMPUTERS. TO AVOID/DELAY…
DELAY	THIS MAIL WAS DELAYED DUE TO/INCORRECT ZIP CODE. PLEASE/NOTIFY YOUR CORRESPONDENTS OF/YOUR COR…
DELAY	To avoid delay in delivery have your Mail/addressed to correct Street and Number,/Zip Code, P.O. Box or General Delivery
DELAY	TO INSURE PROMPT DELIVERY/ADVISE CORRESPONDENT OF/CORRECT ZIP CODE/ROCHESTER, NY 14623
DELAY	TRAIN LATE/MAIL DELAYED (in oval)
DELAY	Undeliverable During Delivery Hours/Notice Left___
DELAY	YOUR MAIL DELAYED BECAUSE OF/WRONG ZIP
DELAY	YOUR MAIL was delayed due to [check box]
FINGR	Fingers
	NOT DELIVERABLE/AS ADDRESSED,/UNABLE TO FORWARD
FINGR	REASON FOR/NON-DELIVERY/CHECKED \RETURNED/TO/WRITER
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER (with separate FORWARDING ORDER/EXPIRED marks)
FINGR	RETURN TO SENDER/ATTEMPTED UNKNOWN/LONG POINT STATION/HOUSTON, TX 77055-9998
FINGR	RETURN TO SENDER/CHANGE OF ADDRESS HAS EXPIRED
FINGR	RETURN TO SENDER/DO NOT REMAIL IN THIS ENVELOPE/_MOVED- LEFT NO ADDRESS/_ATTEMPTED-NOT KNOWN/…
FINGR	RETURN TO/SENDER/FORWARDING ORDER/EXPIRED
FINGR	RETURN TO SENDER/Moved, Left No Address/Attempted Not Known/No Such Number/Fwd, Order Expired
FINGR	RETURN TO SENDER/NOT IN SHIPYARD/ADDRESS DIRECTORY,/REQUIRES CODE
FINGR	RETURN TO SENDER:/UNABLE TO FORWARD (in box)
FINGR	RETURN TO SENDER with UNDELIVERABLE/UNABLE/TO/FORWARD/AS ADDRESSED
FINGR	RETURN TO SENDER /[10 line box, form LN055]
FINGR	RETURN TO WRITER/NOT DELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED/NO  ORDER ON FILE
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/12 Month  Expired/Address Correction Provided
FINGR	Returned to Sender/Addressee Unknown
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN (in framed box)
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN 55 1 20-23
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN/DO NOT USE ENVELOPE/OR WRAPPER AGAIN
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN_/Insufficient Address_/Mooved, left no address_/No such number_str…
	RETURNED TO SENDER/ ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN (checked off) /NO SUCH NUMBER
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/ATTEMPTED- NOT KNOWN/NO SUCH NUMBER/REFUSED//RTE #___ CARR. INITS__
	RETURNED TO SENDER/ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN/NO SUCH NUMBER/ROUTE NO./CARR/INITIALS/DATE
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/_Attempted not known/_No such Person Number Bus./Insufficient//x Vacant Refused Unclaimed…
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/AUTHORIZED TIME FOR/ HAS EXPIRED/MOVED OVER 1 YEAR/ATHENS, GA 30604
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER (on finger): DECEASED
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/ FORWARDING ORDER/EXPIRED
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/ ORDER EXPIRED/NILES, OH 44446
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/GMF DEL/MOVED, NOT FORWARDABLE
FINGR	RETURN/TO/SENDER/INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDERr/Insufficient Address
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER: INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS/ATHENS, GA.
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS/NEW YORK, NY 110017-9995: Do Not Use This Envelope/Or Wrapper Again
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/MISDIRECTED - THIS/ADDRESS NOT SERVED/BY LANCASTER, N. Y.
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/_MOVED, LEFT NO ADDRESS/_ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN/_NO SUCH NUMBER/_FORWARD...
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/_MOVED, LEFT NO ADDRESS/_ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN/_NO SUCH NUMBER/_FWD. ORD…
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/MOVED/NOT FORWARDABLE/NEW YORK, NY (with NO LONGER 7967)
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/NEED INMATE ID NUMBER/NO LONGER AT K.C.C.C.
FINGR	RETURNED/TO/SENDER (finger): NO MAIL/RECEPTACLE
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/NO STREET DELIVERY/AVAILABLE
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/NO SUCH ADDRESS
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/NO SUCH BLOCK
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/NO SUCH/NUMBER
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/NO SUCH STREET
	RETURNED TO SENDER (in hand)/NOT DELIVERABLE/AS ADDRESSED/UNABLE TO FORWARD
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/NOT DELIVERABLE/AS ADDRESSED-_/UNABLE TO FORWARD
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/OUTSIDE/DELIVERY AREA
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/OUTSIDE OUR/DELIVERY AREA
FINGR	hand,RETURNED TO SENDER/REASON CHECKED/Unclaimed_Refused_/Attempted - Not Known x_/Insufficient address…
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/REASON CHECKED/Unclaimed_Refused_/.Unknown_/Insufficient address/Moved, left no address_,..
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/REFUSED
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/REFUSED/SUPPLIES EXHAUSTED
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/UNCLAIMED
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/10984/UNDELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED/ ORDER EXPIRED
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/UNDELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED/NO STREET DELIVERY AT/WEST TISBURY MA 02575/ALL MAIL MUST BE/ADDRESSED TO A PO BOX #/THANK YOU
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER: UNDELIVERABLE/AS ADDRESSED//ORDER EXPIRED
FINGR	RETURNED TO SENDER/UNDELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED/ ORDER EXPIRED/VINELAND, NJ 08360 (in box)
FINGR	RETURNED TO WRITER (with additional BOX CLOSED NO ORDER mark)
FINGR	Returned to Writer/NO SUCH POST OFFICE/IN STATE NAMED
FINGR	RETURNED TO WRITER/N.Y.P.O./Fox Street/Sta (in the cuff)
FINGR	RETURNED TO WRITER/??? FROM/???/DO NOT REMAIL IN THIS ENVELOPE OR WRAPPER
FINGR	RETURNED TO WRITER/REASON CHECKED/Unclaimed_Refused_/.Unknown_/Insufficient address/Moved, left no address_,..
