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Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
I picked these up from Jim Forte several months ago when he had a %50 off sale.
Thanks Bob for the heads up for that sale.
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11:42:18am
Great stuff Vince and thanks for starting a new post! I just have one V-mail, a very ordinary one, just so I have an example! I can certainly understand why someone would want to collect them!!!
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United States of America, Scott number R184, block of 4, Series 1898 revenues stamps, $1.00
Looking for background on this cancel please? I have been able to find any information on this cancel?
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United States of America, Scott number R163r, on an instrument "Maine Central Railroad Corporation" similar to a bill of lading. series 1898 Revenues
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From my Collection: Maximilian Empire, Imperial Eagle, 8 reales Red. Second Period, 145-1864 (Large numbers) - District "TAMPICO" (145) used in Tampico with Schatzkés Postmark No. 1581 "CORREOS TAMPICO". Only 500 stamps were printed. Invoice 145 from August 8, 1864.
Notes: (Resource, Jesper Andersen).
All Tampico 8R stamps are scarce to rare. The 8R 62-1865 may not exist and perhaps only 227 of invoice 218-1864 were sold. The 8R from 145-1864 is more available, but still very difficult. (and now is rare!).
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United States of America Scott numbers RC10 (overprinted future delivery in RED one only) & R244 & R232 (hand scribed FD) on instrument.
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Unknown why RC10 is included in with the other hand scribed future deliver stamps (I suppose a $1.00 USD R240 was not available)
This is the only example I've ever seen, are there others?
A gift from a long time friend
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United States of America, Series of 1877 Special Tax Stamps, Not listed in Scott
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United States of America, Scott number R163r, Series 1898 Revenue Stamp, Bill of Lading, for West Shore Railroad, for Cotton goods
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Recent acquisition!
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From my Collection: Maximilian Empire, Imperial Eagle, ½ real Brown. First Period with Only Name - District "MEXICO" - MLH. Frequent dry printing on copper plates. Small quantities were printed and now is a rare stamp!. Scott No. 19
Notes: (Resource, Jesper Andersen).
Only 1,288 stamps were printed, recorded in four invoices or consignments:
Invoice 32 of May 14, 1864, with 400 stamps
Invoice 54 of May 23, 1864, with 400 stamps
Invoice 79 of June 10, 1864, with 288 stamps
Invoice 112 of July 2, 1864, with 200 stamps
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06:12:51pm
These are not all recent but I have been adding to them recently. These are all "J" cancellations which make them Montreal and I have picked up enough to fill one page. I bought about half from one seller here as a lot and have probably doubled that collection. 
There is very little value here but I find them interesting to have. The picture is not great but it's passable, I guess!!
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the picture of your J cancels kind of winds around the page, almost like the bottom of the J hook. Nice effect Joe.
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06:34:53pm
Thanks David, that was purposely done, of course!! 
Actually my photo person was having a bad day!!! They're trying to sell their house and just had to have their whole septic field replaced. Not a cheap project!!
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United States of America, Scott number 651. Issued 1929. with cancel "Air Mail Saves Time with image of a biplane"
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The AIR MAIL SAVES TIME machine cancel was used extensively in the 1928-1930 period, and its use continued into the early 1940s at some post offices.
The slogans were designed for use with both the International and Universal cancelling machines, and were used at over 150 post offices and postal stations which had machine cancelling equipment.
The most authoritative and complete discussion of these cancels is Classifying the U.S. "BI-PLANE and MONO-PLANE" Slogan Cancels (A Handbook), by Vi VandenBoom, published in 1979. A copy is available at the Stamp Smarter Learning Center website here...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xm_PF9z ...
It is found in the Library section of Stamp Smarter under the tab/ICON for Stamp Catalogs.
https://stampsmarter.org/learning/Home_C ...
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mship Co.United States of America, Scott number R163r Bill of Lading Atlantic Coast Line received from Old Dominion Steamship Co. for twemty pieces Wrought Iron Pipe
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United States of America, Scott number R240, Series of 1914, without "Series 1914" Documentary
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A gift from a friend
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United States of America, Scott number R200c, Series 1862 Revenue Stamps, $200
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United States of America, Scott number RS314a Provisional Proprietary (unauthorized) flat press primted, parent stamp regular postage stamp series 1895.
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The Case of Dr. Kilmer by Morton Dean Joyce booklet
The booklet gives most of the background, good resource for these provisional overprints or maybe precancels
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United States of America, Scott number 405 issued in 1912
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Close up see arrow. Someone stamped a rubber date stamp Jan 6 '13 in red, sort of a funny thing to do. Also offset plate number shows.
This is one of my favorite stamps!
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United States of America, Scott number R175r series 1898 revenues stamps cancel reads bankers trust co.
recent acquisition
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Cannot locate a source for cancel
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United States of America Scott number 294 Series of 1901, recent acqusition
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This past weekend at SCOPEX, State College Philatelic Exhibition, run by my local club, Mount Nittany Philatelic Society, at the APS, I picked up a lot of new material for my collection. These pictures are of some of the 3D items. Most went through the mail.
