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Weird Horseshoe Shaped Postmark On 1c Washington - Help!

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Posted 08/21/2011 2:44 pm

A friend of mine sent me the below stamp image asking what the postmark on the stamp is. I have to confess this one has got me totally stumped

Any advice what this is / might be?

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Posted 08/21/2011 2:51 pm

This is a pre-cancel

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Posted 08/21/2011 3:14 pm

Another example is shown in this thread, same precancel type on a Parcel Post stamp!

https://goscf.com/t/14646

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Posted 08/21/2011 3:37 pm

Thanks Russ and wt1.

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