Proprietary Printed And Hand Stamped Cancels

This forum has been quite for a couple of days so I thought I would share some new printed cancels.

First up is Newbauer & Co, a San Francisco match company:



This one is James Eaton, a match manufacturer in Utica, NY:



This one is P. T. Ives, a match manufacturer in Wallington. CT. Proprietary cancels are rarely seen on Foreign Exchange revenues:



Next up is Brown & Durling, a match manufacturer in Wadsworth, OH:



And last, but not least, E. R. Tyler, a match manufacturer from Rag Hollow, CT:



Some of these are quite rare, with maybe only 2-3 copies known.

Very interesting, thanks for sharing.

All the companies above issued Private Die match stamps. The really rare one is the Ives on a Foreign Exchange, since that title was not supposed to be used for proprietary articles. Only Proprietary or Playing Cards stamps were supposed to be used. I have never seen any printed Match and Medicine cancel on a Foreign Exchange stamp.

very nice group of cancels. in the condition yours are in all would rate at least scarce. I echo revcollector re the foreign exchange use.

Very nice! Also, great dramatic double transfer on that R22c along the right side.

My Brown & Durling example uses a different font for the B&D than yours:




Regarding printed proprietary cancels on wrong stamp types, the only other company I've encountered to do this is the playing card company Andrew Dougherty. I guess when you ran out of the appropriate stamp, any port in a storm...

I wasn't aware of proprietary cancels; thanks for the education. Were these printed on a full sheet of mint stamps, similar to pre-cancelled postage stamps?

I have two that are recorded in Howard Beaumont's listing of printed cancels, but I have never been able to determine what the initials stand for. Any guesses? (Of course, they may not even be proprietary.)

Yes. And as with those, errors can occur:








I have an example of the second, but not the first. I don't have it attributed either.

I have entirely too many printed cancels that have no attibution. This link shows all of the printed cancels I've imaged, and as you can see there are too many unknowns.

https://revenue-collector.com/cgi-b...ncelMethod=P

Dan, that is such an impressive list. And not all that many unknowns! (I notice that you have a Brady (Matthew) listed as printed. Is that a typo? I thought they were handstamped.)

Dan,

I emailed you with an ID on a couple of the cancels on your website last night. Feel free to let me know if you didn't receive it or if it wasn't clear... it was late and I was tired. Also, thanks for pointing out the double transfer on the R22c. I hadn't even noticed it. Likely, I didn't notice because I am not great at identifying double transfers!

I believe both stamps Rusty posted aren't proprietary cancels. Regardless, they are nice cancels!

I have a couple of playing card printed cancels on R2c:




I have some others on stamps that shouldn't have been used and will try to post a few later. Lastly, Brown & Durling seemed to have no quality control at all.

many of these firms may not have had enough of the same type to set up to cancel a sheet at a time. they would use what they had and break the sheets as required. it is also possible that they used jobbing printers or even went to the local newspaper offices. most seem to have done this on a once a month basis, based on the dates I have seen. the Boston book listed a few uses of the express title. all of the Brady cancels I have seen appear to be handstamped.

with your description of the Brady impression I think it likely was a single seal hand press.

A few more...


Unidentified at this point.


D. B. Welch, Artist (Photographer)




Nathan Fenn's Matches


Joseph Burnett & Co. (Medicine)



American Card Company (Playing Cards)




Lawrence & Cohen Playing Cards


Andrew Dougherty Playing Cards

I wonder how many of those that are proprietary cancels which are on non proprietary stamps were used on receipts or invoices rather then the products themselves.

I have some hand stamps that I didn't include because I am convinced that they were likely used on a receipt or an invoice. In general, I don't ever recall seeing a proprietary printed cancel on a receipt or invoice though. Typically, they seem to be handstamped or manuscript canceled.

One more...



No attribution for this cancel yet.

The few I have seen have been handstamped, but I have not seen all that many.