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Bridgeton, NJ Precancel Varieties ?

 
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Posted 10/02/2010   11:39 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add wt1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Here are three precancels from Bridgeton, NJ ... the center one being the standard:



Note the stamp on the left. In my opinion, it has a distinct overstrike on the "R" in Bridgeton, looking as if the name is "BBIDGETON".

On the other hand, the stamp on the far right seems to have a precancel inking problem in that the first letter appears to be a "D" rather than a "B", so it looks like "DIDGETON".

While these are probably nothing special and I can probably chalk it up to very poor printing standards on the part of the post office, I view it as a curiosity, if nothing else.
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Posted 10/03/2010   10:59 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add warrehouse to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This is a Bridgeton, NJ Type 704 +.10 but is is noted that there are counterfeits of this type. There are no documented errors on this issue so if these are errors they are counterfeits.
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Posted 10/03/2010   11:41 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for your input. I don't think these are "errors" ... rather, I think they are merely oddities resulting from poor printing methods. I suspect that all of the correct letters are there, it is just that the ink didn't adhere to some of the characters in the precancel resulting in what "looks like" an error. Actually, I have hundreds of these Bridgeton, NJ type of precancels for the 1c Washington and the 1-1/4c Palace of the Governors, and it seems to me that all of them have a very weak impression of the Bridgeton, NJ precancel.
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