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I'm not really sure what to look for with these stamps what are excise stamps? what are the 0700 overprints or some sort of cancel?  |
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The blue & orange stamp are Revenue, while the overprinted stamps are precancels> The number indicates the city & PO it is from. |
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Here is a basic list of pre cancel numbers Edwin. acknowledgement:blair rcsd  AFAIK only one stamp had a red pre cancel  |
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WOW, I'll need 6 more books if I try for all that, I think I'll just tuck my 2 in my book and duck and cover for now
I till have a lot of basic learning to do.
thanks for the list I understand the why and how of those #'s now. |
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Quote:
Here is a basic list of pre cancel numbers Edwin.
acknowledgement:blair rcsd Very useful looking list....Thanks for sharing. |
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Nice job Rodster, you beat the Canadians I had a head start BeeSee, they were all in bed  |
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Here are additional precancels from Canada in the same format as the ones pictured.
X275 Halifax, NS
X809 Moncton, NB
X910 St. John, NB
X945 Sackville, NB
3070 London, ON is an error should have been 3470
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I just noticed the title and the folder it is in... shouldn't this be in the world forum? |
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AH? uhm... I just go to the 1840-1940 section to post since that's what 99% of my questions are about...
sorry if I'm clogging it up here. |
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This should be in Precancel &/or Canada forum. |
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| Edited by warrehouse - 08/22/2010 11:49 pm |
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Posted 08/18/2010 1:09 pm
