United States Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/GROUP OA – Official Armed Forces government business mail franks/Sub-group OA-MAR: Stamps used primarily for Marine Corps official business

Sub-group OA-MAR: Official Mail meter stamps used primarily for Marine Corps official business

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

Type OO-IC3B(sub d, e, f) in 2001 edition

OA-MAR1.1. "Pitney Bowes 5303, 5336, 5382", 1979.

Corresponds to Type IC3.1., OO-A2.1.

V/F: ≋0 .00 (range: 0.01 to 99.99)

a. Town mark contains "U.S.M.C." (U.S. Marine Corps) and no town name: U.S.M.C. / FPO 98773(3315230) [R]

b. Town mark contains "USMC" and no town name: USMC FPO / 98773(3315230) [R]

c. Town mark reads: U.S. MARINE CORPS FPO / 96310 (3315233) [R]

Type OO-IC4 in 2001 edition

OA-MAR1.2. "Pitney Bowes 5313", 1979.

Corresponds to Type IC4.1, OO-A2.2.

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. ZIP code at bottom of town mark:

- KANEOHE MCAS HAWAII / 96863(3025273) [R]

b. Town mark reads:US MARINE CORPS / FPO 98764(3025523)

c. Town mark has U.S.M.C. at top and 5-digit number at bottom:

- 96607 (3025328, 3025516)

- 98764 (3025465)

d. Town mark reads:USMC 1STFSSG CAMP PENDELTON / CA. (3025266, 3025352, 3025493, 3025526)

Type OO-IE1, OO-A4 in previous editions

OA-MAR2. "Pitney Bowes 6500" series.

Corresponds to Type IE1, OO-A4.

As previous OO-A types but the value box is much wider than tall.

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 reads:KANEOHE MCAS HAWAII / 96863(6251835)