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I don't think they are precancels; rather the 2 cent red is a fancy cork and the 2 cent brown is a bull's eye. I'm sure someone will correct me if that is incorrect.
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Google is your friend. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precancel Quote:
Precanceled stamps are typically used by mass mailers, who can save the postal system time and effort by prearranging to use the precancels, and delivering the stamped mail ready for sorting. Precancels were also used on newspaper wrappers in Canada, Austria and Great Britain. The postal administration will typically offer an incentive in the form of a reduced price for precanceled stamps in volume. Precancels cannot normally be purchased by the general public, although they are often seen in one's daily mail. edited to add image Terry  |
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For US, the typical precancel has 2 or more parallel lines with the city/state between. There are exceptions, of course. The pre-cancel collectors can provide more details. They were sold with the cancels, hence pre-cancel. The previous stamps you showed were purchased at the post office mint, put on a envelope and then canceled afterwards. |
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what are these marks on the stamps I posted? In each case they are cancellations applied by the Post Office. There are many variations and some folks make a specialty of collecting material based upon the cancellation. Fascinating but not for me. Terry |
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Terry is correct. They are some of the typical postal cancels for those time frames. Some of them have names/nicknames which Terry also mentioned -- bullseye, duplex cancel...
A postmark collector can give you more specifics. There are also a number of books (some online free) that cover the different types of cancels. |
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Posted 08/08/2015 4:09 pm
