Subject: Re: NYNJ - Here: official postal marking<br/>
Date: May 10, 2003 @ 14:12<br/>
Author: L. A. Nadybal (&quot;L. A. Nadybal&quot; &lt;lnadybal@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1621360438">Arif&#39;s subject &quot;NYNJ&quot; reminded me that, when the US Postal Service<br/>
issues stamps, its first days of issue ceremonies usually are a day in<br/>
advance of nationwide sale at one designated post office.  The &quot;first<br/>
day post office&#39;s normal cancellation device is changed to read on<br/>
that day &quot;First Day of Issue&quot; and is used to cancel all mail bearing<br/>
the newly issued stamp(s).  Ellis Island has been such a site since<br/>
the 1960s at least, and the official, federal government cancellation<br/>
device from the temporary post offices opened on the island for these<br/>
occasions reads &quot;Ellis Island - NY/NJ&quot;.<br/>
<br/>
For what it&#39;s worth.<br/>
<br/>
LN <br/>
<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, Arif Samad &lt;fHoiberg@y...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; You know what a polygon with infinite side is?  It&#39;s a<br/>
&gt; circle.  And circles have a measurable perimeter... </span></blockquote></div>