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When a letter cannot be delivered, these is notified by a range of cachets. Three basic designs are known:
- "اعيدت الرسالة للأسباب التالية" or
"اعيدت الرسالة للاسباب التالية" (translates as "The letter was returned for the following reasons"
- "POSTE بريــــد" or "POSTE بريـد"
- no heading, first line reads "UN KNOWN غير معروف"
- English only heading "RETURN TO SENDER / TICK AS APPROPRIATE"
The former two desigs exist in a number of types.
Cachet sizes vary.
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Type INC01
(note different "EN VOYAGE" to type 06)
ca. 32.2x70.2mm
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Type INC02
ca. 32.8x69.6mm
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Type INC03
serifed font
ca. 58.7x54.9mm
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Type INC04
un-serifed font
ca. 51.7x61.1mm
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Type INC05
larger font than type 03
ca. 53.0x63.5mm
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Type INC06
(note different "EN VOYAGE" to type 01)
ca. 33.0x69.1mm
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Type INC07
ca. 51.2x60.6mm
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Type INC08
ca. 32.3x59.7
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Type INC09
ca. 58.4x50.7mm
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Type INC10
ca. 63.0x39.5mm
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Type INC11
ca. 59.4x70.2mm
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Datestamp inscribed "CASH" are used for Postal bank transactions and payment of bills. There are several types of boxed cachet, with some with rounded corners (type 3 and 4), using different inscription and fonts. Arab inscription generally مكتب بريد or بريد and the office's name and الصندوق or صندوق with the branch-code on both left (bottom-to-top) and right (top-to-bottom) segements. The central datestamp is applied manually in some cachets (?)
Cachet sizes vary.
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Type CASH01
"CASH", "POST OFFICE" and name upper case, un-serifed
ca. 47.8-48.7x27.9-28.9mm
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Type CASH02
"POST OFFICE" and name upper case, un-serifed, "CASH" upper case and serifed
ca. 47.7x28.mm
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Type CASH03
rounded corners, "CASH" and "POST OFFICE" in upper case, all un-serifed. (Type 04 without latin office's name, only known from Bidya)
ca. 47.8x27.8mm
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Type CASH04
rounded corners, "CASH" and "POST OFFICE" in upper case, name in mixed cased, all un-serifed.
ca. 56.0x36.6mm
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Type CASH05
"cash" in lower case un-serfied, "POST OFFICE" and name in mixed cased and serfied
ca. 47.5x29.5mm
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Type CASH06
all serifed and upper case
ca. 48.2x28.9mm
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Type CASH07
"CASH" and name upper case, un-serifed, no "POST OFFICE", no branch-code left & right (known only from Saffa, West Ramallah)
ca. 47.5x26.8mm
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