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1901 Red Cross Precancel

 
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Posted 06/10/2015   6:39 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Dw9540 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hello guys,

I came across this stamp and wanted to see if it's collectible. I've come across thousands of precancels and seen many inverts and errors of this particular Boston one but I've never seen one with what I'm assuming is the Red Cross?

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Posted 06/10/2015   7:54 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add John Becker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This is for Roxbury Crossing Station.
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Posted 06/10/2015   8:08 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Dw9540 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Ahh okay thank you
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Posted 06/11/2015   02:07 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Here's an earlier (inverted) variant. Note how "Roxbury Cross. Sta." was later reduced to "R Cross" in the precancel, presumably to allow sufficient space for adding the date "10-01" (October 1901) that was shown in the original scan:

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Edited by wt1 - 06/11/2015 02:09 am
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