One Of A Kind?

Here is a scan of an item that I have been trying to get information on for the past 35 years or so.

It appears to be a overprint (in the letter style of precancelled items of time) stating:

MONTGOMERY
ALA.
ARMISTICE
NOV. 11, 1918

I have been in contact with several of the Alabama stamp clubs, and none of them have any idea of this item.
In the 80's I sent a letter to "Western Stamp Collector" (now Linns), they posted it, no responces.

So, here we sit! The item shows a wavy line cancellation, which does NOT appear to be part of the overprint.

If this was a rubber stamped item, it could appear on a variety of items. If it was a commercial print, there are at least 99 more of these stamps bearing this cancellation.

I have not seen any other examples of this (I found it in a box of precancels back in the 70's - in case you were wondering).

Any ideas? (Who, When, etc...)





Hope one of you may recognize it...

Have you thought of trying to see if there are any contemporaneous newspapers of mentions of armistice remembrances in the twenties which might mention overprinting a stamp? One thing you know is that it was not issued at the time of the Nov. 11, 1918 armistice since the stamp did not appear until the 1920's. Which stamp is it the perf 11 or the perf 10?

Checking newspapers back in the 1970's when you discovered the stamp would have been a daunting task probably involving a trip to Montgomery. Now with the internet, the odds favor there being access on line. It might involve a fee. Access here to the archives of the Augusta (GA) Chronicle requires either a one day pass or a yearly subscription. Luckily for me the local library had a yearly pass. (I was doing some genealogical research)

Rohumbpy... It is a very common 634 issued in 1926. I am thinking that it may have been used in 1928, which would have been a ten year anniversary of the event. Thanks for your suggestions.

Be warned, when I die this puppy will surely be going for $10K on ebay (yeah sure)! Ha!

With all proceeds donated to a family charity not a million miles away... SCF!!

from a veterans days web site:

In America, November 11th officially became known as Armistice Day through an act of Congress in 1926. It wasn't until 12 years later, through a similar act that Armistice Day became a national holiday.

I'm betting that a local PO was just using a private/separate rubber hand stamper as a reminder of Armistice Day and probably wasn't Gov.'t issue. Really a neat piece and I'd love to have it in my collection of odd postmarks. Keep it. Hope this helps you to figure it out and where to file it. -Jeff