Here is a one-ounce package of tobacco wit rolling papers and the tax paid stamp.
I'm not sure what this held, probably address labels, I added it to my Dennison collection.
This is a leather woman swimmer that traveled through the mail.
Here is a Papoose sent through the mail.
This last image is a "Good Luck Bear" sent from Yellowstone Park. The Bear has two damaged legs on one side.
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08:39:56pm
Fantastic items, thanks for showing!! I have one like this, I picked it up at an auction lot of locks and keys and it had a pad lock and key inside. Robertson's was a ships supply store in downtown Halifax. The store is now part of The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic on Lower Water Street, a must see for any visitor. Great ship models, items from the Halifax Explosion and items from the Titanic including a deck chair!!
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United States of Amercia, Scott number R15c, 1862 Series Revenue stamps, with double ring cancel that reads "SHEAR PACKING & CO., ALBANY , NY" DATED OCT 22 1866 OR 1868
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United States of America, Scott number R137 with margin inscription (partial) recently acquired
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United States of America Scott number R152c recent acquisition
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United States of America, Scott number R173r, recent acqusition, plate number single
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United States of America, Scott number R194 part of the 1902 Series Revenue Stamps
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Recent acquisition, I rate this stamp as a space filler, got it for a good price.
I normally try for stamps with a readable cancel, but this one is an exception.
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United States of America, Scott number RC21, strip of 4
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Future Deliver Provisional stamped "F D"
Scott number R241
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Difficult to find in any condition
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United States of America, Scott number 332, Series of 1908
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Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number OXF1
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Cancel cork (I think it's called cross roads?)
Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number R27c, Series 1862 revenue stamps, Inland Exchange recent acqusition
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Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number RB30r, on box top of SEN-SEN Gum, Series 1898 Revenues
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Cancel reads: 11-1-99, T B D CO., Company name on box top right
Condition: Space filler
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Won at auction recently but I know nothing about them. These are Japanese Sample Stamps from the 1960's. Government Printing Bureau in Tokyo.
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United States of America, Scott number RE107d, Series of 1934 (reissued of Series 1916)
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Condition: Space filler
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United States of America Scott number RE15 Series of 1914 Watermarked 190
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Beside my self any body know what happened on this date?
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You don't see these every day - need to start exploring old boxes laying around more often
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Nice one. You're making me thirsty.
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11:56:31am
REA21 Really nice stamp!! Value in my 2016 Scott's US Specialized is $400. Great find!! I only collect wine stamps but I'd love to find one of those in a box of stamps!!
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United States of America, Scott number RB20p, from Series 1898 Revenue with plate number 10712 (right position)
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Condition: Space filler
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@1899
Question. When you indicate that the RB20p with plate number is a space filler, do you mean that it fills a blank space in your collection, or that it will do until a better copy is obtained? I cannot see the back, but from the front it looks like a very nice copy. If you mean that it is a space filler until a better copy is obtained, can you point out the flaws that make it a space filler and or show a copy that you would not call a space filler.
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Intack chads = Space filler!
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I forgot to mention scarce or even rare plate number!
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I'm not from the USA but even Google didn't respond well to 'Intack chads'.
Is there an American version of Gibbons 'Philatelic Terms Illustrated' ?
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Look at the horz. hyphen holes, the chads are still intack!
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@londonbus1 — I think 1899 is referring to “hanging chads” — “blind perfs” — in which perforation machines don’t uniformly cut through a sheet of stamps, leaving behind little disks of paper that are still attached, or “hanging”. That’s gotta be a reference to the election in which Bush Jr. beat Al Gore after the Supreme Court made a ruling about “hanging chads” on ballots in Florida. Much can be said about the importance of minuscule bits of paper!
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You are correct sir. The reference to chads is a term I haven't heard in a very long time but it certainly applies to the topic of philately now doesn't it? Those little pieces of paper are hanging on for dear life. Incomplete perforations or blind perforations caused by worn out punches in the perforation machine.
The hyphen hole is a reference to a small rectangular hole used for paper separation. Look at a roll of paper towels or toilet paper sometime. It is also used a method of separating gasket paper in the Automotive industry.
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United States of America, Scott number R163r on a Bill of Lading, for 2 boxes of Tobacco
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Another way to collect Series 1898 Revenues
Stamp condition: Space Filler
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I have been intrigued by forest wildfires since i was a teenager. I grew up in Southwestern New Mexico on the edge of the Gila National Forest. Every summer a small paramilitary airforce of aerial tankers, all warbirds, was tasked with dropping fire retardant; joining the pilots of those aircraft were smokejumpers, mostly young college guys who were paying their way through college by parachuting to wildfires in areas where there were no roads.
