Machine Postmarks

The Machine Postmarks started to be used on MAuritius in the end of the 1940's. Proud noted the first Machine Postmark used during spring 1950. A machine postmark consists of two parts. A cds and a slogan part. A machine postmark or machine cancellation is a postmark or cancellation on mail that is applied by a mechanical device rather than with the use of a handstamp. Nearly all machine-cancellation devices apply both postmark and cancellation simultaneously.