INSADD	RETURNED / TO WRITER / UNCLAIMED
INSADD	RETURNED TO WRITER/UNCLAIMED/FROM/TAUNTON, MASS. (on finger)
FINGR	RETURNED/TO WRITER/UNCLAIMED
FINGR	RETURNED TO WRITER/REFUSED
FINGR	RETURNED TO WRITER/UNCLAIMED/From San Francisco, Calif. P.O./RETURNED FROM ????
FINGR	RETURNED TO WRITER/returned from/OAKLAND/CALIF. (with ??? 22, 1922 in cuff)
FINGR	RETURNED/TO WRITER/UNCLAIMED/FROM/SOUTH BEND,/IND.
FINGR	RETURNED TO WRITER/UNCLAIMED/CLINTON HILL STA./NEWARK, N. J.
FINGR	bottom left box w/finger: ATTEMPTED/NOT KNOWN/RETURN TO WRITER
FINGR	bottom left box w/finger: RETURN/TO WRITER/UNCLAIMED
FINGR	(finger) UNDELIVERABLE/AS ADDRESSED/UNABLE TO FORWARD
FOUND	Found
FOUND	CONTENTS FOUND LOOSE/IN THE MAILS
FOUND	FOUND IN NEWSPAPER MAIL/__r Ball Sta., (DD) NYPO
FOUND	Found in ordinary mail
FOUND	Found in ordinary mail
FOUND	Found in ordinary mail
FOUND	FOUND IN PACKAGE BOX/COLLECTION
FOUND	Found in supposedly/empty equipment
FOUND	Found in supposedly/empty equipment
FOUND	Found in supposedly/empty equipment
FOUND	Found in supposedly/empty equipment
FOUND	Found in supposedly/empty equipment
FOUND	Found in Supposedly/Empty Equipment
FOUND	Found in/supposedly empty equipment./Please accept our apology./U.S, Postal Service
FOUND	FOUND IN SUPPOSEDLY EMPTY EQUIPMENT/AT THE MAIL TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT CENTER/LANDOVER, MD 20785-
FOUND	FOUND LOOSE IN THE MAIL/FORT WORTH, TX 76101
FOUND	USPS, BUFFALO, NY 14240/INQUIRY SECTION  LOST & FOUND/NOTICE/The enclosed was found loose in/the mails by this off…
INSADD	Insufficient Address
INSADD	ADVISE YOUR CORRESPONDENTS OR/PUBLISHERS OF YOUR CORRECT ADDRESS
INSADD	CANNOT BE FOUND (w/additional INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS mark)
INSADD	Columbus, GA
INSADD	DEFICIENCY/IN ADDRESS/SUPPLIED BY/N.Y.P.O.- 1.8. (circle)
INSADD	DEFICIENCY/IN/ADDRESS/SUPPLIED BY/CLAIMS & INQUIRY SECT./AFK/New York, N.Y.P.O.(circle)
INSADD	DEFICIENCY/IN/ADDRESS/SUPPLIED BY/X3/PHIL. PA (circle)
INSADD	Delivery delayed- Incomplete address/SEARCHER No. 8/Church Street Annex, N.Y.P.O.
INSADD	D. S. (for Directory Service in circle)
INSADD	D. S. (for Directory Service in circle)
INSADD	Get All That's Coming To You!/Please notify the sender of/your complete and correct/address.
INSADD	FLORIDA
INSADD	If you wish your mail delivered/by carrier have it addressed to/Street and number.
INSADD	If you wish your mail delivered/by carrier have it addressed to/Street and number.
INSADD	INDEPENDENCE, OHIO
INSADD	INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS
INSADD	Insufficient Address/For this ZIP CODE
INSADD	Insufficient address
INSADD	Insufficient address
INSADD	Insufficient address
INSADD	New York State
INSADD	NO RECORD/BAMC LOCATOR/INT__/DATE__
INSADD	NO STATE NAMED/(N.Y.P.O.I.S.)
INSADD	NO STATE NAMED/(N.Y.P.O.I.S.)
INSADD	No Such Post Office/In State Named
INSADD	No such post office/in state named
INSADD	No such post office/in state named
INSADD	No such post office/In the state named
INSADD	No Such Street/In Seattle, Wash.
INSADD	NO SUCH STREET/IN SEATTLE WA
INSADD	NO SUCH STREET/ROCHESTER, N.Y.
INSADD	NO SUCH STREET/NUMBER (with AUTHORIZED TIME FOR  HAS/EXPIRED. PLEASE ADVISE YOUR,… mark)
INSADD	NOT DELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED/UNABLE TO FORWARD
INSADD	NOT DELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED/UNABLE TO FORWARD (with RETURN TO WRITER boxed finger in lower left)
INSADD	NOT FOR SHOREVIEW, MN 56126
INSADD	NOT FOUND
INSADD	Not Phil., PA. (with Pittsburgh, PA.)
INSADD	NOTIFY SENDER OF NEW ADDRESS
INSADD	RETURN FOR____CORRECTION____COMPLETION
INSADD	RETURN FOR BETTER ADDRESS/SHOW COUNTRY IN ENGLISH
INSADD	RETURN FOR BETTER ADDRESS/SHOW COUNTRY OF DESTINATION/IN ENGLISH
INSADD	RETURN/NO ADDRESS SHOWN IN WINDOW
INSADD	RETURN TO OFFICE OF FIRST/ADDRESS FOR PROPER HANDLING
INSADD	RETURN TO SENDER/ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN/PRESENTLY AT THIS BOX #/BLUEGRASS STATION
INSADD	RETURN TO SENDER/FOR NAME OF VESSEL
INSADD	RETURN TO SENDER FROM/PITTSBURGH, PA 15219/REC'D W/O ADDRESS
	RETURN TO SENDER/NO FORWARD ORDER ON FILE/UNABLE TO FORWARD/RETURN TO SENDER
INSADD	RETURN TO SENDER:/NO SUCH NUMBER (in box)
INSADD	Return to Sender/Not at this/address
INSADD	Returned For Better Address
INSADD	RETURNED FOR/BETTER ADDRESS
INSADD	Returned for Better Address
INSADD	RETURNED FOR COMPLETION/NAME OF COUNTRY IN ENGLISH
INSADD	RETURNED FOR/Correction/Completion
INSADD	RETURNED FOR/BETTER DIRECTION 6
INSADD	RETURNED TO SENDER/BY BROOKLYN, N. Y. P. O./UNDELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED/DO NOT POST AGAIN IN THIS/ENVELOPE…
INSADD	Returned to sender from Buffalo,/N.Y. P.O., Postage due 1 1/2c/Not at address given
INSADD	RETURNED TO SENDER/No Such Number
INSADD	Returned to writer/No such office in state named/N.S. No.   18 M.D.