These postcards each feature a slogan cancel informing people could prevent forest fires if they just would do it. Smokey Bear, the mascot of the U.S. Forest Service, became the most well-known advocate of civilian fire fighting with his ubiquitous appearance on posters, stamps, in songs and movies. And postal cancellations:
Just today I received this small sample of "Fight Forest Fires" cancellations open postcards dating from 1922 through 1962. There's just one thing wrong: Relatively few people are able to prevent many forest fires, because many forest fires are started naturally, mostly by lightning, especially in the Mountain West where low populations mean that fewer people go into the forest.
In New Mexico, the majority of the thousands of fires that burn in the Gila every year are caused by lightning. Unfortunately, climate change has drastically altered the annual North American Monsoon, and the Gila is drying out following decades of successful fire fighting that left huge stocks of living trees and thick layers of forest floor duff (dead leaves, twigs, needles, etc.) ready to provide fuel for historic fires. In fact, its already happened: The Boy Scout camp where I spent two summers had to be closed permanently because of fire risk, and two areas where I spent hours hiking and camping burned in fires in the 1990 to unrecognizable landscape that resemble No Man's Land in the First World War.
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"Intack chads = Space filler!"
So I take it to mean that 'Intack chads' are poor roulettes making the item a space filler ?
Would this be correct ?
"I think 1899 is referring to “hanging chads” — “blind perfs""
Yes, one can see the horizontal roulettes (Blind perfs) have ruined the edges when they were separated top and bottom. The bottom right stamp is missing the hyphens.
Is this another term to add to my book ? Never heard of it before.
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I won these at a local auction recently and posting them reminds I must try to scan them to produce a better image. These are from the auction site !!!!
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Reference my posting of:
02 Jul 2025
10:52:21pm
This is the date President Wilson declared war during WW1!
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United States of America, Scott number RB15c Plate number 10, Series 1875
Recalling post (unable to find) wanting any new information
At the time of the original posting this was my discovery of a unique block with plate number 10
Is there any new information or back ground to report?
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Condition: Space Filler
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United States of America, Scott number RO56 Match wrapper
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Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number rb28r series 1898 revenues
Last two digits of cancel wrong orientation should be 01
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Condition: Space filler partial pane
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""Intack chads = Space filler!""
"So I take it to mean that 'Intack chads' are poor roulettes making the item a space filler ?
Would this be correct ?"
""I think 1899 is referring to “hanging chads” — “blind perfs""
" Yes, one can see the horizontal roulettes (Blind perfs) have ruined the edges when they were separated top and bottom. The bottom right stamp is missing the hyphens.
Is this another term to add to my book ? Never heard of it before."
Anyone ?
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United States of America Scott number R182p series 1900 revenue
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Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number R2c Series 1862 Revenue
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Cancel: L. C. & Co., Nov. 1862 (matching period) Playing Cards
Condition: Space Filler
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United States of America Scott number RB23r Series 1898 Revenues
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Recent acquisition
Condition: Average minus
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"Intack chads"
Intact chads
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@ 1899
You indicate that most of your recent stamp acquisitions are space fillers. Have you purchased those stamps, were they in a large collection you purchased or did someone give them to you? Just curious.
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I recently won a collection at auction.
A good friend Mr. Neiss gives me stamps sometimes.
Where do you find stamps?
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I find them in large collections, and individual purchases on SOR, Ebay, Hip stamps, Stamps to Go, etc. I do not purchase space fillers. My purchases may not be VF or higher, but they are at least Fine and not considered space fillers.
Based on your postings indicating "Recent acquisition" and also indicating "Space filler" I was just curious if you were purchasing individual space fillers or they were being obtained some other way.
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Some of the collections that I purchase contain space fillers.
I purchase individual space fillers for cancels I'm looking for.
I'm not looking for space fillers, but sometimes the cancels I'm looking for are space fillers.
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United States of America, Scott number RN-X4a Series 1898 Revenues, on a Pullman ticket (partial)
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Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number REA98, Emergency Tax Under Act of 1914 (Provisional)
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Condition: Space Filler
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A scarce little gem from the Jewish National Fund Teachers' Council for use in schools.
These would have been issued together with charts for pupils to affix the stamps to after learning.
It is often said that young people gained an interest in collecting JNF stamps and on to Israel stamps because of these issues, of which there are many. Later those same children gained an interest in Philately in general.
It is not a coincidence that every National or International Stamp Exhibition held in Israel is well attended by school parties who arrive at the venue by coach from all areas. The events open early to accommodate them but they visit throughout the day. There are special stamp events and corners for them at the Exhibition.
There are still many stamp shops in Israel too, probably more than any other country for the size and population.
Did all this begin with such issues as these ? I wonder.
'Jewish Children's Forest' issue from 1977-78 (5738). Sheets of 10x1. Rouletted.
