US Ovate Flag Cancel

Finally got one.

Looks like you got two there! Congrats !


Peter

is that ovate cancel hard to find? Or carry a premium?

There are about 110 different ovate flag cancels! They vary in value from about a $1 to over $100. Easy to get some quick representative examples Completion is a stiff challenge.
There are 63 types from Boston similar to this, and 7 more ovates with a folded-over flag (called an "involute" flag.)
Plus another 40 non-Boston.
With the main listings found on pages 27 and 84 in Frederick Langford's "Standard Flag Cancel Encyclopedia" 4th, available from the Machine Cancel Society.

The one shown above was used 1903-1907, and is one of the more common.

wow thats a lot of variety for a similar type.

Here's a sampling of some others...