Pitney Bowes Meter


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ImageShipClassificationDimensions
ASHLAND
LSD 48
Meter PB (#8666171) FPO AE 09564 n/a
BARRY
DDG 52
Meter PB (#8646908) FPO AE 09565 n/a
BATAAN
LHD 5
Meter PB (#8648395) ZIP FPO AE 09554n/a
BENFOLD
DDG 65
Meter PB (#8774341) FPO AP 96661n/a
BENFOLD
DDG 65
Meter PB (#8613304) FPO AP 96670n/a
BLUE RIDGE
LCC 196
Meter PB (#8631532) FPO AP 96628n/a
BOONE
FFG 28
Meter PB (#8637646) FPO AA 34093n/a
CAPE ST GEORGE
CG 71
Meter PB (#8687269) FPO AP 96662 n/a
CARTER HALL
LSD 50
Meter PB (#8731992) FPO AE 09573 n/a
CHOSIN
CG 65
Meter PB (#8762209) FPO AP 96662 n/a
COLE
DDG 67
Meter PB (#8637646) FPO AE 09566 n/a
COLE
DDG 67
Meter PB (#8660461) FPO AE 09566 n/a
CROMMELIN
FFG 37
Meter PB (#8667506) FPO AP 96674n/a
CROMMELIN
FFG 37
Meter PB (#8774901) FPO AP 96662n/a
CURTIS WILBUR
DDG 54
Meter PB (#8600334) FPO AP 96683n/a
DECATUR
DDG 73
Meter PB (#8564320) FPO AP 96663 31
DENVER
LPD 9
Meter PB (#8635716) FPO AP 96663 n/a
DUBUQUE
LPD 8
Meter PB (#8655652) FPO AP 96663n/a
ELROD
FFG 55
Meter PB (#8662241) FPO AE 09568n/a
ESSEX
LHD 2
Meter PB (#8715089) FPO AP 96669n/a
FARRAGUT
DDG 99
Meter PB (#8685860) FPO AA 34091 n/a
FITZGERALD
DDG 62
Meter PB (#8631012) FPO AP 96661n/a
GRIDLEY
DDG 101
Meter PB (#8521852) FPO AP 96666 n/a
HALSEY
DDG 97
Meter PB (#8654109) FPO AP 96667 n/a
HAWES
FFG 53
Meter PB (#8543333) FPO AE 09573 n/a
HIGGINS
DDG 76
Meter PB (#8553515) FPO AP 96667n/a
HOPPER
DDG 70
Meter PB (#8579302) FPO AP 96667 n/a
IWO JIMA
LHD 7
Meter PB (#8731444) FPO AE 09574 n/a
JAMES E WILLIAMS
DDG 95
Meter PB (#8672809) FPO AE 09554 n/a
JAMES E WILLIAMS
DDG 95
Meter PB (#8544542) FPO AE 09575 n/a
JOHN PAUL JONES
DDG 53
Meter PB (#8521852) ZIP FPO AP 96669 n/a
JOHN S MCCAIN
DDG 56
Meter PB (#8513139) FPO AP 96672 n/a
KAUFFMAN
FFG 59
Meter PB (#8677051) FPO AE 09576 n/a
KEARSARGE
LHD 3
Meter PB (#8581771) FPO AE 09534n/a
KITTY HAWK
CV 63
Meter PB (#8511622) ZIP 91950 n/a
LASSEN
DDG 82
Meter PB (#8558251) FPO AP 96671n/a
MAKIN ISLAND
LHD 8
Meter PB (#8635716) FPO AP 96672n/a
MCCAMPBELL
DDG 85
Meter PB (#8640859) FPO AP 96672n/a
McCLUSKY
FFG 41
Meter PB (#8640859) FPO AP 96672 n/a
McFAUL
DDG 74
Meter PB (#8641028) FPO AE 09578 n/a
MILIUS
DDG 69
Meter PB (#8596380) FPO AP 96672 n/a
MILIUS
DDG 69
Meter PB (#8635716) FPO AP 96672 n/a
MOMSEN
DDG 92
Meter PB (#8723014) FPO AP 96672 n/a
MONTEREY
CG 61
Meter PB (#8590769) FPO AE 09578n/a
NICHOLAS
FFG 47
Meter PB4 (#5204213) Norfolk, VA n/a
NICHOLAS
FFG 47
Meter PB (#8559201) FPO AE 09579 n/a
NITZE
DDG 94
Meter PB (#8731619) FPO AE 09569
Note: Zip is 09569 instead of 09579.
n/a
O'KANE
DDG 77
Meter PB (#8667506) FPO AP 96674 n/a
O'KANE
DDG 77
Meter PB (#8579302) FPO AP 96674
 
