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An Unusually Wide Spaced Precancel From Chicago, IL

 
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Posted 04/27/2012   10:32 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add wt1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I'm usually quite intimidated by Chicago L-type precancels, because there are such a vast number of them and I don't have the proper catalogs needed for identification.

However, I came upon this example that I thought was rather unusual (maybe not?) because of its unusually wide spacing. In fact, I measure it to be approximately 20 mm between the bars; 3.5 mm high letters and a full 6 mm of spacing between the city and state name:



If anyone is familiar with this specific precancel, I'd like to be able to identify it.

Thanks.
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Edited by wt1 - 04/27/2012 10:33 pm

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Posted 04/28/2012   11:12 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add chasa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Probably L-18 but would have to compare it with a known copy to be sure.
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Posted 04/28/2012   11:22 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks. At least it's a start toward identifying my Chicago precancels!
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Posted 05/01/2012   1:45 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add JanS to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
And not a 20c, either, wt1. Very cool.
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