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Several of the examples have been used elsewhere, but are repeated here because their coding was probably not mentioned, and certainly not explained.
This is a continuous roller cancel with alternating CDS and word/picture box, with top and bottom marginal lines: so the code has the prefix 'R'. The CDS is a postcode with lines above & below the date/time, so is coded P3; also it's sideways so the code is suffixed 's'. The accompanying box contains a small picture and many words so is coded +V. The final code is therefore RP3s+V.
This is a Double Circle Ring, code DR, with despatch information (coded 'e'), 2 stars, and a counter letter (coded 'b'). The lettering is non-italic sanserif (coded 'g'). The date has the year (coded 'j'). So it's a code gDRjeb** which takes the short-form code DRe**. It is flanked by 8 parallel straight lines so add suffix +8L. Final coding: DRe**+8L.
This improbable-looking example is traced from a stamp cancelled on a Parcel Card! It's a Single Circle with year, despatch, counter letter and 2 dots/stars: code gEje**. Suffix +22W I suppose, though it would be better to explain it in a comment!
This is the more usual appearance of a stamp cancelled on then removed from a Parcel Card. It's probably a bridge cancel, type DB, though as often happens the distinguishing part of the marking is just off the cancel!
This large circle with words and picture inside is an Ortswerbestempel, as it happens, but for cancel classification purposes it's a single ring cancel with town name in sanserif, in-ring slogan seriffed, in-ring picture, date with year & despatch: so it's a gaEjeb+V.
This is a continuous roller cancel with alternating CDS and word/picture box, with top and bottom marginal lines: so the code has the prefix 'R'. The CDS is a postcode without lines above & below the date/time, so is coded P2. The accompanying box contains a small picture and many words so is coded +V. The final code is therefore RP2+V.
This is a continuous roller cancel with alternating CDS and wavy lines: so the code has the prefix 'R'. The CDS is a postcode without lines above & below the date/time, so is coded P2; also it's sideways so the code is suffixed 's'. There are 6 accompanying wavy lines, coded +6W. The final code is therefore RP2+6W.
This is a single-strike roller cancel with CDS and picture-with-words: so the code has the prefix 'M'. The CDS is a postcode with lines above & below the date/time, so is coded MP3; also it's sideways so the code is suffixed 's'. The accompanying box contains a picture and words so is coded +V. The final code is therefore MP3s+V.
This is a postcode cancel with counter letter, day/month, year, despatch time in four lines, so is a type P1. It is accompanied by 5 wavy lines, coded +5W, so acquires the prefix M and the full code MP1+5W.
This is a postcode cancel with counter letter, day/month/year, and a short line where the despatch time ought to be, so is also type P1, slightly different in layout from the previous example, and with '(e)' in the code because of the missing despatch time. It is accompanied by a picture with words, coded +V, so acquires the prefix M and the full code MP1(e)+V.
This is a postcode cancel with counter letter above day/month/year/despatch time in a single line in the middle, so is type P2. It is accompanied by a slogan, coded +V, so acquires the prefix M and the full code MP2+V.
This is a postcode cancel with counter letter above day/month/year/despatch time in a single line in the middle, with a line above & below them, so is type P3. It is accompanied by 5 wavy lines, coded +5W, so acquires the prefix M and the full code MP3+5W.
This is a postcode cancel with counter letter above day/month/year/despatch time in a single line in the middle, with a line above & below them, so is type P3. It is accompanied by a slogan, coded +V, so acquires the prefix M and the full code MP3+V.
On the left is a postcode cancel with counter letter above day/month/year/despatch time in a single line in the middle, with a line above & below them, so is type P3. Because it is from LIENZ, it should have small triangles at "5 and 7 o'clock", so '(d)' is added to the code which is P3(d). On the right is the same example with the triangles reinstated, so coded P3d. See here for more details of triangles!
This is a postcode cancel with counter letter above day/month/year/despatch time in a single line in the middle, with a line above & below them, so is type P3. Because it is from St Wolfgang, it should have small triangles at "5 and 7 o'clock", and it does, so d is added to the code. To the left is a 'picture with words' which is coded +V. The whole cancel is applied by machine, not a hand-held canceller, so earning prefix 'M'. The final coding is thus MP3d+V. See here for more details of triangles!
This is a Special Cancellation, so is not covered by our system.
This is a Postablage cancel, used in 1938. The letters are partly serif and there is no date so our code is aKo**. See the Postablage section section for explanation!
This is another Postablage cancel: PHSt-Postcode type, our code KE. See the Postablage section for explanation!
This is a 3-section box, code K3, with sanserif type, date in the middle, and counter letter with stars in the bottom. So our code is gK3jb**.
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