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Beautiful Cancellation 21st Years Agatha Christies

 
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Posted 01/09/2024   5:50 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Murasama to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I would like to show you this uncut line of various UK values #8203;#8203;from the 70s with this commemorative cancellation of Agatha Christies Mousetrap's 21st birthday, I hope you like it.


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Posted 01/10/2024   02:21 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Very nice cancellation.

This is called a 'multi-value coil strip.' This 5p strip comes in a wide range of varieties. Some are very cheap but a few are very expensive.

Edit: They were dispensed from stamp vending machines.
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Edited by NSK - 01/10/2024 03:56 am
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Posted 01/10/2024   2:57 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Murasama to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for the information!! Without a doubt it is a very beautiful specimen, even the first stamp was new without cancelling....
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Posted 01/10/2024   3:11 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NSK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
That first stamp is used. It, just, has not been cancelled. As long as you keep the coil strip as it is, it remains obvious the strip has been cancelled. The bigger issue with that stamp is the missing perforations on the left. It is common for these strips to have short perforations top or bottom when cut too close to the stamp image. On the sides, where other strips were attached, the perforations should be 'normal.'

These were sideways delivery coils. If you look carefully, the tiny droplets of ink will have an ink flow to the left or right; i.e., the stamps were printed sideways and not upright.
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