INSADD	RTS/RETURN TO SENDER/Attempted/NOT KNOWN
INSADD	RTS/RETURN TO SENDER/NO SUCH/NUMBER/STREET
INSADD	RTS/RETURN TO SENDER/Not Deliverable as /addressed.  / Unable to forward.
INSADD	RTS/RETURN TO SENDER/with pre-checked box ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN
INSADD	RTS/RETURN TO SENDER with pre-checked box NO SUCH NUMBER/STREET
INSADD	RTS/RETURN TO SENDER with pre-checked box NOT DELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED / - UNABLE TO FORWARD
INSADD	RTS/ _INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS/_ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN/_NO SUCH NUMBER STREET/_NOT DELIVERABLE AS ADDRESS…
INSADD	RURAL ROUTE AND BOX NUMBER/NO LONGER A VALID ADDRESS./USE OF ASSIGNED STREET ADDRESS/NECESSARY FOR…
INSADD	This address is incorrect/but delivery is being made./Please advise your/correspondents of your/correct address.
INSADD	This address is incorrect/but delivery is being made./Please advise your/correspondents of your/correct address.
INSADD	TRY OAKLAND
INSADD	UNADDRESSED
INSADD	(7) UNKNOWN AT ADDRESS - 143
	Address Changed
INSADD	RETURNED TO SENDER finger/COMMUNITY ADDRESS CHANGED/TIME LIMIT EXPIRED FOR/ADDRESS CONVERSION
INSADD	RETURN TO SENDER finger: RETURN TO SENDER/STREET & NUMBER HAS BEEN/CHANGED BY COUNTY AUTHORITY/1 Year…
INSADD	RETURN TO SENDER/DELIVERY CITY WAS CHANGED TO/GREENVILLE, WI 54942/EFFECTIVE 7-24-93
INSADD	RETURNED TO SENDER/STREET AND OR NUMBER/HAS BEEN CHANGED BY/COUNTY AUTHORITY/1 YR TIME LIMIT HAS EXP…
	Multi-Unit Buildings
INSADD	INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS BECAYSE/OF MULTIPLE DWELLING LACKING/SUITE OR APARTMENT NUMBER
INSADD	LARGE OFFICE BLDGS/REQUIRE A SUITE No./FOR PROPER DELIVERY/_ ORDER EXPIRED/_INSUFFICIENT…
INSADD	OFFICE BLDG. RETURNED FOR/COMPLETE ADDRESS. ROOM #/OR FIRM NAME NEEDED-21204E
INSADD	THIS IS A MULTI-UNIT ADDRESS./ALL MAIL MUST BE ADDRESSED TO/A SPECIFIC APT. OR UNIT NUMBER./UNDELIVERABLE…
INSADD	Unknown, Multi-tenant Building./Need Company, Name or/Suite Number.
LOTFRD	Lottery/Fraud
LOTFRD	FRAUDULENT./Mail to this address returned by/order of the Postmaster General
LOTFRD	FRAUDULENT./Mail to this address returned by/order of the Postmaster General
LOTFRD	FRAUDULENT./Mail to this address returned by/order of the Postmaster General
LOTFRD	FRAUDULENT/MAIL TO THIS ADDRESS/RETURNED BY ORDER OF POSTMASTER GENERAL./(New York, N.Y. Inq. Dept.)
LOTFRD	Reeturned To Sender/ADDRESSEE CONVICTED/OF MAIL FRAUD (finger)
LOTFRD	RETURNED TO SENDER DUE TO/ADDRESSES VIOLATION OF POSTAL/FALSE REPRESENTATION AND/LOTTERY LAW
LOTFRD	RETURNED TO SENDER DUE TO/ADDRESSEE'S VIOLATION OF/POSTAL FALSE REPRESENTATION LAW
LOTFRD	SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN MATTER/PROHIBITED IMPORTATION/PART: 262 P.M.
LOTFRD	SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN MATTER/PROHIBITTED IMPORTATION/PART 262 P.M.
LOTFRD	SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN MATTER/PROHIBITED IMPORTATION/PART: 620 P.M.
LOTFRD	Supposed to contain matter/prohibited importation/See Sec. 2233 P.L.& R.
LOTFRD	Supposed to contain matter/prohibited importation/See Sec. 2233 P.L.& R.
LOTFRD	Supposed to contain matter/prohibited importation/See Sec. 2233 P.L.& R.
LOTFRD	SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN MATTER/PROHIBITTED IMPORTATION
LOTFRD	SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN MATTER/SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF/EXECUTIVE ORDER 8389 AS AMENDED
LOTFRD	SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN MATTER/SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF/EXECUTIVE ORDER 8389 AS AMENDED
LOTFRD	SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN MATTER/SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF/EXECUTIVE ORDER 8389 AS AMENDED
LOTFRD	Supposed to contain Matter//Subject to the Provisions of//Executive Order 8389 as Amended
LOTFRD	SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN MATTER/SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF/EXECUTIVE ORDER 8389 AS AMENDED
LOTFRD	SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN MATTER/SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF/EXECUTIVE ORDER 8389 AS AMENDED
MILIT	Military
MILIT	Address changed by reason/of official orders
MILIT	Change of address due/to official orders
MILIT	Change of address due/to official orders (with YOUR MAIL HAS BEEN DELAYED…COMPLETE MILITARY ADDRESS)
MILIT	COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY/ADDRESS CHANGED BY/OFFICIAL --- ORDERS
MILIT	...delivery, advise/your correspondents of your complete/military address, showing unit
MILIT	DIRECTORY SERVICE GIV/BASE POST OFFICE, NAVY
MILIT	ESSENTIAL MILITARY MAIL
MILIT	FORT EUSTIS POSTAL LOCATOR with  RETURNED TO SENDER (finger) & NO RECORD/Hqs. T/School/21 JUN 1962
MILIT	FOURTH MARINE MAIL/No Postage Available/Collect on Delivery: w/signature of commanding officer
MILIT	HOSPITALIZED
MILIT	NO RECORD/AMPHIBIOUS FORCE/19 JUN 1944
MILIT	NO RECORD OF UNIT/F.P.O., S.F., CALIF.
