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US Precancels - Has Anybody Manged To Get All Towns ?

 
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Posted 01/13/2018   5:55 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add valdpete to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I wonder if anybody managed to get at least one precancel from all towns. Not asking about types, only towns.

If not, what is the highest score ?

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Posted 01/13/2018   7:26 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add chasa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
No one collector has all towns (the list is closely watched).
I don't have the list handy but the best collection needs under 10 of all 21,341.
( I have one he needs )
There will be a few new towns added to the list when the 8th edition of the PSS catalog gets released this year.
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Edited by chasa - 01/13/2018 7:27 pm
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Posted 01/13/2018   7:55 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add valdpete to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Does it mean there are still towns issuing precancels ? Or simply omitted to list?
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Posted 01/13/2018   8:06 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add chasa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
new finds of old stamps show up in old collections....
or new research/scholarship proves that stamps thought to be precancels are not, and vice versa.
there are no newly issued precancels
one cool thing about precancels is new things can turn up
as you might imagine the vetting process to get included in the catalog/canon is rigorous (and often contentious)
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Posted 01/14/2018   05:59 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add valdpete to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
From time to time I saw a precancel (for example Love MS) I could not find in the PSS printable pages. So I thought it was an error on stamp, now I understand it was an ommission of PSS.

As you are familiar with PSS catalogs, another question. I have seen priced pages with prices 5 cent, 10 cents, 15 cents. I understand that the minimum catalog price is 20 cents now, right ? What will be the minimum price in next catalog ?
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Posted 01/14/2018   07:04 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add dkabq8 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
@vladpete

The minimum PSS catalog price is $0.15 US.
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Posted 01/15/2018   4:16 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add funbaldguy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
To have all towns you'd need a cumulative lists of all towns possible. For bureaus it's been done I'm sure, or close to completion. But for locals, unlikely... I believe new ones still pop up from time to time...
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Posted 01/15/2018   5:14 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add chasa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Buro's = done
Locals = done
but there are going to be a few new discoveries listed in the 8th edition list coming out in 2018
There are some sad cases listing at only 10 cents in the current catalog...
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Posted 01/16/2018   10:24 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add funbaldguy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Is that in your collection Chasa? or Someone else's? Either way nicely done...
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