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United States of America, Scott number RB31r series 1898 Revenues
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Condition: Below Average
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United States of America, Scott number R217, Series of 1914, see lable above "DOLLAR" inscribed series of 1914
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Condition: Space filler
In collection I bought recently
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United States of America, Scott number R276 Series 1940 Revenues
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"F" used to indicate the Printing plate is ready for hardening, this appears on flat press plates only
"CS" printing plate has been chromium plated
Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number RC12, Future Delivery block of four
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Condition: Space filler
I've been looking for blocks of four or larger of the future delivery and others
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United States of America, Scott number R15c Series 1862 Revenue
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United States of America, Scott number RE30, Series 1914 Double Line watermark
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Special Note: See LARS of Dollars, never before seen cross hatched or punched cancel, perhaps in future find another example with readable stamp cancel company and location
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United States of America, Scott number R173r, 1898 Series Revenues
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Condition: About fine
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United States of America, Scott number R174p series 1898 revenues block of 4
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Prefined and ink cancels
Condition: Space filler
Note: R174p in block of four or larger scarce
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United States of America, Scott number R175r Series 1898 Revenues
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Recent acquisition
Looks like I have a researce ahead of me for the canx
Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number U10
Recent acquisition
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Still researching this one
Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number R184p Series 1900 Revenues
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From a collection I got recently
Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number R166r Series 1898 Revenues
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Recent collection I bought
Condition: Space Filler
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United States of America, Scott number R185 Series 1900 Revenues (Memo of Stock Sale (MOS)
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100 shares of Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Condition: Space filler
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have the shares been sold after that?
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United States of America, Scott number R220, series 1914 Revenues (Inscribed SERIES OF 1914)
Recent Acquisition (Ebay)
Pane of 100
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Condition: space filler for large pane
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United States of America, Scott number RE56
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From recent collection I obtained
Act of Sept. 8, 1916
Condition: Space filler
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Jewish National Fund 2003 Space Shuttle issue showing Israeli Astronaut Ilan Ramon and the rest of the crew on the tab.
I have just acquired this sheet with a single stamp and tab, which also exists in a larger sheet of 10. The labels around the stamp show images of a forest, earth with the moon being orbited by the Space Shuttle Columbia and 7 stars are depicted.
The 'tabs' at the top read (from right): Ilan Ramon 1953-2003; Take-off into space 16.1.2003; First Israeli astronaut.
The 'tabs' at the bottom are translations in French, English and Spanish of the inscription on the tab below the centre stamp.
May they Rest in Peace.
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United States of America, Scott number RS305p, Private Die Proprietary Stamps series 1898
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Condition: Space filler
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A few of the souvenir sheets issued for the recent 'EuroPhilEx' in Birmingham, England.
These are numbered 9-16 and are in special uncut Printers' sheets of 4 souvenir sheets.
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United States of America, Scott number RB23p, Series 1898 Revenues
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From a collect I recently obtained
Condition: Space Filler
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United States of America, Scott number R178r, Series 1898 Revenues
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From a collection I acquired recently
Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number R175r, Series of 1898
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Steam Ship Company
Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number R175r, series 1898 revenues
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No record of this company
Condition: Space filler
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Orange stamp with what appears to my eyes as a pink cancel (I could be wrong)
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United States of America, Scott number R161r, series 1898 Revenues
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Shop worn block of 4 with guide line at bottom
Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number R187, series 1898 revenues
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Condition: Space filler
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The Teachers' Council of the Jewish National Fund issued a sheet in 1981-82 (5742) to mark the 80th year of the JNF.
The rouletted sheet of 25 stamps is the only Teachers' Council issue to show the JNF initials on each stamp (in Hebrew)
The scarce sheet came via a recent local auction and was part of a larger lot of items.
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Here are a few more 3D items I added to my collection.
I'm skipping the interior view, let's just say it is potty humor.
Tiny shipping box.
Tiny saw attached to mailing tag. The reverse has "Tell them you saw me.'
Stamp folder.
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Might be time for a recent acquisitions 25!
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United States of America, Scott number R174 Series 1898 Revenues
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Condition: Space filler
I'm using an old windows 7 computer, loading time for me is 2 or 3 seconds!
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United States of America, Scott number R152b Series 1875 Revenues
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Recent fine
Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number R163r Series of 1898 Revenues
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Receipt for $5.00
Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number R176r, Series of 1898 Revenues
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I obtained this pair to see if I could obain a scan image to bring out the cancel to be readable. So far my efforts have failed, but I'm still trying!
Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott numner R190. Series 1902 Revenues
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Recent Acqusition
Condition: Space Filler
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United States of America, Scott number RB22a
Recent acquisition
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Vert. imperf.
Condition: Space filler
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Recently won this used example of the elusive 15 March 1930 2/6d Bermuda Keyplate in pale orange - vermillion.
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Very nice
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United States of America, Scott number R68c, Series 1862 Revenues
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Cancel 3 clear Arizona and just 2 letters of another two cancels see bottom right location, 2 "A"s. Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company.
Condition: Space filler
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Wouldn’t those “extra letters” just be the A of Arizona?
