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Is This A Normal Boston Cancel?

 
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Nells250
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Posted 03/04/2011   6:55 pm  Show Profile Check Nells250's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add Nells250 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I've always wondered about this cancel. There is 1/2 of a cancel on the back from Ohio. The rest of the cover is unremarkable. Thoughts?
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stallzer
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Posted 03/04/2011   9:21 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stallzer to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, it is common

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wt1
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Never saw that cancel before. Nice ones. Anyone able to date its use? Given the stamps shown, it must be 1870-1880, I'd imagine.
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stallzer
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Posted 03/05/2011   06:29 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stallzer to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Could very well be as a date stamp did not accompany these cancels
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Nells250
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Posted 03/05/2011   11:04 am  Show Profile Check Nells250's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Nells250 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I wish I could read the date on the back of mine, but the missing half of the OH cancel is the date half!
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geoff
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Posted 03/15/2011   5:39 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add geoff to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This cancel and in general "date free cancels" were used on 3rd class mail. Third class mail wasn't handled with the urgency as 1st class, thus dateless postmarks were commonly used to hide delays. The 3rd class rate for the late 1800's to the early 1900s was 1-cent per ounce.
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Nells250
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Posted 03/15/2011   6:14 pm  Show Profile Check Nells250's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Nells250 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Interesting!
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