MILIT	NOT IN SERVICE SCHOOLS (with Directoty Service Given At/Great Lakes, Illinois mark)
MILIT	Notify Correspondents and Publishers of/New Address on W.D.A.G.D. Form 204
MILIT	OFFICER TO OFFICER/HANDLING ONLY
MILIT	OUT OF COMMISSION/RETURN TO SENDER
MILIT	OUT OF COMMISSION/RETURN TO SENDER
MILIT	PLEASE ADVISE YOUR CORRESPONDENTS/OF YOUR CORRECT MILITARY ADDRESS
MILIT	Return to U.S./Port Postal Officer/Port of Embarkation/Army Post Office/N.Y., 17, N.Y.
MILIT	RETURNING TO/UNITED STATES (boxed)
MILIT	RETURNING TO/UNITED STATES (boxed)
MILIT	SHIP OR UNIT/DECOMMISSIONED (RETURNED TO SENDER finger)
MILIT	SHIP OR UNIT/DECOMMISSIONED  (RETURNED TO SENDER finger)
MILIT	UNSUITABLE FOR FILMING/ four additional lines of text (boxed)
MILIT	Via ARMY COURIER SERVICE
MILIT	Verified DECEASED/RETURN TO SENDER and D.G. BRUMFELD/MAJ. AGC, Asst AG
MILIT	W D ESSENTIAL OFFICIAL AIR MAIL
MILIT	W D official essential/Air Mail/Special Delivery & Registered/Return Receipt Requested
MISENT	Missent
MISENT	MISSENT
MISENT	Missent and forwarded from/Rockport, Me. P. O.
MISENT	Missent to ____
MISENT	Missent to/Angelica, NY
MISENT	Missent to Arlington, VA
MISENT	Missent to ____ Baldwin, NY
MISENT	Missent to ____ Holley, N.Y.
MISENT	Missent to Indianapolis, Ind
MISENT	Missent to Las Vegas, N. -Mex.
MISENT	Missent to Manchester, Mass.
MISENT	Missent to MINNEAPOLIS, MINN
MISENT	Missent to ROCHESTER, N.Y.
MISENT	MISSENT TO/ROSEVILLE, ILLINOIS
MISENT	Missent to Springfield, Mass.
MISENT	Missent to St. Louis, Mo., No. 1
MISENT	MISSENT TO WEST SIDE TERM NEW YORK
MISENT	RECEIVED AT CAMDEN, N.J./POST OFFICE UNDER COVER/FROM CAMDEN, NEW YORK
NONSTD	NON-STANDARD MAIL
	Surcharge
NONSTD	3x5 card illegally small card used
NONSTD	RETURNED FOR Additional 9c/POSTAGE SURCHARGE/DUE TO NON-STANDARD SIZE
NONSTD	RETURN TO SENDER/9c Postage due for NONSTANDARD SURCHARGE./Your mail piece is of a non-stand… Label 100, March 1981
NONSTD	Returned for Postage/10 cents surcharge due/Exceeds 6 1/8 H X/11 1/2 L x 1/4
NONSTD	RETURN TO SENDER/10c Postage due for NONSTANDARD SURCHARGE./Your mail piece is of a non-stand… Label 100, February 1985
NONSTD	RETURN FOR 10c/ADD L POSTAGE/NONSTANDARD SURCHARGE
NONSTD	11 ct Handling Charge/Due on Non-Standard/Size Mail
NONSTD	RETURNED TO SENDER (label)  on card  for improper sized postal card use
NONSTD	INT'L. POST CARDS LESS THAN/5 1/2 by 3 1/2  NOT ACCEPTED IN/INTERNATIONAL MAILS
	Other
NONSTD	NON-MACHINABLE
NONSTD	RETURN TO SENDER/ODD SHAPED ITEMS ARE NON-MACHINABLE/IN LETTER TYPE ENVELOPE/DOMESTIC MAIL MANUAL …
NONSTD	UNMAILABLE
PSTDUE	Postage Due
	Improper Affixed
PSTDUE	10 cent war savings stamp (w/ POSTAGE DUE_CENTS mark and 16 cent meter affixed)
PSTDUE	60 cent Special Delivery stamp
PSTDUE	label- 10 cents Webster Profit Sharing (with POSTAGE DUE 4 CENTS)
PSTDUE	label- US flag
PSTDUE	label- 1988 Christmas seal
PSTDUE	penny taped to envelope w/32 ct stamp- tied on cover
PSTDUE	postal card indicia- 2x1 ct Jefferson pc + 1 ct stamp (w/RETURNED/FOR POSTAGE/FEB.11,1938/N.S.M.D. No.27)
PSTDUE	postal card indicia- 6 ct John hanson pc + 5 ct Washington stamp (w/ POSTAGE DUE 5 c)
PSTDUE	foreign- 2 cents Bermuda+13 cents US
PSTDUE	foreign- C1.00 Costa Rica (with Returned for 25c Additional/postage.  When remailing, cross/out this niotice or paste stamps/over it.)
PSTDUE	foreign- 40 centimes French South & Antarctic Territory
PSTDUE	foreign- 20 cent UN + 4 cents US
PSTDUE	HELD FOR POSTAGE/OCT 29 1907
PSTDUE	TAPE PREVENTS/CANCELLATION/RETURN FOR POSTAGE
PSTDUE	This is the article for which/you sent postage/Postmaster, Buffalo N. Y.
	Missing Stamp
PSTDUE	POSTAGE DUE _c (11 cts written in)
PSTDUE	POSTAGE DUE _ (20 cts written in)
PSTDUE	POSTAGE DUE _ (25 cts written in)
PSTDUE	POSTAGE DUE 5 CENTS (with 5 cts postage due stamp added)
PSTDUE	POSTAGE DUE 5 CENTS
PSTDUE	Rec'd without stamp/MM/R-1 (handwritten)
PSTDUE	RETURNED FOR POSTAGE
PSTDUE	RETURNED TO SENDER/FOR POSTAGE/SENDER: Remove Label, Affix/Postage, and Remail.
