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hello...
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1/2c - 9c - 7c are PC
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12c
others are regular cancelled |
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Hi Chasa,
Do you know if a company has a permit to use precancels, can that company choose the stamp they prefer or does the post office determine which stamps they will allow?
I was just curious about the particulars.
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| Edited by TheStampNut - 12/26/2014 11:34 am |
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StampNut - yes, a zero-cost permit is required. However, the USPS discontinued the use of precancels as we knew them about 10 years ago, so no new towns are coming out legitimately. Some of the bulk-rate stamps are referred to as precancels - they are the only ones in current use.
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Thanks Chasa,
I just ordered a precancel catalog so I can add a bit more info to my brain...always so much more to learn LOL
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Overprints are a completely different thing...if I were home I would give some examples. maybe someone else will step forward with examples. |
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The term overprint is a very broad term to describe "any word, inscription or device printed across the face of a stamp altering its use, or its locailty or its face value, or overprinted for a special purpose." (Konwiser, 1947) So YES, a precancel is just one type of many overprint types. Here is a sampling of some overprints.  |
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Just to avoid anyone becoming confused, on John Becker's final stamp the overprint is the black mourning frame around the edge, not the date-stamp cancelation! |
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Good point on the mourning stamp. Thanks There is no end to the variety of overprints. Here are a few more. The stamp in the upper right is overprinted twice - with the "Nebr.", and the "Hastings Neb." precancel.  |
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John Becker,
I'm learning a lot from your posts. Keep them up!
So the three parallel bars on the Egyptian stamp at the lower right of the last image is an overprint, and not a cancellation? What would it mean, or signify?
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The 3 overprinted lines on the Egypt stamp obliterate the portrait of King Farouk who was overthown in 1952, but why destroy otherwise good stamps? |
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So the three parallel bars on the Egyptian stamp at the lower right of the last image is an overprint, and not a cancellation? What would it mean, or signify? The fall of power of King Farouk. If you want to see an array of other overprinted stamps, checkout this previous thread: http://goscf.com/t/32289Also, this Linn's Stamp News "Refresher Course" article may be helpful: http://www.linns.com/howto/refreshe...rcourse.aspx |
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| Edited by wt1 - 02/20/2015 12:42 pm |
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The Pittsburgh Pa on the 10 cent Monroe is a precancel, not an overprint., |
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Posted 12/10/2014 03:13 am
