Fancy Cancels

A double cancellation date of January 25, 1887 on a George Washington stamp. Scott number 210, issued 1883.

A cancellation date of March 31, 1883 on an Andrew Jackson stamp. Scott number 183, issued 1879.

A cancellation date in New York of October 27, 1883 of a Benjamin Franklin stamp. Scott numbr 206, issued 1881-1882.

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A cancellation date of June 28, 1888 on a George Washington Stamp. Scott number 213, issued 1887.

A cancellation date of June 14, 1898 on a George Washington Stamp. Scott number is unknown.

A cancellation date of March 3, 1885 on a George Washington Stamp. Scott number 210, issued 1883.

Almach,

I mean no disrespect, but I am genuinely confused. You labeled this thread "Fancy Cancels" when you started it, and since then have shown us dozens of examples of cancelled stamps, one to a post, with minimal write-ups. Only a few of these would qualify as true "fancy cancels" with most being common corks, third class mail, or townmarks. I am not alone in making that observation here, which prompts a question.

What is your understanding of what constitutes a "fancy cancel" and which of all these do you truly consider to be that? You haven't said, as far as I can tell.

almach, you need to look for stuff like this.

I apologize for any confusion that I caused. When at stamp shows, I look through the boxes, binders, etc that say fancy cancels from the dealers. Sometimes the dealers have interesting cancellations in these boxes that include city postmarks, as well as target, manuscript, sock on the nose (or CDS), cork, duplex and other cancels. I just like to show my collection of these interesting cancels. I guess I misnamed the thread. I just acquired about 50-60 cancelled stamps with interesting cancels. Any help in where I should post these types of stamps would be appreciated. Thank you.

Ah, I get it. Dealer display advertising to catch the eye and curiosity. As for showing them, this is the right place I think. I was just thrown off by the title, since the term "fancy cancels" has a special meaning in this hobby. These are just cancels that caught your attention. I see.

A star cancel on a George Washington stamp. Scott number 251, issued in 1894.

A nice pair of target cancels on Scott 734, issued in 1933.

Here is a Rochester, N.Y. cancellation on an International Civil Aeronautics Conference stamp, Scott number 649, issued in 1928.

A World's Fair St. Louis cancellation on a George Washington, Scott number 301 stamp, issued 1902-1903.

Here are two target cancellations on two George Washington stamps. Scott number 220, issued 1890-1893.



Scott number 210, issued 1883.