Missing Postmarks on Bombs Sent to Democrats. What Does It Mean?

 

 

 

 

In October 2018 there were multiple news reports about "bombs" being sent through the US Mail to prominent democrats and critics of President Trump. Some reports noted that the stamps on the packages were not canceled, and the Snopes web-site wrote that while it is USPS policy to cancel stamps on items processed by the USPS "Not every standard procedure is an absolute, especially when it comes to the U.S. Postal Service."  

 

Fair enough, if one of the packages supposedly sent through the mail failed to have canceled stamps, maybe the USPS just didn't follow procedure on that package. And, ABC News has noted that: “While some have made note of the fact that the devices were not postmarked, multiple officials have said this was not uncommon, and that because of the soft packaging they could not go through automated sorting machines to have their postage canceled.”

 

But, what does it mean when none of the packages have canceled stamps?  

 

(I recently received a couple of items in soft packages, with postage stamps on the plastic bag the items were sent in, and the stamps all had postmarks.)

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