Silver Jubilee Parcel Post Machine Cancel (1938)

I was looking through the Buck a Cover website and found that they have a number of classic covers featuring return addresses from former stamp collectors, stamp publications, stamp shops and philatelists.

This one particularly caught my eye because of the 1938 Silver Jubilee Parcel Post Machine Cancel. I don't recall seeing one quite like it before and with the return address of H.L. Lindquist Publications it seemed quite appropriate to post here:



How many remember the old H.L. Lindquist Publication "STAMPS: The Weekly Magazine of Philately"? Although it's no longer around, I actually remember subscribing to it back in the early 1970s.

I loved that magazine, still have a few copies hanging around...
Don

Wow! I have never seen that cancel docketed anywhere. I bet Buck-a-Cover probably just bought a large collection that the original collector probably focused on those at least for a short time. Very neat. I'll have to look around later today (after my biopsy) for any information on this type of cancel. Sincerely -Jeff

Stamps Magazine was, in my opinion, the best stamp collecting periodical that I have read. I was never a subscriber, but I found a run of them in a local library and, over a period of a couple of years, read every issue from No. 1, issue 1. Great columnists and lots of world-wide stamps news in nearly every issue. The publisher, Harry Lindquist, had a great talent for building a sense of community among his readers.

Sure wish we had something like it today. This forum probably comes as close as anything. I recently read on another forum that Linn's is slowly, but steadily sinking. I sadly agree. Not much content there anymore.

Don

That particular slogan was used in about 15 different cities, on both International and Universal machines, for a couple weeks in November of 1938. (United States Promotional Slogan Cancellations 1899-1940, Payne, 2005)

The slogan was only in use "for a couple of weeks"? Granted, use in 15 major cities even for "a couple of weeks" resulted in millions of postmarks, but I wonder how many have survived considering that most 75+ year old machine cancels were relegated to the trash after mailing?

As I mentioned earlier, I don't recall having seen this particular example before, so even if it may not have a high monetary value, it probably is quite collectible and a lot scarcer than some might think.

wt1
I should have added that is it rated as 'uncommon' in the catalog, which has been my experience as well, so I agree that it is somewhat difficult to find. And even though it was in use at some major cities for a couple weeks, it was often only on 1 or 2 out of 15 or more machines in any given city, so a relatively small percentage of each cities mail got the slogan.

Thanks for the additional information.

For anyone interested, Buck-a-Cover's website is still offering the example shown above for $1.50 -- see third row, middle cover at this link:

http://www.buckacover.com/covers/se...num_rows=273

I agree with MikeE's comments and would further note that pre-1940 slogan cancels are a rich collecting field with lots of interesting angles and opportunities, without necessarily spending much money, but lots of time digging in dollar boxes. There has recently been a gold-medal one frame exhibit on the 1913 Perry's Victory slogans...