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Need Help With A Chicago Precancel

 
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Posted 11/09/2010   5:41 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add tomiseksj to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I'm assuming that this is a precanceled 3c Century of Progress issue (Scott 731) and hoping that someone might be able to identify the precancel type for me.

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Posted 11/10/2010   07:22 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Ryan to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This excerpt from the PSS Town & Type catalogue shows how difficult it can be to figure out Chicago precancels without having your own catalogue. You need to have the catalogue handy so you can use it as a template to measure the exact spacing between the lines, the spacing between the town name and the line, the small details like where the second "L" lines up under the "H", etc.

In addition to the line shown here, there are many other types which have a similar appearance.

Ryan


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Posted 11/10/2010   08:28 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add warrehouse to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
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Posted 11/10/2010   08:36 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add tomiseksj to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you both. Was such gross misalignment common with this particular precancel?
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Posted 11/10/2010   08:46 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add warrehouse to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
That happened obviously, not super common. When I get home I'll look this one up.
It would be an off centered diagonal.
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