This 1c Re-engraved Banknote has some interesting characteristics, including a 6.5mm horizontal bar cancel, and its left/right sides are cut either in a similar curve with scissors or a cutting tool.
The 6.5mm horizontal bar precancel was seen on Scott 156 from Cleveland, Ohio, as a usage from Clark's Almanac advertising Clark's Anti-bilious Compound, as noted in Charles Souder's Postal History and Usage of 1907 and Earlier Precancels.
This stamp appears to me to be another usage of this same precancel on Scott 206 but is not listed in Souder's book, and, alas is not on cover/almanac. The left/right separation is likely from scissors, as I am not aware of early vending/affixing machines in the 1880s (they appear to have been used after 1900).
Thoughts?
Posted 08/24/2023 06:28 am