PSTDUE	RETURNED TO SENDER/RETURNED FOR POSTAGE/PLACE STAMP OVER FIST
	Refused
PSTDUE	REFUSED (w/ POSTAGE DUE   CENTS) and (RETURNED TO WRITER/UNCLAIMED./ALBANY, N.Y. finger)
PSTDUE	REFUSED (w/ Returned for 23 Additional/postage.  When remailing, cross/out this notice or paste stamps/over it. mark and overlay)
PSTDUE	REFUSED BY ADDRESSEE/FOR ADDITIONAL POSTAGE
PSTDUE	REFUSED BY ADDRESSEE/RETURNED FOR ADDITIONAL POSTAGE (w/4 CENTS/DUE boxed Canadian mark in black)
	Underpaid
PSTDUE	DUE 2
PSTDUE	HELD FOR POSTAGE/N.Y.P.O. PENN. TERM. STA. 2ND DIV.
PSTDUE	No. 1 Returned for Postage
PSTDUE	OVERWEIGHT_______OZ (with POSTAGE DUE ____ CENTS)
PSTDUE	POSTAGE DUE ____ CENTS
PSTDUE	Postage Due 1 Cent
PSTDUE	Postage Due 1 Cent
PSTDUE	Postage Due 1 Cent
PSTDUE	POSTAGE DUE 3
PSTDUE	POSTAGE DUE 3 CENTS
PSTDUE	POSTAGE DUE 3 CENTS
PSTDUE	Postage Due 3 Cents
PSTDUE	Postage Due 7 Cents/Chicago, Ill. For. Sec. 3
PSTDUE	Postage Due $.12 (in box)
PSTDUE	POSTAGE DUE 17 c
PSTDUE	POSTAGE DUE 34 c
PSTDUE	POSTAGE DUE 20 CENTS has been paid by your/Mail Carrier.  Kindly reimburse him, using this envelope/for return to Carrier No. 1509 Roc...
PSTDUE	RETURN FOR 1 Cent/ADDITIONAL POSTAGE
PSTDUE	Returned for Additional Postage/Posrtage Due 1 Cent.
PSTDUE	RETURNED FOR ADDITIONAL/POSTAGE, 1 CENT
PSTDUE	RETURNED FOR POSTAGE
PSTDUE	RETURNED/FOR POSTAGE (in box)
PSTDUE	RETURNED FOR POSTAGE
PSTDUE	RETURNED/FOR POSTAGE (in box)
PSTDUE	THIS IS THE MAIL/FOR WHICH YOU SENT POSTAGE
PSTDUE	This is the mail for/which you sent postage
	Underpaid for Overseas
PSTDUE	FOREIGN MAIL/RETURNED FOR 11  c ADDITIONAL POSTAGE/AIRMAIL RATE 40 C PER 1/2 OZ/TOTAL POSTAGE DUE _ c
PSTDUE	POSTAGE DUE 11 c
PSTDUE	RETURN FOR 11 c ADDITIONAL/POSTAGE
PSTDUE	Return for Postage/Domestic Rates not applicable/for International Mails./Check your Int'l Rate Chart.
PSTDUE	Returned for 60 Additional/Postage For Airmail.  When/Remailing, Cross Out This Notice/Or Paste Stamps Over It.
PSTDUE	RETURNED FOR ADDITIONAL POSTAGE/FOR SURFACE MAIL 15 c/OR AIR MAIL 66 c
PSTDUE	Returned for Additional Postage/Foreign Mail MUST BE PREPAID
PSTDUE	RETURNED FOR ADD'L POSTAGE/45 c AIRMAIL OR _ c SURFACE/1ST CLASS MAIL ______
PSTDUE	RETURNED FOR ADDITIONAL POSTAGE/POSTADE DUE 14 c /TOTAL POSTAGE REQUIRED 46 c/RATE____ c PER 1/2 OUNCE
PSTDUE	RETURNED FOR POSTAGE/TOTAL POSTAGE: 50 c/REMOVE THIS LABEL AFTER/AFFIXING PROPER POSTAGE.
PSTDUE	This letter was posted insufficiently prepaid./Please…//ounce 5 cents, each additional ounce 3 cents./(Post Office,San Francisco, U.S.A.)
	Underpaid from Overseas
PSTDUE	28/28 T2/ POSTAGE DUE $1.12/NJI & BMC
PSTDUE	Due 6 cents (w/opera glass duplex)
PSTDUE	Due 2 cents (w/opera glass duplex)
PSTDUE	POSTAGE DUE 61c /NYB&FMC O…. Tour 11
PSTDUE	POSTAGE DUE 64c /NJI …TOUR II
PSTDUE	POSTAGE DUE 10c AMF WASHINGTON, D.C./RATED BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN/CHART 7, DIRECTORY OF INT. MAIL
PSTDUE	U.S. Charge/TO COLLECT/4/CENTS
	Underpaid Single Stamp Passed
PSTDUE	1 cent
PSTDUE	3 cents
PSTDUE	1 1 cents
SERINS	Service Inscribed
	Airmail
SERINS	Air Mail/Dispatched by Train/To Avoid Delay
SERINS	Air Mail envelopes not permissible/in other than Air Service/RETURN TO SENDER
SERINS	AIRMAIL/SPECIAL DELIVERY
SERINS	AIRMAIL/SPECIAL DELIVERY
SERINS	Air Mail Stamps valid/for Air Mail only.
SERINS	BY AIR MAIL OVER U. S./Domestic Routes Only
SERINS	BY AIRMAIL OVER U.S./DOMESTIC ROUTE ONLY
SERINS	ENVELOPES OF THIS DESIGN/MUST BEAR AIR MAIL POSTAGE
SERINS	FIRST OFFICIAL FLIGHT/Brockton to Boston May 19, 1938
SERINS	improper use of an airmail envelope
SERINS	Insufficient POSTAGE/FOR AIR MAIL
SERINS	Insufficient Postage/for Airmail
SERINS	Insufficient Postage/For Airplane Mail/San Diego, Calif.
SERINS	NIGHT AIR MAIL
SERINS	NOT IN AIR MAIL/RECEIVED VIA STEAMER/GPO (FOREIGN SEC.)/New York-1, N.Y.
SERINS	Returned for Additional Postage (with POSTAGE DUE, 2 CENTS)
SERINS	Returned for postage,/Due 5 cents
SERINS	UNMAILABLE EXCEPT/AS AIR MAIL  (with POSTAGE DUE 3 CENTS and THIS IS THE MAIL FOR/WHICH YOU…)
SERINS	VIA AIR MAIL (with TAKE OUT/May 19, 1950/Glendale, Calif.)