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I think you are correct, thank you
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United States of America, Scott number R164r Series of 1898 Revenues
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Cancel: Decipede style
Condition: Space Filler
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03:39:53pm
The period makes the "Y" look like a "K".
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Thanks for answering Joe!
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My experence chasing cancels (about 40 years), sometimes cancels can be difficult, sometimes it's easier to enlarge the cancel to read it. But the most useful tool is just use common sense!
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Time to start a new thread, the "Recent Acquisitions 23" is taking too long to open.
I picked these up from Jim Forte several months ago when he had a %50 off sale.
Thanks Bob for the heads up for that sale.
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Back when I had a bunch! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
20 Jun 2025
11:42:18am
re: Recent Acquisitions 24
Great stuff Vince and thanks for starting a new post! I just have one V-mail, a very ordinary one, just so I have an example! I can certainly understand why someone would want to collect them!!!
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United States of America, Scott number R184, block of 4, Series 1898 revenues stamps, $1.00
Looking for background on this cancel please? I have been able to find any information on this cancel?
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United States of America, Scott number R163r, on an instrument "Maine Central Railroad Corporation" similar to a bill of lading. series 1898 Revenues
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From my Collection: Maximilian Empire, Imperial Eagle, 8 reales Red. Second Period, 145-1864 (Large numbers) - District "TAMPICO" (145) used in Tampico with Schatzkés Postmark No. 1581 "CORREOS TAMPICO". Only 500 stamps were printed. Invoice 145 from August 8, 1864.
Notes: (Resource, Jesper Andersen).
All Tampico 8R stamps are scarce to rare. The 8R 62-1865 may not exist and perhaps only 227 of invoice 218-1864 were sold. The 8R from 145-1864 is more available, but still very difficult. (and now is rare!).
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United States of America Scott numbers RC10 (overprinted future delivery in RED one only) & R244 & R232 (hand scribed FD) on instrument.
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This is the only example I've ever seen, are there others?
A gift from a long time friend
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United States of America, Series of 1877 Special Tax Stamps, Not listed in Scott
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United States of America, Scott number R163r, Series 1898 Revenue Stamp, Bill of Lading, for West Shore Railroad, for Cotton goods
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From my Collection: Maximilian Empire, Imperial Eagle, ½ real Brown. First Period with Only Name - District "MEXICO" - MLH. Frequent dry printing on copper plates. Small quantities were printed and now is a rare stamp!. Scott No. 19
Notes: (Resource, Jesper Andersen).
Only 1,288 stamps were printed, recorded in four invoices or consignments:
Invoice 32 of May 14, 1864, with 400 stamps
Invoice 54 of May 23, 1864, with 400 stamps
Invoice 79 of June 10, 1864, with 288 stamps
Invoice 112 of July 2, 1864, with 200 stamps
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22 Jun 2025
06:12:51pm
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These are not all recent but I have been adding to them recently. These are all "J" cancellations which make them Montreal and I have picked up enough to fill one page. I bought about half from one seller here as a lot and have probably doubled that collection.
There is very little value here but I find them interesting to have. The picture is not great but it's passable, I guess!!
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the picture of your J cancels kind of winds around the page, almost like the bottom of the J hook. Nice effect Joe.
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Thanks David, that was purposely done, of course!! Actually my photo person was having a bad day!!! They're trying to sell their house and just had to have their whole septic field replaced. Not a cheap project!!
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United States of America, Scott number 651. Issued 1929. with cancel "Air Mail Saves Time with image of a biplane"
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The AIR MAIL SAVES TIME machine cancel was used extensively in the 1928-1930 period, and its use continued into the early 1940s at some post offices.
The slogans were designed for use with both the International and Universal cancelling machines, and were used at over 150 post offices and postal stations which had machine cancelling equipment.
The most authoritative and complete discussion of these cancels is Classifying the U.S. "BI-PLANE and MONO-PLANE" Slogan Cancels (A Handbook), by Vi VandenBoom, published in 1979. A copy is available at the Stamp Smarter Learning Center website here...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xm_PF9z ...
It is found in the Library section of Stamp Smarter under the tab/ICON for Stamp Catalogs.
https://stampsmarter.org/learning/Home_C ...
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mship Co.United States of America, Scott number R163r Bill of Lading Atlantic Coast Line received from Old Dominion Steamship Co. for twemty pieces Wrought Iron Pipe
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United States of America, Scott number R240, Series of 1914, without "Series 1914" Documentary
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United States of America, Scott number R200c, Series 1862 Revenue Stamps, $200
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United States of America, Scott number RS314a Provisional Proprietary (unauthorized) flat press primted, parent stamp regular postage stamp series 1895.
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The Case of Dr. Kilmer by Morton Dean Joyce booklet
The booklet gives most of the background, good resource for these provisional overprints or maybe precancels
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United States of America, Scott number 405 issued in 1912
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This is one of my favorite stamps!
