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I am now wondering if pre cancels are a regional thing because in England I have never heard them mentioned and never seen them in catologues? Maybe it is unique to a certain country, or certain regions within a country?
According to the PSSGB (Precancel Society of Great Britain) Web Site, they offer the following quote suggesting that precancel stamps were used on an experimental basis in the UK.
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Apart from the United States, which is by far the largest precancel issuing country, substantial use of the system has been made by Canada, Belgium, France and Monaco. Other countries have used precancels on an experimental or limited basis; these include Holland, Luxembourg, Algeria, Tunisia, Hungary, Turkey, Danzig, Austria, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, United Nations and even Great Britain.
Here's their link:
http://www.pssgb.org.uk/precancel.htmlNow you've got me curious. Does anyone on SCF have an example of a UK "experimental" precancel as referred to in the previous quote?
Here's a site with examples of early British precancels that were applied by a small number of companies with Post Office approval:
Posted 01/27/2012 8:22 pm
