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liking this cover,first day cover 12/2/09  |
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| Edited by jony78 - 12/21/2012 5:43 pm |
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Quite an impressive period postcard. In fact, the Scott Specialized Catalog of US Stamps shows that a February 12, 1909 pictorial postcard that is postmarked Boston, Mass. is valued at $600 (2011 catalog value). I find it interesting that the machine cancel postmark is Turners Falls, Mass., which is some 100+ miles away from Boston, Mass. Here's some history of Turners Falls, Mass. and how it got it's name: Quote:
Prior to the arrival of English colonists, the Massachusetts portion of the Connecticut River valley was occupied by the Nipmuc, an Algonquin-speaking tribe. A site on the river near the great falls shows evidence of human habitation dating back 10,000 years or more. In the 1670s the Nipmuc had a village called Peskeompscut in that area. During King Philip's War in 1676, Captain William Turner led 150 colonists in an attack on this settlement, in which several hundred Indians (mostly women, children, and elderly) were slain. The falls came to be known as Turners Falls after Turner, who was slain in the battle. (The falls thereafter gave that name to the village of Turners Falls in neighboring Montague.)
The Turners Falls Canal through Montague was one of the first canals in the United States, and important in early transport along the Connecticut River. Turners Falls was a planned mill community (similar to but less successful than that at Lowell, Massachusetts) that developed when the canal was converted to use for power production rather than transportation in the mid 19th century.
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| Edited by wt1 - 12/21/2012 5:28 pm |
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The cancel was from American Postal Machines model A14 in use at Turners Falls 1908-1926. This is also a less common cancel valued at about $10. |
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Any way to tell if its bluish paper when on cover?? Or would that be impossible for first issues? |
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| Edited by nitrolures - 12/21/2012 5:37 pm |
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The blue paper 369 first went to press on Feb 5, 1909 and again on Feb 10. A total of 1754 (BEP records) sheet were printed but they were not released by the Post Office Department for sale until much later. I believe the EDU is(was) March 27, 1909. |
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does the destination make much difference to it? plus content talks abouts Lincolns 100th,I think |
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This is also a less common cancel valued at about $10. I think some are missing the point that this is a first day of issue postmark. Although the machine cancel may have value in and of itself, the fact that the postmark is on the first day of issue, February 12, 1909, and in a location other than Boston, Mass., makes me think the value is much greater as a first day cancel on a Lincoln "pictorial" postcard. |
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wt1, there were no "offical" first day site for this issue and first day cancellation are known from several small towns. I know of first day covers from:
Modesto, CA
Prescott, AZ
Iola, KS
San Juan, PR
Middleburg, PA
Festus, MO
Lansdowne, PA
Pioche, NV
Sharon Springs, NY
Bridgeton, NJ
London, OH
Hasting, MI
At auction the small towns normally bring 50-100% more than the Boston, Chicago or other larger cities. |
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ive read earliest known usage for bluish paper is feb 27th North Abington Mass,Next know use being march 27th from Washington DC
single sold for $489 Mathew Bennet auctions with pf cert |
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| Edited by jony78 - 12/21/2012 7:19 pm |
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Not to be argumentative, but the Turners Falls flag cancel is rather common, in normal circumstances. No cash value at all. |
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Chasa, I have a rather generic machine cancel database which give guideline values for some of the cancels. It is entirely possible that the value indicated in the DB is incorrect. Thanks for the info I will note it in the DB. |
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finally I've recieved this fdc,came this morning, proof that bargains are to be had if you look hard enough, i paid....wait for it.....the princley sum of 6 euros!  |
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