	Certified
SERINS	Certified mail (with RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED mark)
SERINS	Certified mail
SERINS	Certified mail (with RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED mark)
SERINS	Certified mail (with Name_/1st Notice_?2nd Mnotice_/Return_ mark)
SERINS	Certified mail
SERINS	HANDLE AS/CERTIFIED MAIL/WITHIN USPS
SERINS	HANDLE AS/CERTIFIED MAIL/WITHIN USPS
	Certified and Special Delivery
SERINS	Certified mail with RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED mark
SERINS	SPECIAL/DELIVERY (in parallelogram) with MAIL DELAYED DUE/TO WRONG ZIP CODE
	Insured
SERINS	Insured/No. ___/New Orleans, LA./STA B./SEP 16 1946(with Sender claims nothing fragile/or perishable enclosed mark)
SERINS	INSURED/xxx STATION/MAY 21, 1965/NEW YORK, N.Y. 10036 (oval mark)
SERINS	INSURED/NO. ___
	Special Delivery
SERINS	A notice for this mail was/left when Special Delivery/Service was attempted.
SERINS	Fee claimed at Sioux City, Ia./For Night, Sunday and Holiday Delivery/Use the Special Delivery Service
MISC	FEE CLAIMED/CINCINNATI/OHIO
SERINS	SPECIAL DELIVERY (with SPECIAL DELIVERY/FEE PAID 10 CENTS)
SERINS	SPECIAL DELIVERY (with  Fee Claimed by Office/of First Address)
SERINS	Special Delivery- Air Mail (with  Fee Claimed by Office/of First Address)
SERINS	Special Delivery- Air Mail (with  FEE CLAIMED BY OFFICE/OF FIRST ADDRESS)
SERINS	Special Delivery fee insufficient/………2 …cents
SERINS	Special Delivery/Via Air Mail (with SPECIAL DELIVERY/AIR MAIL (In wings))
	Other
SERINS	FREE MATTER/FOR THE BLIND
SERINS	FREE MATTER FOR THE BLIND/& PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
SERINS	FREE MATTER FOR THE/BLIND OR HANDICAPPED
SERINS	FREE MATTER FOR THE BLIND/AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED/POSTAL MANUAL PART 138
SERINS	MAILED ON RURAL ROUTE
SERINS	MAILED ON RURAL ROUTE
SERINS	NON-PROFIT/ORGANIZATION
SERINS	RECEIPT OF MAILING/WAS OBTAINED FOR THIS LETTER PER/POST OFFICE DEPT FORM 3817
SERINS	RECEIVED AT GPO REGISTRY DIVISION/NOT BACKSTAMPED
SERINS	REGISTERED/RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
SERINS	Second Notice. No Repl/To First Notice Mailed…/Jul 14 1958
SERINS	SPECIAL FOURTH CLASS RATE/CONTENTS BOOKS
SERINS	SPECIAL STANDARD MAIL/Bound Printed Material
SERSUS	Service Suspended (sorted by year of suspension)
SERSUS	RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE SUSPENDED
SERSUS	RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE SUSPENDED
SERSUS	SERVICE TEMPORARILY/SUSPENDED
SERSUS	EMBARGO/RETURN TO SENDER
SERSUS	SERVICE TEMP/SUSPENDED
SERSUS	RETURN TO SENDER/TEMPORARY EMBARGO/TO THIS COUNTRY
SERSUS	RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE SUSPENDED
SERSUS	SERVICE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED
SERSUS	EMBARGO/RETURN TO SENDER
	RETURNED TO SENDER / SERVICE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED
SERSUS	SERVICE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED
SERSUS	RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE TEMPOR-/ARILY SYSPENDED
SERSUS	SURFACE MAIL SUSPENDED/AIR SERVICE ONLY (Returned to sender finger)
SERSUS	RETURN TO SENDER/TEMPORARY EMBARGO/TO THIS COUNTRY
SERSUS	RETURN TO SENDER/Service Temporarily Suspended
SERSUS	RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE SUSPENDED
SERSUS	RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE TEMPORARILY/SUSPENDED
SERSUS	RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE TEMPORARY/SUSPENDED
SERSUS	SERVICE TEMPORARILY/SUSPENDED - RETURN/TO SENDER
SERSUS	RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE TEMPORARILY SYSPENDED/DMM 147.221 PERMITS REFUND OF POSTAGE/…
SERSUS	RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE TEMPORARILY SYSPENDED/DMM 147.221 PERMITS REFUND OF POSTAGE/…
SERSUS	RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE TEMPORARILY SYSPENDED/DMM PO 147.2.4c PERMITS REFUND OF POSTAGE/…
SERSUS	Your mail was returned due to the Canada/Postal Strike.Your Local post office will/refund your postage or you may remail item/…
Stamp/Postage Type Questioned
STAMPQ	COVERED STAMPS NOT/GOOD FOR POSTAGE
STAMPQ	Evidence indicated postage/Has been paid.
STAMPQ	EVIDENCE POSTAGE WAS AFFIXED/ON DATE OK'd (with FIRST CLASS MAIL mark)
STAMPQ	EVIDENCE POSTAGE/ WAS AFFIXED/ONE RATE OK'D
STAMPQ	FOREIGN POSTAGE INTACT/WHEN LEAVING MAIL ROOM
STAMPQ	Postage OK. (followed by bar)
STAMPQ	POSTAGE OK AT/SOUTH POSTAL ANNEX/BOSTON, MA 02109
STAMPQ	POSTAGE O.K./SHED STAMP
STAMPQ	POSTAGE OK/USPS 21613
STAMPQ	POSTAGE VERIFIED
STAMPQ	POSTAGE VERIFIED
STAMPQ	POSTAGE VERIFIED AT/USPO, WILMINGTON, DE 19850
STAMPQ	Postage Verified/Wilm, DE 19850
STAMPQ	POSTAGE WAS AFFIXED/RATE OK
STAMPQ	PRESORT/BULK RATE/NON PROFIT/ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN INT'L MAILS/TOUR 2
STAMPQ	RETURN TO SENDER (finger with handwritten IMPROPER USE OF/PRECANCELLED/STAMPS)
STAMPQ	RETURN TO SENDER/BULK OR PRESORT POSTAGE MAY NOT/BE REUSED FOR PERSONAL OR SINGLE/PIECE MAILING
STAMPQ	Return to Sender-/Not acceptable postage./Stamps must not be covered/or reused.
STAMPQ	RETURN TO SENDER/STAMPS INVALID IF RE-USED,/COATED OR COVERED.
