United States Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/GROUP OA – Official Armed Forces government business mail franks/Sub-group OA-MAR: Stamps used primarily for Marine Corps official business

Sub-group OA-MAR: Official Mail meter stamps used primarily for Marine Corps official business Some of these stamps are quite elusive but their actual rarity is not known. Type OO-IC3B(sub d, e, f) in 2001 edition 3 OA-MAR1.1. "Pitney Bowes 5303, 5336, 5382", 1979. Corresponds to Type IC3.1., OO-A2.1. V/F: 12px≋0 .00 12px(range: 5px0.01 to 99.99) a. Town mark contains "U.S.M.C." (U.S. Marine Corps) and no town name: 8pxU.S.M.C. / FPO 9877312px(3315230) 12px[R] b. Town mark contains "USMC" and no town name: 8pxUSMC FPO / 9877312px(3315230) 12px[R] c. Town mark reads: 8pxU.S. MARINE CORPS FPO / 96310 12px(3315233) 12px[R] 1 blue Type OO-IC4 in 2001 edition OA-MAR1.2. "Pitney Bowes 5313", 1979. Corresponds to Type IC4.1, OO-A2.2. Value figures with wide wavy-line triad at left and no symbol at right (does not print fractions of a cent). When printing dollar values a narrow wavy-line triad appears left of the dollar number. right|150px Meter numbers: 8px 3020000 series V/F: 12px16px .00 12px≋1.00♦ 12px(range: 5px.01 to 9.99) ♦12px Stamps with dollar values show a small wavy-line triad at left of the dollar number. These stamps resemble Type OO-A2.1 stamps. They can be differentiated by the placement of the decimal and the right-most number. See close-up scans at right. a. ZIP code at bottom of town mark: - 8pxKANEOHE MCAS HAWAII / 9686312px(3025273) 8px[R] b. Town mark reads:12pxUS MARINE CORPS / FPO 9876412px(3025523) c. Town mark has U.S.M.C. at top and 5-digit number at bottom: - 8px96607 12px(3025328, 3025516) - 8px98764 12px(3025465) d. Town mark reads:12pxUSMC 1STFSSG CAMP PENDELTON / CA. 12px(3025266, 3025352, 3025493, 3025526) Type OO-IE1, OO-A4 in previous editions OA-MAR2. "Pitney Bowes 6500" series. Corresponds to Type IE1, OO-A4. As previous OO-A types but the value box is much wider than tall. Wavy lines at left in value figures, 2mm tall (≋) Meter numbers: 6250000 series V/F: 12px≋ 0 .00 ≋ 12px(range: 5px.001 to 99.999) a. Town mark reads:12pxKANEOHE MCAS HAWAII / 9686312px(6251835)