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Birmingham, Alaska - Help Needed

 
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teddystamper
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Posted 12/08/2018   12:21 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add teddystamper to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hi all
I'm a newbie to this Precancel stuff.
Can anyone help me with a problem regarding diff. between lines and Bars? I have a pc from Birmingham, ALA. which seems to have bars, but I can only find it with lines in PSS chart descriptions.
Can anyone help, Thanks in advance
Lars
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teddystamper
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Posted 12/08/2018   1:21 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add teddystamper to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Oooops…

Of course, it should have been ALABAMA. But the problem still applies, here are the vitals of the stamp: 2 mm block caps between 1 mm bars 10½ mm apart.


lars
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John Becker
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You have a common Type-71 precancel applied by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, a "Bureau" precancel. Your stamp is from the edge of the pane showing the ends of the lines, giving a false impression that it might be a "bars" style. Here is a similar example in a pair of type-61's with wider bar spacing.

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Edited by John Becker - 12/08/2018 1:40 pm
teddystamper
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Thanks a lot for swift help
lars
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