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United States/BOB & Other : Some of my precancels and a couple of questions

 

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hblairh
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23 Nov 2015
01:38:27pm
Shortly after I started my stamp collection I bought a group... a HUGE group of precancels on ebay as I have mentioned in another thread. Here are some photos of some of them and I have a question about a couple of them for those of you who are "in the know" about these.

Thanks in advance,
Blair

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on the two joined stamps. the "K" on the second stamp appears to be just an outline...

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my questions are about the next two:

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Is this a precancel? It appears to be Calias, Maine.

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and is it unusual to see a precancel on a higher denomination stamp like this 17c?





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smauggie
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23 Nov 2015
02:08:06pm
re: Some of my precancels and a couple of questions

Regarding the "Ghost" K - this is fairly typical of an underinked die.

Yes, I do believe the Calais stamp is a precancel.

Regarding the 17cent stamp. This particular stamp was a workhorse for certain companies who had to send items by registered mail. While these precanceled stamps are not as ubiquitous as others they are by no means scarce.



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michael78651

23 Nov 2015
09:34:48pm
re: Some of my precancels and a couple of questions

I think the Calais, Maine, mark is a box cancel.

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24 Nov 2015
09:33:50am
re: Some of my precancels and a couple of questions

My primary reasons for thinking so is that at the top of the stamp you can just see the bottom part of the lettering "Maine" and a line underneath. It looks like a repeating design.

Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between a local precancel and a box cancel. I still think it is a precancel, but I have been proven wrong before.

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michael78651

24 Nov 2015
04:52:23pm
re: Some of my precancels and a couple of questions

The angle of the cancel, and the font of the letters is what makes me think it is a box cancel. (Like you, I have been wrong before as well.)

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24 Nov 2015
08:06:25pm
re: Some of my precancels and a couple of questions

This might help. A chart of the different pre-cancel types.

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24 Nov 2015
08:49:20pm
re: Some of my precancels and a couple of questions

Thanks everyone!

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hblairh

23 Nov 2015
01:38:27pm

Shortly after I started my stamp collection I bought a group... a HUGE group of precancels on ebay as I have mentioned in another thread. Here are some photos of some of them and I have a question about a couple of them for those of you who are "in the know" about these.

Thanks in advance,
Blair

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on the two joined stamps. the "K" on the second stamp appears to be just an outline...

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my questions are about the next two:

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Is this a precancel? It appears to be Calias, Maine.

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and is it unusual to see a precancel on a higher denomination stamp like this 17c?





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smauggie

23 Nov 2015
02:08:06pm

re: Some of my precancels and a couple of questions

Regarding the "Ghost" K - this is fairly typical of an underinked die.

Yes, I do believe the Calais stamp is a precancel.

Regarding the 17cent stamp. This particular stamp was a workhorse for certain companies who had to send items by registered mail. While these precanceled stamps are not as ubiquitous as others they are by no means scarce.



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michael78651

23 Nov 2015
09:34:48pm

re: Some of my precancels and a couple of questions

I think the Calais, Maine, mark is a box cancel.

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smauggie

24 Nov 2015
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re: Some of my precancels and a couple of questions

My primary reasons for thinking so is that at the top of the stamp you can just see the bottom part of the lettering "Maine" and a line underneath. It looks like a repeating design.

Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between a local precancel and a box cancel. I still think it is a precancel, but I have been proven wrong before.

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michael78651

24 Nov 2015
04:52:23pm

re: Some of my precancels and a couple of questions

The angle of the cancel, and the font of the letters is what makes me think it is a box cancel. (Like you, I have been wrong before as well.)

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seanpashby

24 Nov 2015
08:06:25pm

re: Some of my precancels and a couple of questions

This might help. A chart of the different pre-cancel types.

here

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hblairh

24 Nov 2015
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re: Some of my precancels and a couple of questions

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