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United States of America, Scott number R175r series 1898 revenues stamps cancel reads bankers trust co.
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United States of America Scott number 294 Series of 1901, recent acqusition
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This past weekend at SCOPEX, State College Philatelic Exhibition, run by my local club, Mount Nittany Philatelic Society, at the APS, I picked up a lot of new material for my collection. These pictures are of some of the 3D items. Most went through the mail.
Here is a one-ounce package of tobacco wit rolling papers and the tax paid stamp.
I'm not sure what this held, probably address labels, I added it to my Dennison collection.
This is a leather woman swimmer that traveled through the mail.
Here is a Papoose sent through the mail.
This last image is a "Good Luck Bear" sent from Yellowstone Park. The Bear has two damaged legs on one side.
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08:39:56pm
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Fantastic items, thanks for showing!! I have one like this, I picked it up at an auction lot of locks and keys and it had a pad lock and key inside. Robertson's was a ships supply store in downtown Halifax. The store is now part of The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic on Lower Water Street, a must see for any visitor. Great ship models, items from the Halifax Explosion and items from the Titanic including a deck chair!!
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United States of Amercia, Scott number R15c, 1862 Series Revenue stamps, with double ring cancel that reads "SHEAR PACKING & CO., ALBANY , NY" DATED OCT 22 1866 OR 1868
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United States of America, Scott number R137 with margin inscription (partial) recently acquired
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United States of America Scott number R152c recent acquisition
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United States of America, Scott number R173r, recent acqusition, plate number single
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United States of America, Scott number R194 part of the 1902 Series Revenue Stamps
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I normally try for stamps with a readable cancel, but this one is an exception.
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United States of America, Scott number RC21, strip of 4
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Future Deliver Provisional stamped "F D"
Scott number R241
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United States of America, Scott number 332, Series of 1908
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United States of America, Scott number OXF1
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Cancel cork (I think it's called cross roads?)
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United States of America, Scott number R27c, Series 1862 revenue stamps, Inland Exchange recent acqusition
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United States of America, Scott number RB30r, on box top of SEN-SEN Gum, Series 1898 Revenues
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Cancel reads: 11-1-99, T B D CO., Company name on box top right
Condition: Space filler
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Won at auction recently but I know nothing about them. These are Japanese Sample Stamps from the 1960's. Government Printing Bureau in Tokyo.
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United States of America, Scott number RE107d, Series of 1934 (reissued of Series 1916)
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United States of America Scott number RE15 Series of 1914 Watermarked 190
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Beside my self any body know what happened on this date?
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You don't see these every day - need to start exploring old boxes laying around more often
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Nice one. You're making me thirsty.
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11:56:31am
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REA21 Really nice stamp!! Value in my 2016 Scott's US Specialized is $400. Great find!! I only collect wine stamps but I'd love to find one of those in a box of stamps!!
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United States of America, Scott number RB20p, from Series 1898 Revenue with plate number 10712 (right position)
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Question. When you indicate that the RB20p with plate number is a space filler, do you mean that it fills a blank space in your collection, or that it will do until a better copy is obtained? I cannot see the back, but from the front it looks like a very nice copy. If you mean that it is a space filler until a better copy is obtained, can you point out the flaws that make it a space filler and or show a copy that you would not call a space filler.
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Intack chads = Space filler!
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I forgot to mention scarce or even rare plate number!
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I'm not from the USA but even Google didn't respond well to 'Intack chads'.
Is there an American version of Gibbons 'Philatelic Terms Illustrated' ?
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Look at the horz. hyphen holes, the chads are still intack!
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@londonbus1 — I think 1899 is referring to “hanging chads” — “blind perfs” — in which perforation machines don’t uniformly cut through a sheet of stamps, leaving behind little disks of paper that are still attached, or “hanging”. That’s gotta be a reference to the election in which Bush Jr. beat Al Gore after the Supreme Court made a ruling about “hanging chads” on ballots in Florida. Much can be said about the importance of minuscule bits of paper!
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You are correct sir. The reference to chads is a term I haven't heard in a very long time but it certainly applies to the topic of philately now doesn't it? Those little pieces of paper are hanging on for dear life. Incomplete perforations or blind perforations caused by worn out punches in the perforation machine.
The hyphen hole is a reference to a small rectangular hole used for paper separation. Look at a roll of paper towels or toilet paper sometime. It is also used a method of separating gasket paper in the Automotive industry.
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United States of America, Scott number R163r on a Bill of Lading, for 2 boxes of Tobacco
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I have been intrigued by forest wildfires since i was a teenager. I grew up in Southwestern New Mexico on the edge of the Gila National Forest. Every summer a small paramilitary airforce of aerial tankers, all warbirds, was tasked with dropping fire retardant; joining the pilots of those aircraft were smokejumpers, mostly young college guys who were paying their way through college by parachuting to wildfires in areas where there were no roads.
