US Slogan Cancels

"Happy Holidays" 2022

A recent addition, a LET'S GO! CITIZENS MILITARY TRAINING CAMPS slogan from Baltimore, 1926.

Payne shows 11 cities (not counting numerous stations) using this International version from 1924 to 1929.

The delightful aspect of this cover is the return address and printed promotion from Third Corps Army which invites the viewer to participate in the program. The envelope likely mailed a news release about the program as it is addressed to a Pennsylvania newspaper, The Item.

Here are a couple interesting ones I nabbed recently.

One of the multitude of Bicentennial slogan cancels from the mid-1970s, though this one probably isn't seen much.

I'm a fan of exposition cancels and hadn't seen this one before.

I'm not sure if this qualifies as a slogan cancel ... or does it? In any case, I've not seen a Canal Station cancel like this before. Can anyone provide any info?

Short answer, no. The majority of machine cancel collectors would not consider a station designation to be a slogan, despite the format or location within the cancel.

The Time Marking Machine Company was based in Chicago so it is no surprise to find multiple installations there. Here is a sampling of them, with the larger diameter "A" dial, yours has a slightly smaller "D" dial also in use at a number of Chicago stations. Canal Station had several machines with both dial types in use.

Very nice line-up! Thanks for the info. Also, I see that illegal usage you snuck in there.

I have a cover from the 1933 Century of Progress that I have a question concerning the cancellation. According to the USPOD bulletin for the release of the 1c and 3c sheets, the first day of issue was limited to the APS Convention station on August 25, 1933. The second day release was August 28, 1933 at the Century of Progress Postal Station and the Philatelic Agency in Washington, DC.

Is the August 28, 1933 machine cancel on this cover one that was used by the Century of Progress Postal Station? I was unable to locate any information concerning the types of cancels used by this station. Any information is appreciated.

Short answer: No.

Longer answer, the machine cancel applied at the Century of Progress Exposition was this one:

There were also a number of handstamps used at the expo.

Your cancel came from one of about 2 dozen Universal Stamping Machine Company machines used over many months in 1933 in Chicago to advertise the Expo, with dials ranging up to #55 plus Englewood and Stockyards Stations. Additional variants appear with the 1934 date in the slogan.

References:
Bomar, WIlliam J. "Postal Markings of United States Expositions"
Payne, Robert. "Slogan Cancels, 1899-1940", Machine Cancel Society

For those interested in the full text of the announcement flier:


I would hesitate to call August 28 a "second day".
August 25 is clearly the "first day", which was a Friday. Stamps bought that day or during the rest of the stamp show which ran through Saturday, August 26, were clearly valid at any U.S. post office. Monday, August 28 would be the "4th day of issue", with the sales location transferred to the exposition.

As you probably know, numerous stamps in the 1930s had their official First Day at various cities around the country, and the stamps then released by the Philatelic Agency in Washington DC on the next day, and these "second day" DC cancels are officially recognized in the Scott Specialized first day cover listings. For 731, as you described, since August 25th was a Friday, the next business day that it was available at the Agency in DC was Monday the 28th, so colloquially it would be classified with the "second day FDCs" from Washington DC even though technically it was the 4th calendar day after the issue date.

Scott does list the 730a and 731a August 28th cancels from Washington DC. Curiously though Scott lists and prices full sheets of 730 and 731 only with the Aug 25 Chicago cancel, and individual copies of 730a or 731a from either Chicago or Washington DC. They do not list full sheets with the Washington DC Aug 28th cancel, even though it is clear from their announcement that only full sheets shall be sold, not singles. Curious.

Here is my copy of the sheet, with Chicago Expo Station August 25th handstamp.

Thanks to all for the great feedback. He is my copy of the "2nd Day FDC" from Washington. Finding an August 28, 1933 cover from the Exposition has been problematic.


Still looking for a copy from Washington with a date cancel on the obverse.

4 does not equal 2.
Scott's Kool-Aid should be consumed in moderation. Despite Scott broadly listing and valuing numerous releases in Washington DC the day after, etc., in this specific case, the 28th is the 4th day of release and this might be more accurately described as the "first day of sale at the philatelic sales unit", but it is not a second day of issue, which was on Saturday, August 26 at the Chicago show..

John
I'll concede your point, the release of the sheets on August 28th was not, by the calendar, the second day of issue and that the sheets were officially released for the second time on August 28, 1933 at the Century of Progress Postal Station, Exposition Grounds and Washington, DC Philatelic Agency.

I've always used the term "2nd Day FDC" to mean the second official release of a stamp. I see it is imprecise since I really saying "the second day of the First Day Cover " Since FDCs are not my specialty, would an FDC collector consider that covers from both 8/25/33 and 8/28/33 are necessary for their collection or would they only get the 8/25/33 issue? Also, what term would I use to describe a second release from another location and sold on a different date? Such as Scott 730/750.

Thanks for feedback.
Rick