Cds Errors

hi,
do errors regarding circular date cancels have any added value
ive found a couple of covers with inverted date slugs and letters
thanks

No extra value. Collectible as oddities, though. The real collectibles here would be a wrong date, as in a postmark with a month or year that predates the cancelled stamp.

As wt1 said there may not be extra value but they are certainly collectable...especially older ones. I have these Victorian examples postmarked Glasgow which have "varieties" such as the reversed 'E' and an inverted '2'. Please feel free to post any of your examples.

i have a couple similar,ill post some scans,
ive found a cover online that I find interesting,

there are two cds cancels,the covers dated 1909 around 2 weeks after the stamps first day,
the first cds applied clearly dates 1908,no mention of it by the seller but close enough look at it and its clear to see,the other cds dates a year and two days later?

Without seeing a scan I have to think it could be that the first postmark is the date posted and the second is an arrival mark. It is common to see '8' mistaken for '9' on some covers if is is worn or not firmly applied. A two day difference would indicate that one is the arrival mark.

the cover in question I noticed on ebay

hopefully better image

It would be interesting to see the stamp cancellation too. I can see two "REGISTERED" marks...one Chicago and one Hanover dated 10th and 12th May on the cover. Could well be a mistake in the year of one of them. Shouldn't think it would add any particular value to the cover though but opinions may differ.

Here is a #11 on cover mailed from Malden, Massachusetts in 1857. The postal clerk forgot to insert the date slugs! I think I've heard this called a mute cancel. Must have been his first hand stamp of the day.

Here's some interesting genealogical information on the addressee of that Malden, Mass. postmarked cover, as addressed to Juliet F. Sumner of Foxboro, Mass.:



I know some 19th century names are weird in comparison to the present day, but I can't say I've ever heard of a woman named "Experience", who was apparently the wife of Henry H. Sumner and the mother of Juliet F. Sumner, who was born on May 7, 1837, making her about 20 years old at the time the cover was mailed.

wt1,

Thanks for the genealogical information on the Malden cover. This will add interest to my collection, and I'll add this to my postal history records.

Here's a CDS on a #11a with only the day slug inserted upside down. The result: a Jun 91 Montpelier Vermont cancel!

And of course, I have that stampless cover with the NOV. inverted, so it can happen but no premium attached.

Another "mute cancel" error cover - missing the month and date - Brockton Massachusetts advertising cover; W. L. Douglas Shoes:

Technically it is not missing the date as mute cancels were used for third class bulk mail (hence the 1c rate).

I might add that one of the reasons why mute cancels were used is because as third class mail nobody had the right to expect the item to arrive within a given time frame (which was the expectation with first class mail and later air mail).