STAMPQ	Returned for Postage/B stamps can only be used/on Domestic Mail
STAMPQ	RETURNED FOR POSTAGE/"D" STAMPS NOT VALID/FOR FOREIGN POSTAGE 14692-0000
STAMPQ	RETURNED FOR POSTAGE/FROM REVENUE PROTECTION UNIT-61/PORTLAND, OR 97208-9508
STAMPQ	REVENUE PROTECTION UNIT/GMF 1-2-3/ROCHESTER, NY 14692-9542
STAMPQ	Rochester, NY nixie postmark
STAMPQ	STAMP VOID WHEN COATED,/COVERED, DEFACED OR RE-USED/RETURN TO SENDER
STAMPQ	STAMP VOIDED WHEN CUT/FROM OTHER ENVELOPES/RETURN FOR POSTAGE
STAMPQ	Stamp (s)  void, when, coated,/covered, defaced, or reused./Return for Postage.
STAMPQ	SUFFICIENT POSTAGE AFFIXED AT/TIME OF MAILING AT TYLER,/TEX. 75701 _____
MISC	Miscellaneous
	Deceased
MISC	RETURN TO SENDER/DECEASED/INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46253
MISC	RETURNED TO WRITER/DECEASED
	Diplomatic Mail
MISC	Official Correspondence/CONSULAR MAIL/FREE
MISC	This article originally mailed/in country indicated by postage
MISC	THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY/MAILED IN COUNTRY INDICATED/BY POSTAGE (slogan in postmark)
MISC	Washington D.C.P.O./This article was originally/mailed in country indicated/by postage
	Mail Box Related
MISC	BOX CLOSED - NO ORDERS
MISC	G.M.F. BOXES 14692
MISC	LEFT IN BOX OVER NIGHT
MISC	No Mail Receptacle (with RETURNED TO SENDER/Moved Left No Address/Attempted Not Known/No Such Number/Fwd… finger)
MISC	NO MAIL RECEPTICLE (with PLEASE… INFORM SENDER/THAT YOUR MAIL SHOULD BE/ADDRESSED TO YOUR PO BOX)
MISC	No Mail/Recepticle/RETURNED TO SENDER/Insufficient Address/P.O. Box Number Required (w/ADDRESS NOT DELIVERED/BY MAIL…
MISC	NOT P. O. BOX
MISC	NOT P.O. BOX/MOUNTAINTOP, PA 18707
MISC	RETURNED TO SENDER/BOX CLOSED/NO ORDER
	RETURNED TO SENDER/No Mail Recepticle
MISC	RETURNED TO SENDER/NO MAIL RECEPTACLE/56301-56304
MISC	Please keep approach to box/clear at all times or we will/be unable to deliver your mail./Thank you,/Your postal carrier
MISC	The bottom of the mail box/should be approximately 38"/from the road.
MISC	UNDELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED/NO MAIL BOX ERECTED/RURAL ROUTE #2
	Return Envelope
MISC	On delivery of this letter, Carrier will/please obtain the envelope and name of/mailing Post Office and return to Super/Intendent of  Carriers
MISC	Please return this envelope/for official reasons
	Slogans
MISC	BACK THE BOYS IN THE TRENCHES/BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND/INQUIRE AT ANY BANK OR POST OFFICE
MISC	Do your bit!/BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND/Inquire at any bank or post office
	Unclaimed
MISC	Returned to N.Y.P.O./by "Metro" as unclaimed/NOV 4, 1925/Returned to Writer/INQUIRY SECTION
	UNCLAIMED
MISC	UNCLAIMED/Returned to sender from Buffalo,/N.Y. P.O., Postage due 1 1/2c
	Vacant
MISC	Vacant
MISC	CAPARRA HEIGHTS STA./RETURNED TO SENDER/VACANT
MISC	RETURN TO SENDER/VACANT
	Balance
MISC	(Apollo 11 US Navy Recovery force cachet)
MISC	(test envelope via air mail to Suffern, NY)
MISC	ADVERTISED,/ JUN 24 1907/BARRE, PENNA.
MISC	AUTHORIZED TIME FOR  HAS/EXPIRED
MISC	CANCELLED
MISC	change of address label: DOT MATRIX
MISC	change of address label: TYPED
MISC	City Carrier ___/Rural ___
MISC	DISPATCH PROHIBITTED BY/ORDER NO.19687 SEE/POSTAL BULLETIN JANUARY 8, 1943 (w/POSTAGE DUE 2 cts and finger)
MISC	Do not remail in this envelope.
MISC	FLIGHT CANCELLED/NO SERVICE PROVIDED (with RETURNED TO SENDER finger)
MISC	Form OC-15/RETURNED/TO SENDER/BY CENSOR
MISC	FORWARDED
MISC	FORWARDED
MISC	Forwarded from Albany, NY
MISC	Forwarded from Syracuse, NY
MISC	FORWARD TO:
MISC	FORWARD TO:
MISC	->->->->/FORWARDING ORDER/EXPIRED
MISC	ILLEGIBLE
MISC	INQUIRY SENT
MISC	Letter returned by/Carrier because the ad-/dressee could not be found./-/If the address is correct, or/there is any other reason why the/letter could have been properly/ delivered, please send the envel-/ope to the Postmaster, with a/statement of facts, that an/investigation can be made.
MISC	MISSENT (slogan postmark)
MISC	_Moved, left no address/_No such number/_Moved, not forwardable/_Addressee unknown
MISC	Name Not found in Directory
MISC	NO FACILITIES FOR/DELIVERY OF/CONTRACT MAIL.
MISC	No Longer STS Suppor.
MISC	No Response.  Trip___/ Carrier No.____
MISC	NO STREET DELIVERY (with blank finger)
MISC	Not called fro/RETURN TO SENDER
MISC	NOT THERE- 222 1/2 N
MISC	OBLITERATED BY ADDRESSEE
MISC	Obtain change of address forms from/your carrier or post office to notify/others of your present address
MISC	OPENED IN ERROR/TERRE HAUT, IND.
MISC	POST OFFICE, BOSTON, MASS. / …..189 / The enclosed letter should have been / returned at the time requested by you, / but was not received from ….. / ….until to-day. / Postmaster
MISC	OUTSIDE DELIVERY/LIMITS (with RETURNED TO SENDER mark)
MISC	PHILATELIC MAIL-DO NOT OPEN/DO NOT BEND OR FOLD/DO NOT CANCEL-PROCESS MANUALLY/POSTAGE & FEES PAID…
MISC	POSTAL ZONE CHANGE/IN 1984 - NOW/LATHAM, NY 12110
MISC	Received uncancelled and without/Postmark at Dayton, Ohio
MISC	Received without contents/So. Shore Sta. & Received unsealed at/So. Shore Sta.
