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5.2 ERRORS, MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND MISUSES –BYPOSTAL AGENCIES

ERRONEOUS CANCELLATION OF REPLY PART AT INITIAL MAILING OF THE DOUBLE CARD
Premature cancellation of the franking at the point of sending of the double card did not always lead to the
prepayment was rejected for return postage or remained unused.

Hawaii international reply card with the incipium erroneously cancelled at the time of sending the double card
on 17.12.1891 in Kukuihaele. The card was returned from Germany with no complaints concerning the
cancelled incipium. These Hawaii cards are seldom and use in gKukuihaele is not frequent.

Uprated domestic reply card from the Russian Offices in China franked at 4 Kopek. The Franking was
prematurely cancelled in Tientsin on 04.08.1907 (17.07.1907 acc. Gregorian calendar) and returned from
Germany on without objections.

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