Can You Date The Postmark On This 1800's Post Card

Post marked Nov 19, 18__ what?
Or, What was the year of issue.

Card issued in 1875, but best if you can show us the whole thing, both sides.

Postcard was issued in 1875. Scott UX4 maybe? Hard to tell exactly when all you have is a cut square

Peter

I don't see a year date as being a part of this cancel. Jamesw has the best idea, imo.

Hmmm I'm confused now!
This card is either ux4 or ux7.

The following statement was coped off a reference webpage:

REF: (http://collectiblescentral.com/Read...articleid=3)




However, the date on the personal message on the reverse side of the post card was dated Nov. 19, 1875.

Your card is 99%+ certain to be UX5.
(The watermarked UX4 is quite scarce, so very highly unlikely; and the UX7 has a different inscription.)

I'm not seeing the 1875 date on the personal message that you are mentioning, just the "November 19". Is the 1875 really lightly written or something? Also, it looks like your irresponsible dealer put another of their giant stickers on the back of this card and created some significant damage with the glue sinking into the paper and being revealed when you pulled the sticker off. It would have been a 50 cent card but now it would be a space filler.

2 KIMO:
There was uncertainty as to the real issue date of this card, so I blocked out the personal date on the back of the card so that forum respondents would not be influenced in their appraisal. So, here is the image of the back of this post card with the written date Nov. 19, 1875.

That is wrong on so many levels. From this point on, why would anyone believe any image you post? Bad move.
Don

I agree with Don. Also, every smallest aspect of a card or cover on its front and back is important to identifying something, including handwritten things. People on a forum like this only have an image that you have taken and posted here to go by and the details are nowhere near what there would be if someone like us were to be able to hold the card in our hands and study it under different kinds of light and such. And this is especially important for postcards and some stamps where there are so many very subtle varieties. Your photoshopping or whatever technique you used was not honest and is the sort of thing that may make some people on a forum like this not want to try to help you in future questions.

Wow, that was dumb.