Show Us Your US Revenue SOTN/Bullseye Cancels!

I think the NYGL cancel is the New York Gas Light Co, but I am not positive.

Thanks Bart - NYGLCo is about the worst type to Google for info.

First one is New York Gas Light Company. I have the same cancel on the same stamp, although yours is nicer.

The second company I cannot identify.

I see you have a copy of that second cancel also. Which brings me to my next question. When you find massive quantities of rev issues, like the R44 lot, do you find many duplicated cancels? There always seems to be a wide selection of printed and hand stamped cancels to find, how often do you come across duplicates? Seems like there is an endless variety, but relatively few of any one cancel. Relatively few compared to front-of-the-book stamps anyway. And since price is determined by demand, I would imagine you have some very very rare, possibly unique cancels, you've uncovered for little $$?

If you look at enough lots and dealer stocks, you learn which cancels are the rarest and which are the most common. Both Bart and I have found $50-150 cancels for a buck or two.

In bulk lots like the R44c lot, you definitely can find duplication, as stamps were frequently soaked off in swaths. For example, the box lot I bought has several stacks of check cutouts with the same handstamp cancel.

I found this searching through my great grandfathers collection.
I can't quite make out the purple cancel, DEC 1898 New York I believe.

Here's one I just received. I'd be interested in any opinions as to whether the cancel is green or blue.

Image is too small. Can you scan the cancel area at 1200 or 1600 dpi? You need to be able to examine it close up and note the transitions between white and red areas of underlying ink.

This is the best I can do. I would say green, but I don't think I know enough to have a reliable opinion.

Looks green on my monitor, nice

It appears to be a bluish-green, which is the case with most cancels that are considered green. Some are more green than others.

The most vivid green shades that I have seen are those found on the cancels of New York Central Railroad, Ashburton Coal Co., and Indemnity Insurance Co.



This unattributed cancel is also pretty vivid:

Thanks, Dan. I can definitely see the more vivid green, but it's good to know my blue-green cancel may qualify as "green" as well.

I would call it blue based on my monitor, but this type of cancel has to be seen in person in sunlight to be sure.

I was a bit disappointed with the Columbia SC show. Seems like the revenue cancels didn't come out to play.











But I did luck into some cancels at my Asheville club meeting yesterday!

















Found this a curiosity. Maybe I can do some research about the case:




then this R24 looks absolutely horrible - was it garbage all over the plate or something else?




then to show I do collect stamps other than revenues, I traded some for this 71:





I did luck into an R20 silk and an R45 silk at the club meeting, so overall it was a pretty good weekend

A lot of very nice looking stamps. I don't think mine does justice but here it is. War with SOTN. That hurts.