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Germany (Brd) Stamps: Postally Used Or Cto?

 
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Posted 04/28/2016   02:28 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add igopp to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Recently I purchased very nice and clean Leuchtturn BRD album, mostly for binder and hingeless pages, but also there are many stamps in it.
Most of them are postally used, but also there are many stamps with undisturbed gum (never hinged) and they remind me DDR CTO stamps. However, Michel catalogue is not mentioning any CTO stamps for BRD.
I have one set scanned for your review. All stamps (except 30pf) are with perfect gum. Also there are few stamps with fully matching cancellations (like 10pf and 80pf or 40pf and 50pf). There are some sets where all stamps have exactly identical cancellations. So - what is it?



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Posted 04/28/2016   07:54 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Petert4522 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
When all of the cancels are close to being the same and there is full gum on the back, yes, the first impression would be CTO's. That is a pretty series though and should not be too hard to find genuinely used!

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Posted 04/28/2016   09:22 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KGB to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Peter is likely correct, though I'm used to CTOs having just a portion of the cancel. Most of these are socked right on the nose.
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Posted 04/28/2016   10:15 am  Show Profile Check GeoffHa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GeoffHa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Maybe cancelled for favour, rather than CTO?
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Posted 04/28/2016   10:19 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Jenny2U to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Favor cancel sock on the nose CTOs are found on stamps purchased directly at the post office and "cancelled to order" by a postal employee. Corner CTOs are normally found on inexpensive mass produced topical stamps dumped by countries hoping to offload them to collectors.

Edit: I was typing at the same time as Geoff, who still can't spell right
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Posted 04/28/2016   11:16 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add bookbndrbob to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Sometimes you will find West German stamps in pairs, with one being CTO/favor cancel and the other being MNH. Some people in Germany collect them that way.
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Posted 04/28/2016   11:27 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add igopp to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes - It looks like "Cancellation for favor". Most of stamps in this collection (starting from year 1966 and up to 1976) went through the same post office and even the same employee (I guess #464 - see image). All cancelled almost on the day of release...
Now - how should I categorize them? Is there any value left in them at all or "Cancel for favor" is a dead end for any stamp?

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Posted 04/28/2016   12:47 pm  Show Profile Check GeoffHa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GeoffHa to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I don't see why cancelled for favour should be a dead-end. The only thing distinguishing your stamps from ones that have been centrally cancelled when going through the mail is their gum, which can, if wished, be soaked off.

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Now - how should I categorize them? Is there any value left in them at all or "Cancel for favor" is a dead end for any stamp?

Basically, if you like them, keep them. This series is very common in any condition, postally used, favor cancelled, or even mint. Any difference in actual value is negligible because the value of the stamp in any condition is pretty minimal.
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Posted 04/28/2016   2:28 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add igopp to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes - I know that BRD stamps after ~1955 are not expensive. I will probably keep them just for respect of somebody who made this effort.
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