Got Any 19th Century Fancy Cancels On US Stamps Or Covers?

Would love to see what you have!

Hi Tom.....

You like early fancy cancels ? Here's a few for ya.......

US #1 on large piece w/9 bar grid killer.



#2 with pen cancel.....fancy ?...better than some, not as good as others. Right margin line is split except near center where it's cut in.


#7 w/bright redorange grid killer......exceptional contrast of colors.


#10 on cover w/gray wide 3 bar globe killer....margins could be larger but it has brilliant color.



#97...F-grill (quite obvious)...w/serious mis-perf...NY foreign cancel (sometimes called a circle of V's) on cover NYC to London.

Wow!

The #1 with the grid on piece is nice! Looks like there is an embossed design on the envelope in the upper left corner.

#2 is a very appealing example of a legendary stamp. Sure beats the empty space in my album!

I like the red cancels on the 1c blue Franklins too.

The #10 does have splendid color. The cover is addressed "care of Waldo Flint" - he was the President of the Eagle Bank in Boston. Great 3-bar globe and Worcester, Massachusetts town cancel!

I love the #97 misperf, fancy cancel, London receiving mark - all combine to make really great cover!

Thanks Tom....

It's taken many, many years to acquire some of my stamps & covers. These are not the kinds of things I can pick up just anytime I feel like it, although I surely would like a bunch more but, I don't see it happening anytime soon.

And you're right about the embossing to the left of the #1, I'll try some side lighting and see if I can get a decent picture for you.

Very nice stamps Tom

You know even if the newer stamps are colourfull and interesting I still fancy the old classics. I don't have any American stamps this old but I posted a few Canadian ones on another thread.

By the way anyone know if we can edit our posts I must of been tired last night I typed in 18th century instead of 19th

Dianne

yes you can edit your posts - just click the edit icon above the post.

nr-notrare started with some from the 1840s and 1850s, so here's one of mine from that period
- a petite little embossed "ladies cover" from about 1852-3 franked with Scott #11:



tied by a "fancy" March 23 Utica, NY oval town cancel with two diamonds.
Note there is a period after the "N", but no period after the "Y" in the abbreviation for New York.
The cover was sent from Utica to Miss M. J. Vibbard c/o C. Vibbard, Esq. in Schenectady, New York.

Hello T....

Nice little cover....doesn't look much bigger than 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"

And, that particular 'Utica' cancel is one I've never seen.......real nice strike !

Again very nice cover Tom. Love the detail in the envelope as well.

Dianne

Thanks Tom & Dianne!
You are right Tom, it is just 3 3/4" x 2 3/8"

George Washington behind bars!



This cover with a seven bar blue cancel of Scott #11 was mailed from Eaton, New York to
Miss Ada Morse at the Female Seminary in Troy, New York, sometime in the 1850s.



The Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York was founded by Emma Hart Willard in 1821.



It was the first American educational institution to offer women a college education which included
rigorous coursework in mathematics, science, foreign language, and literature.

Had no Idea you were a comic as well as brilliant!!

Now on the serious side would this stamp have been hand cut seems to be missing part of it on the left hand side. Still a very nice stamp.

Oh by the way found some more round stamps Tom. Posted them on the original round stamp thread.

Dianne

Bold 1859 "fancy" Boston PAID cancel ties Scott #26



to a cover addressed to Capt. Clark Partridge of Medway, Mass. who was a wealthy
owner of a boot factory there.



The letter inside is a gentle reminder from a bookseller in Boston:



Boston Oct 3 1859
Capt. Clark Patridge

Dear Sir
At your convenience please remit amount for History of Mass left with you August last,
six dollars, and I will return you receipt for same.

Yours very truly,
Henry Bassey

Hi Tom....

Here's a look at the embossing on the piece with my #1.

very interesting - any idea of who it is?
The portrait reminds me of young King George II on the silver crown.

Hi Tom.....

No idea really but, it does look a little like King George.