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United States Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/GROUP OA – Official Armed Forces government business mail franks/Sub-group OA-FPO: Stamps with "FPO" (Fleet Post Office) in the town mark but without indication of which military service used the meter

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Sub-group AR-FPO: Official Mail meter stamps with "FPO" (Fleet Post Office) in the town mark but without indication of which military service used the meter edit

  • Some of these stamps are quite elusive but their actual rarity is not known.


Type OO-IC4 or OO-A2.2 in previous editions

OA-FPO1. "Pitney Bowes 5313".

Corresponds to Type IC4.1, OO-A2.2 (part).
Value figures with wide wavy-line triad at left and no symbol at right (does not print fractions of a cent).
When printing dollar values a narrow wavy-line triad appears left of the dollar number.
 
Meter numbers:   3020000 series
V/F:    .00  ≋1.00♦  (range:  .01 to 9.99)

♦  Stamps with dollar values show a small wavy-line triad at left of the dollar number. These stamps resemble Type OO-A2.1 stamps. They can be differentiated by the placement of the decimal and the right-most number. See close-up scans at right.

a. Town and state at top of town mark, "FPO" and 5-digit number at bottom
b. As a but with 9-digit number at bottom
c. "FPO" and town name or abbreviation at top of town mark, 5-digit number at bottom
d. As c but with 9-digit number at bottom


Type OO-IE1 or OO-A4 in previous editions

OA-FPO2. "Pitney Bowes 6500" series.

Corresponds to Type IE1, OO-A4.
As previous OO-A types but the value box is much wider than tall.
A. Wavy lines at left in value figures, 2mm tall (≋)
Meter numbers: 6250000 series
V/F:  ≋ 0 .00 ≋  (range:  .001 to 99.999)
a. Town mark with town and state at top,FPO and 5-digit number at bottom
b. As a, but with 9-digit number at bottom
c. Town mark with FPO and town designation at top with 5-digit number at bottom
d. As c, but with 9-digit number at bottom
e. Town mark with FPO AP or FPO AE at top, 5-digit number at bottom
f. Town mark reads: FPO SAN FRANCISCO / 96654 (without state)  (6250128)


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