United States Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/Sub-group AR-AAF: Stamps used primarily at combined Army and Air Force bases
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Sub-group AR-AAF: Stamps used primarily at combined Army and Air Force bases
[edit | edit source]- Earliest date seen, 1956.
Type AAF-IA4A in 2001 edition![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/USA_meter_stamp_AR-AAF1p1A.jpg/250px-USA_meter_stamp_AR-AAF1p1A.jpg)
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/USA_meter_stamp_AR-AAF3.jpg/270px-USA_meter_stamp_AR-AAF3.jpg)
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/USA_meter_stamp_AR-AAF4.jpg/510px-USA_meter_stamp_AR-AAF4.jpg)
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AR-AAF1.1. Pitney Bowes.
- Type IA4.1 with town marks:
- A. ARMY & AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE at top, town, state, 5-digit number and APO and two-, three- or five-digit number at bottom.
- B. As A but with dash (-) instead of ampersand (&) between ARMY and AIR FORCE (ARMY-AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE
- C. As A but with SERVICE abbreviated to SVC (ARMY & AIR FORCE POSTAL SVC
- Meter numbers in 100000, 300000 and 800000 series.
- V/F: ≋ 00 :
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/USA_meter_stamp_AR-AAF1p2.jpg/255px-USA_meter_stamp_AR-AAF1p2.jpg)
AR-AAF1.2. Pitney Bowes.
- Type IA4.5 with town mark: ARMY & AIR FORCE POSTAL SVC at top, APO and number at bottom.
- Meter numbers in 388000 and 600000 series plus 170076 also seen.
- V/F: ≋ 00 : (widely spaced colon dots)
NOTE. Found both with and without period after SVC.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Image_needed_short.jpg/210px-Image_needed_short.jpg)
AR-AAF2. Pitney Bowes. [RRRR]
- Type IB4 with town mark: ARMY & AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE at top, APO 942 at bottom. (211952)
- V/F:
. 00
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/USA_meter_stamp_AR-AAF3.jpg/270px-USA_meter_stamp_AR-AAF3.jpg)
AR-AAF3. Pitney Bowes.
- Type IC4.1 with town mark: ARMY & AIR FORCE POSTAL SVC at top, APO and five-digit number at bottom.
- - APO 96263 (862637)
- - APO 96310 (850089)
- - APO 96312 (818977)
- - APO 96337 (819245)
- - APO 96346 (844970)
- V/F:
. 00 (for values over 99 cents: ≋1. 00
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/USA_meter_stamp_AR-AAF4.jpg/510px-USA_meter_stamp_AR-AAF4.jpg)
AR-AAF4. Postalia (Tele-Norm). [RR]
- Type JA2.1 with town mark: ARMY AND AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE at top, 09403 / APO at bottom.
- One meter only: T-N 608 869
- V/F: ≋.00
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/USA_meter_stamp_AR-AAF5.jpg/230px-USA_meter_stamp_AR-AAF5.jpg)
AR-AAF5. Friden. [RRR]
- Type KB1.1 with town mark: ARMY & AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE at top, APO and number at bottom.
- - APO 96262 (030362)
- - APO 96374 (030368, 030567)
- V/F: ≋.00≋