1916 Times Square Cancell And Few Other Have Questions On

Couple qucik questions if anyone could answer for me..Is a 1916 Times sq cancell rare and what do you think about these few other cards I picked up the other day? Some stuff on these that I havnt seen before

Nice selection of period cards. However, both the Times Square Station and Madison Square Station cancels were very common back in the day.

Thank you Wt.. can you tell me perhaps anything about the card with all of the question marks on it and maybe the card with 2 cancells on front as well
Also was wondering if you could tell me what king of stamp in on the first card,,no perfs on top nor bottom and I cant recall what these were called again
Thank you for your time and wisdom wt!

"King of stamp"?
Doesn't anybody use spell check? Took me a while to figure out if you were kidding or not (though I think Washington was called the 'New King George' by some in his time).
That's a coil stamp. They were sold in strips from vending machines. Probably a SG#490 judging by the cancel date.

As to the card with the question marks, I have no idea. However, I did a bit of research on the name shown on the back of the card (S. Ruth Haven) who was born in 1884 (which would have made her +/- 17 years old in 1901), so maybe it could have been some kind of a teenage joke back in the day.

Anyway, S. Ruth Haven was the daughter of an area lawyer, George Haven and his wife, Adie (Perkins) Haven. That further suggests that the card as addressed to one Ann Perkins, would have likely been a relative of the sender.

As for the card with the two postmarks, it clearly shows that the first stamp was machine canceled and the postal marking in the upper left corner suggests that an additional 1c postage was due, which was later paid and a stamp and additional postmark applied with the duplex cancel. Remember, back in that day, the forwarding of a postcard as shown would have required an additional 1c postage over and above the first stamp that was used to deliver the card to the written address which was no longer valid.

Perhaps November 13 was a prearranged meeting? Surely Miss Anna knew what Miss Ruth meant.

I think he was saying "what kind of stamp" is on that ... Neat postal cards and post card.