Time in code letter form : part 3

Abstract

Code letters appear also on handstamps used by the various branches of the General Post Office. Here is a detailed study of the Code letters and their meaning on handstamps employed in different departments: The Returned Letter Branch, G.P.O., Malta, 24 mm single ring was used on mail that could not be delivered before it was returned to the sender. Code letters "A" to "E" were used; the "A" coded handstamp as the early morning and the "E" as the late evening handstamp with code letters "B", "C" and "D", in between times. The Malta Study Circle (Malta Newsletter, Vol. 5 No. 3, March 1966), reports a late 1957 use of this handstamp but without code letter, as it was accompanied by a Valletta c.d.s. A double ring 27 mm Returned Letter Office, Malta, superseded this handstamp and is known to have been used with Code Letters "A" and "B", with an asterisk or without anything at all. [excerpt]