I used to buy stamp collections, as many users do, and I started out around 2 years ago, buying every large collection I could find that was priced right... 2 years later, I still have albums on albums I've yet to search through, but as I happen upon interesting material, I separately file it away to be addressed at an appropriate time... This stamp was one I really enjoyed, I love history, and it has a WASHINGTON D.C. October 27th, 1863 date stamp, that's nearly perfectly placed in order to be able to clearly see it all, and it's not on a cover, but just a Scott #65 stamp... I know that of course it's possible to have a date stamp such as this, much more on the scarce side but it's possible.. & although there are better civil war dates that could of been chosen, on this day there was the battle of browns ferry, as well as the 2nd bombardment of Fort Sumter.. many battles were in the following days, as well as the Gettysburg address a few weeks after.. to the point: is this cancel too good to be true, (to me it would be), or is it seemingly a legit cancel? I figure the value of this cancel on an envelope is 100$+ give or take, does a stamp bearing the cancel without the envelope make it possibly more valuable by any chance? Or would it be less valuable? May years of good karma go to anyone who can answer my question(s), or anyone who actually reads this entire post.. thanks!
Posted 03/02/2020 09:56 am
