I repeat: "NONSENSE."
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According to John H. Chandler & H. Dagnall in the book mentioned above:
"The provincial papers, on the other hand, were chiefly for local readers and there was little need for a provincial post office to provide special obliterators for precancelling newspapers. Instead, some of the normal newspaper cancellers were used for this purpose, but with the time omitted. Other provincial towns have used the normal numbered barred oval killer to precancel newspapers. The following are known to have been used in this way."
Your cancel was not used on a newspaper.
Your cancel was not used by a stationer sending out newspapers.
Your cancel was not a 'normal' cancel used by the post office.
From the top of the same page
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The Post Office came up with a scheme whereby Publishers and News Agents sent in wrappers (addressed or un-addressed) early in the day for pre-cancelling, so they could then be taken back, sorted for the different routes and then used to enclose the papers when available to be put in mailbags and sealed by a Postal Official. As an inducement, the pre-cancelled mail would be accepted for posting later than for ordinary mail.
This proposal was laid before the Provincial Newspaper Society during their annual meeting at the Crystal Palace on 10/5/1870 and accepted. There was also provision when necessary for a post office clerk to take the pre-canceller to the customers' premises to stamp the wrappers there.
We are not talking about newspapers that were covered by the scheme.
You are taking words form your "friend" and conveniently ignore the 95% of the text that tells you postcards and wool were not covered by the scheme.
You also very conveniently refer to the use of "normal cancels" to be able to link it to pre-cancelling practice when this cancel is not "normal," as it was never used by that post office.
Also note that a pre-cancel is not the same as pre-cancelling.
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but the cancel looks like a cloth was over it when used (to minimise use of the ink pad)
Now it gets ridiculous.
Did you read that in a philatelic web post of the Grimm brothers?
Posted 12/15/2022 10:41 am