Note: PB meter on PVI meter stock.
n/a
OAK HILL
LSD 51
Meter PB (#8514522) FPO AE 09573 n/a
OSCAR AUSTIN
DDG 79
Meter PB (#8660461) FPO AE 09591n/a
PELELIU
LHA 5
Meter PB (#8774901) FPO AP 96624 n/a
PONCE
LPD 15
Meter PB (#8590769) FPO AE 09582 n/a
PORTER
DDG 78
Meter PB (#8565310) FPO AE 09582 n/a
PREBLE
DDG 88
Meter PB (#8744966) FPO AP 96675n/a
RAMAGE
DDG 61
Meter PB (#8678992) FPO AE 09568
Note: Zip is 09568 instead of 09586.
n/a
RAMAGE
DDG 61
Meter PB (#8657980) FPO AE 09586 n/a
RENTZ
FFG 46
Meter PB (#8687269) FPO AP 96677 n/a
REUBEN JAMES
FFG 47
Meter PB (#8626581) FPO AP 96669 n/a
REUBEN JAMES
FFG 47
Meter PB (#8762209) FPO AP 96662 n/a
ROSS
DDG 71
Meter PB (#8565310) FPO AE 09586n/a
ROBERT G BRADLEY
FFG 49
Meter PB (#8666171) FPO AA 34090 n/a
RUSSELL
DDG 59
Meter PB (#8600912) FPO AP 96674 n/a
SAMPSON
DDG 102
Meter PB (#8696534) FPO AP 96678 n/a
SAN ANTONIO
LPD 17
Meter PB (#8517677) FPO AE 09564 n/a
SHOUP
DDG 86
Meter PB (#8732839) FPO AP 96678 n/a
SIMPSON
FFG 56
Meter PB (#8512759) FPO AA 34093 n/a
STEPHEN W GROVES
FFG 29
Meter PB2 (#953135) FPO AA 34091 1485 n/a
STETHEM
DDG 63
Meter PB (#8702050) FPO AP 96678n/a
TAYLOR
FFG 50
Meter PB (#8556475) FPO AA 34093n/a
THACH
FFG 43
Meter PB (#8737477) FPO AP 96679 n/a
THE SULLIVANS
DDG 68
Meter PB (#8655442) FPO AA 34093 n/a

Cancel dial dimensions are given in millimeters. If not circular, the first dimension is horizontal and the second dimension is vertical.


For the 2007 postmark survey, the Custodian of Postal Effects from the USS Hopper DDG-70 not only included the meter, but left it on the tape sheet! This gives us a look at how the new Pitney Bowes meters (starting in 2006?) are generated. The tape has blanks for two meters that peel away - essentially like self-adhesive stamps. The entire sheet measures 6 x 4 inches with each meter measuring 6 x 1 3/4 inches.

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For the 2008 postmark survey, the Custodian of Postal Effects from the USS Cole DDG-67 provided clarification on the usage of Meters: "[They] are only used now whenever ships are visiting foreign countries or during deployments, once they return from their deployment they get turned into the Post Office."


Last Updated: Sep 6, 2011
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