Older Cancel That I Have

hi

i have came across these cancels in my collection.
i have asked many collectors what the upper left stamp could be and no one seems to know.
i am very new to cancels.
do any have any value?

thanks again for all your help.
dan


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Hi Dan.......

Cancels are more often circular dials with a date and place of mailing. Killers are commonly refered to fancy cancels are avidly collected by many and some can command very high values compared to the stamps they are generally found on. Even badly damaged stamps with a large US can be interesting to watch in auctions. Below are a few pages from my Billig's Handbook to give you an idea of some of what is available to collectors.

You've got some nice killers there Dan! I think it's a very interesting area of philately.

I've not seen that catalog before Notrare. It's very interesting! - thank's for sharing those pages.

Swabbie.....

It's not a catalog....more of a reference book. There are about 40 in his series. I have #33.

A very nice group of cancels. Thanks for the additional info NR.

nr is that 3 pages from 40 pages or are you talking something more thanks for sharing LonedanI find them very fascinating regards Harry

So it could be something such as cancel 1028, above, that hit ratio411's black jack in his closing Mystic account thread, here, and left the pentagram.

Great cancels Lonedan

Once again thanks for the great lesson Tom(oops did it again) You da man

Dianne

Hi Folks.....


There are about 40 Billig's handbooks and they average about 225 pages. I've seen them selling anywhere from $25.00 to over $60.00 for some depending on condition and subject.

That's kinda neat how that showed up.
I was looking at that, then read your post.

Now if we can only get him to copy the full book. I just might have to look for this book, it looks interesting.

hi

i thank you for all of your help.
i can see some of the fancy cancels that might be on your posting.
you never know what you have until you ask.

thanks dan