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Posted 10/26/2012   08:23 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Although this isn't a flag cancel, is this what you're referring to as to the vertical bars?



This was described in a previous thread as a Universal Columbia 2-Bar Machine Cancel.
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Edited by wt1 - 10/26/2012 08:41 am
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Posted 10/26/2012   08:26 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add chasa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
try this page for identifications....
http://swansongrp.com/machtest_more.html
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Posted 10/27/2012   06:53 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add I_Love_Stamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes wt1 just like that and now that I see it I think that may be what I was thinking about. Was there flag cancels made like that? I think so but now I'm unsure?
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Posted 10/28/2012   3:20 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add kehess to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Did the wavy cancel originate with the flag cancel? Vice versa?
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Posted 10/28/2012   4:42 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Russ to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Each machine maker designed their own dies with a variety of different killers. I'm not sure who originated the wavy line killer but International used them by 1893 which pre-date the American Postal Machine flags.
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Posted 01/31/2013   5:34 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampfan9 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
My one and only flag cancel on a post card.

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Posted 01/31/2013   7:27 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Russ to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Stampfan, the Huntington flag was American Postal Machine model B14 and the Peru was Doremus postal Supply model E.

Edit: correction of info
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Edited by Russ - 02/09/2013 7:51 pm
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Posted 01/31/2013   7:46 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampfan9 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Russ, thank you so much. The two cancels do complement one another quite well. The card itself was redirected from Huntington In to Van Buren In. I learn at least one thing every day on this forum. I hope that I don't wear out my welcome.
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Posted 01/31/2013   8:07 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add smauggie to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Just five years before Peru was destroyed by flood.

http://www3.gendisasters.com/indian...ood-mar-1913
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Posted 01/31/2013   8:34 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Hal to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
message cleared - Sorry didn't see messages on page 2
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Edited by Hal - 01/31/2013 8:36 pm
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Posted 02/01/2013   08:24 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampfan9 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The picture side to my flag cancelled postcard. Abridge and river scene of Peru In.

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Edited by stampfan9 - 02/01/2013 08:26 am
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Posted 02/02/2013   06:52 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add randeni to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hi all

well I have fair covers (3 2 3 2 3 pattern )and wonder roughly the value of each despite the value of stamp. I think I have seen one on e-bay posting for around us $ 10.00
since I want to sell my collection can you experts advice the best way to do it.

cheers

randeni

NB - please check my posting railway post office cover and letter

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Posted 02/09/2013   6:41 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add MikeE to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Minor correction. The Peru Indiana postmark reference above is from a Doremus cancelling machine, not a Columbia machine.
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Posted 02/09/2013   7:06 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampfan9 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Just out of curiosity, I count 19 bars. Is that correct?
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Posted 11/30/2014   5:54 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Partime to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I found this older thread and thought to post my only example. Boston, June 3, 1897, type B14 ... that's all I know.

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