These postcards each feature a slogan cancel informing people could prevent forest fires if they just would do it. Smokey Bear, the mascot of the U.S. Forest Service, became the most well-known advocate of civilian fire fighting with his ubiquitous appearance on posters, stamps, in songs and movies. And postal cancellations:
Just today I received this small sample of "Fight Forest Fires" cancellations open postcards dating from 1922 through 1962. There's just one thing wrong: Relatively few people are able to prevent many forest fires, because many forest fires are started naturally, mostly by lightning, especially in the Mountain West where low populations mean that fewer people go into the forest.
In New Mexico, the majority of the thousands of fires that burn in the Gila every year are caused by lightning. Unfortunately, climate change has drastically altered the annual North American Monsoon, and the Gila is drying out following decades of successful fire fighting that left huge stocks of living trees and thick layers of forest floor duff (dead leaves, twigs, needles, etc.) ready to provide fuel for historic fires. In fact, its already happened: The Boy Scout camp where I spent two summers had to be closed permanently because of fire risk, and two areas where I spent hours hiking and camping burned in fires in the 1990 to unrecognizable landscape that resemble No Man's Land in the First World War.
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"Intack chads = Space filler!"
So I take it to mean that 'Intack chads' are poor roulettes making the item a space filler ?
Would this be correct ?
"I think 1899 is referring to “hanging chads” — “blind perfs""
Yes, one can see the horizontal roulettes (Blind perfs) have ruined the edges when they were separated top and bottom. The bottom right stamp is missing the hyphens.
Is this another term to add to my book ? Never heard of it before.
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I won these at a local auction recently and posting them reminds I must try to scan them to produce a better image. These are from the auction site !!!!
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Reference my posting of:
02 Jul 2025
10:52:21pm
This is the date President Wilson declared war during WW1!
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United States of America, Scott number RB15c Plate number 10, Series 1875
Recalling post (unable to find) wanting any new information
At the time of the original posting this was my discovery of a unique block with plate number 10
Is there any new information or back ground to report?
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United States of America, Scott number RO56 Match wrapper
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United States of America, Scott number rb28r series 1898 revenues
Last two digits of cancel wrong orientation should be 01
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""Intack chads = Space filler!""
"So I take it to mean that 'Intack chads' are poor roulettes making the item a space filler ?
Would this be correct ?"
""I think 1899 is referring to “hanging chads” — “blind perfs""
" Yes, one can see the horizontal roulettes (Blind perfs) have ruined the edges when they were separated top and bottom. The bottom right stamp is missing the hyphens.
Is this another term to add to my book ? Never heard of it before."
Anyone ?
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United States of America Scott number R182p series 1900 revenue
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United States of America, Scott number R2c Series 1862 Revenue
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Cancel: L. C. & Co., Nov. 1862 (matching period) Playing Cards
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United States of America Scott number RB23r Series 1898 Revenues
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Condition: Average minus
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"Intack chads"
Intact chads
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@ 1899
You indicate that most of your recent stamp acquisitions are space fillers. Have you purchased those stamps, were they in a large collection you purchased or did someone give them to you? Just curious.
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I recently won a collection at auction.
A good friend Mr. Neiss gives me stamps sometimes.
Where do you find stamps?
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I find them in large collections, and individual purchases on SOR, Ebay, Hip stamps, Stamps to Go, etc. I do not purchase space fillers. My purchases may not be VF or higher, but they are at least Fine and not considered space fillers.
Based on your postings indicating "Recent acquisition" and also indicating "Space filler" I was just curious if you were purchasing individual space fillers or they were being obtained some other way.
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Some of the collections that I purchase contain space fillers.
I purchase individual space fillers for cancels I'm looking for.
I'm not looking for space fillers, but sometimes the cancels I'm looking for are space fillers.
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United States of America, Scott number RN-X4a Series 1898 Revenues, on a Pullman ticket (partial)
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United States of America, Scott number REA98, Emergency Tax Under Act of 1914 (Provisional)
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A scarce little gem from the Jewish National Fund Teachers' Council for use in schools.
These would have been issued together with charts for pupils to affix the stamps to after learning.
It is often said that young people gained an interest in collecting JNF stamps and on to Israel stamps because of these issues, of which there are many. Later those same children gained an interest in Philately in general.
It is not a coincidence that every National or International Stamp Exhibition held in Israel is well attended by school parties who arrive at the venue by coach from all areas. The events open early to accommodate them but they visit throughout the day. There are special stamp events and corners for them at the Exhibition.
There are still many stamp shops in Israel too, probably more than any other country for the size and population.
Did all this begin with such issues as these ? I wonder.
'Jewish Children's Forest' issue from 1977-78 (5738). Sheets of 10x1. Rouletted.