MISC	RELEASED BY P.O. INSPECTOR/ENGAGED ON CENSORSHIP.
MISC	RETURN PARCEL TO ADDRESSEE/$1.33 postage is required to remail this package to the sender./Only an unopened... Label 234 Aug 1992
	RETURN TO SENDER
MISC	return to sender/fee due 50 c (PS Form 3547- reproduction of mailpiece with paid meter sticker on it)
MISC	RETURN TO SENDER/ITEM DISCONTINUED
MISC	RETURN TO SENDER/MOVED LEFT NO ADDRESS
MISC	RETURN TO SENDER/NO  ORDER ON FILE/UNABLE TO FORWARD
MISC	RETURN TO STATION/FOR PROPER TREATMENT
MISC	Returned for/Carrier Endorsement
MISC	RETURN TO CARRIER/FOR ENDORSEMENT
	RETURNED TO WRITER
MISC	RETURNED TO WRITER/Can not be found by N.Y. P.O./Aug 15 1918/Do Not Post Again In This Envelope/or Wrapper  (on postal card!)
MISC	Section 562 P L & R (over meter imprint)
MISC	Sender Claims No Writing Enclosed
MISC	Sender claims nothing fragile/or parishable enclosed
MISC	SEVERAL OF SAME/NAME IN DIRECTORY/SEARCHER NO. 1,/STATION-L/N.Y.P.O.
MISC	TOO LATE/STEAMER SAILED
MISC	Unclaimed at General Delivery
MISC	UNKNOWN (with RETURN TO WRITER finger in lower left corner)
MISC	VIA 20th CENTURY
MISC	Via Clipper Ship
MISC	VOIDED
MISC	assorted UNABOMBER tray  certification USPS stickers
Private Markings
PRIVATE	COMPANY NO LONGER EXIST/Return to Sender/Delete from your Mailing List
PRIVATE	GTE LABORATORIES/INCORPORATED/40 Sylvan Road/Waltham, Mass. 02154
PRIVATE	INSPECTED BY ____/SPOKANE COUNTY JAIL in box (with RECEIVED/DEC 1 1992/SPO. CO. JAIL)
PRIVATE	INTERNALLY/RECORDED MAIL/No. 28-3216
PRIVATE	MAILED FROM/OCCUPIED MISSISSIPPI
PRIVATE	MIS-DIRECTED BY U.S. POST OFFICE/INADVERTENTLY OPENED AT XEROX CORPORATION (in box)
PRIVATE	MISSENT/TO/ROCHESTER GAS AND ELECTRIC/CORPORATION
PRIVATE	MISSENT TO ROCHESTER TELEPHONE
PRIVATE	Moved To/St. John's University/Grand Central & Utopia Pkwy,/UJamaica 32, New York
PRIVATE	NOT AT AMOCO OIL CO./IN TEXAS CITY/RETURN TO SENDER
PRIVATE	NOT AT/HAMPSHIRE HOUSE/PLEASE/RETURN TO SENDER
PRIVATE	NOT AT HOTEL ESSEX
PRIVATE	NOT IN / HOUSING
PRIVATE	NOT ON BOARD/S.S. PRES. JEFFERSON___JUL 14 1975
PRIVATE	"OPENED IN ERROR/AT CITIBANK N.Y.S."
PRIVATE	Received from/NYCR
PRIVATE	REFUSED/BY FIRST CHICAGO NATIONAL PROCESSING CORP.  (in box)
PRIVATE	RETURN TO SENDER?CANNOT LOCATE/AT G. E. Co./CINTI., OHIO 45215
PRIVATE	RETURN TO SENDER/_ NO RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT/_NO LONGER AT BOC - LANSING/_RETIRED / QUIT/_UNDELIV…
PRIVATE	RETURN TO SENDER - NOT AT/THE M. W. KELLOGG COMPANY
PRIVATE	RETURN TO SENDER/NOT AT ZENITH
PRIVATE	RETURN TO SENDER/_Person no longer works here./_Person unknown./_Company not at this address.
PRIVATE	The Department of Corrections has/neither censored nor inspected/this item; therefore the Department/does not assume…
PRIVATE	THE WHITE HOUSE/WASHINGTON, D. C.
PRIVATE	THIS ENVELOPE OPENED BY CENTRAL MAIL/TO DETERMINE DEPARTMENT HANDLING/SAME. CONTENTS UNDIST…
PRIVATE	THIS MAIL GENERATED FROM/CALIPATRIA STATE PRISON
PRIVATE	UNCLAIMED AT/THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO (with INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS mark)
PRIVATE	UNCALLED FOR  AT/METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER
PRIVATE	UNCALLED FOR  AT/METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER
PRIVATE	UNCALLED FOR  AT/METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER
FOREIGN	Foreign Marks
FOREIGN	AL REMITENTE
FOREIGN	FORWARDED/AS A/COURTESY/Mail with/insufficient/postage may be/returned to/sender in future (in box w/French transl.ation to right)
FOREIGN	INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID FOR AIRMAIL
FOREIGN	Mal Encaminado/El Salvador, C. A.
FOREIGN	Per transatlantischen/luchtdienst/LISSABON-NEW YORK
FOREIGN	Returned for better direction/and fresh postage
FOREIGN	SURFACE MAIL
FOREIGN	UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER (in box)
FOREIGN	UNCLAIMED_/ADDRESS INSUFFICIENT_/ADDRESS ILLEGIBLE_/NOT KNOWN_/LEFT ADDRESS_/REFUSED_/NO ADDRESS (in box)
FOREIGN	Under Certificate of Posting
	T Marks
FOREIGN	T CENTS (in a circle)
FOREIGN	T CENTS (in a circle, bar between) with SHORT PAID UNIT/UNITE DES ENVOIS INSUFFISAMENT/AFFRANCHIS/2002-10-2 7/,… (in box)
FOREIGN	T bar 10 1/2 (in box)
FOREIGN	T- 7/27 (in circle)
FOREIGN	T (in circle)
FOREIGN	POSTAGE PAID/PORT PAYE/POSGELGBETAAL (in circle)