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United States of America, Scott number RB31r series 1898 Revenues
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United States of America, Scott number R217, Series of 1914, see lable above "DOLLAR" inscribed series of 1914
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In collection I bought recently
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United States of America, Scott number R276 Series 1940 Revenues
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"F" used to indicate the Printing plate is ready for hardening, this appears on flat press plates only
"CS" printing plate has been chromium plated
Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number RC12, Future Delivery block of four
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I've been looking for blocks of four or larger of the future delivery and others
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United States of America, Scott number R15c Series 1862 Revenue
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United States of America, Scott number RE30, Series 1914 Double Line watermark
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Special Note: See LARS of Dollars, never before seen cross hatched or punched cancel, perhaps in future find another example with readable stamp cancel company and location
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United States of America, Scott number R173r, 1898 Series Revenues
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Condition: About fine
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United States of America, Scott number R174p series 1898 revenues block of 4
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Prefined and ink cancels
Condition: Space filler
Note: R174p in block of four or larger scarce
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United States of America, Scott number R175r Series 1898 Revenues
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United States of America, Scott number U10
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United States of America, Scott number R184p Series 1900 Revenues
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United States of America, Scott number R166r Series 1898 Revenues
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United States of America, Scott number R185 Series 1900 Revenues (Memo of Stock Sale (MOS)
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100 shares of Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Condition: Space filler
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have the shares been sold after that?
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United States of America, Scott number R220, series 1914 Revenues (Inscribed SERIES OF 1914)
Recent Acquisition (Ebay)
Pane of 100
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United States of America, Scott number RE56
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Act of Sept. 8, 1916
Condition: Space filler
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Jewish National Fund 2003 Space Shuttle issue showing Israeli Astronaut Ilan Ramon and the rest of the crew on the tab.
I have just acquired this sheet with a single stamp and tab, which also exists in a larger sheet of 10. The labels around the stamp show images of a forest, earth with the moon being orbited by the Space Shuttle Columbia and 7 stars are depicted.
The 'tabs' at the top read (from right): Ilan Ramon 1953-2003; Take-off into space 16.1.2003; First Israeli astronaut.
The 'tabs' at the bottom are translations in French, English and Spanish of the inscription on the tab below the centre stamp.
May they Rest in Peace.
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United States of America, Scott number RS305p, Private Die Proprietary Stamps series 1898
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A few of the souvenir sheets issued for the recent 'EuroPhilEx' in Birmingham, England.
These are numbered 9-16 and are in special uncut Printers' sheets of 4 souvenir sheets.
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United States of America, Scott number RB23p, Series 1898 Revenues
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Condition: Space Filler
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United States of America, Scott number R178r, Series 1898 Revenues
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United States of America, Scott number R175r, Series of 1898
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Steam Ship Company
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United States of America, Scott number R175r, series 1898 revenues
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Condition: Space filler
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Orange stamp with what appears to my eyes as a pink cancel (I could be wrong)
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United States of America, Scott number R161r, series 1898 Revenues
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Shop worn block of 4 with guide line at bottom
Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number R187, series 1898 revenues
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The Teachers' Council of the Jewish National Fund issued a sheet in 1981-82 (5742) to mark the 80th year of the JNF.
The rouletted sheet of 25 stamps is the only Teachers' Council issue to show the JNF initials on each stamp (in Hebrew)
The scarce sheet came via a recent local auction and was part of a larger lot of items.
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Here are a few more 3D items I added to my collection.
I'm skipping the interior view, let's just say it is potty humor.
Tiny shipping box.
Tiny saw attached to mailing tag. The reverse has "Tell them you saw me.'
Stamp folder.
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Might be time for a recent acquisitions 25!
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United States of America, Scott number R174 Series 1898 Revenues
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Condition: Space filler
I'm using an old windows 7 computer, loading time for me is 2 or 3 seconds!
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United States of America, Scott number R152b Series 1875 Revenues
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Recent fine
Condition: Space filler
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United States of America, Scott number R163r Series of 1898 Revenues
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Receipt for $5.00
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United States of America, Scott number R176r, Series of 1898 Revenues
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I obtained this pair to see if I could obain a scan image to bring out the cancel to be readable. So far my efforts have failed, but I'm still trying!
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United States of America, Scott numner R190. Series 1902 Revenues
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United States of America, Scott number RB22a
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Recently won this used example of the elusive 15 March 1930 2/6d Bermuda Keyplate in pale orange - vermillion.
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United States of America, Scott number R68c, Series 1862 Revenues
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Cancel 3 clear Arizona and just 2 letters of another two cancels see bottom right location, 2 "A"s. Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company.
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Wouldn’t those “extra letters” just be the A of Arizona?
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I think you are correct, thank you
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United States of America, Scott number R164r Series of 1898 Revenues
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Cancel: Decipede style
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Back when I had a bunch! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
23 Jul 2025
03:39:53pm
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The period makes the "Y" look like a "K".
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Thanks for answering Joe!
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My experence chasing cancels (about 40 years), sometimes cancels can be difficult, sometimes it's easier to enlarge the cancel to read it. But the most useful tool is just use common sense!
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