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[MB6] US Fancy Cancel = Scarce PATENT Design <Cole* #PT-49>

[MB6] US Fancy Cancel = Scarce PATENT Design

$ 13.17

Availability: 29 in stock
  • Quality: Used
  • Topic: DISTINCTIVE FANCY CANCEL
  • Type: 19th CENTURY OFF-COVER
  • Time Period: 1870s THRU 1890s
  • Place of Origin: United States
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • State: UNITED STATES CLASSIC
  • Condition: This Item Represents a "POSTALLY USED" USA Classic Postage Stamp with Attendant Cancellation/Auxiliary Marking[s].
  • Cancellation Type: Fancy Cancel

    Description

    US Classic [mid-1800s to1900] Fancy  Cancel =
    Scarce PATENT Design 
    [Examples of Complete and even Near-complete Off-Cover Fancy Cancel Strikes are Elusive.]
    *See  "CANCELLATIONS AND KILLERS OF THE BANKNOTE ERA" by James M. Cole...The US Philatelic Classics Society [series].
    This Reference Provides Detail
    Tracings and Corresponding Alphanumeric Reference Identifiers Plus Multi-level Rarity Ratings.
    Locator = "MB6"...#77set
    **** REDUCED IN PRICE!!! ***
    ITEM(s) FROM MY SPECIALIZED COLLECTION OF 1870s-1890s FANCY AND KILLER CANCELS.  THESE REPRESENT A SELECT GROUP OF US BANKNOTE ISSUES, EACH WITH TYPICAL POST OFFICE STRIKES OF UNUSUAL, COLORED OR FANCY CANCEL DESIGNS.
    PLEASE NOTE THAT
    SOME MINOR PAPER FLAWS MAY BE PRESENT, BUT GENERALLY DO NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE QUALITY OF THESE OLD-TIME POST OFFICE CANCELLATION STRIKES AND AUXILIARY POSTAL MARKINGS.
    SOME OF THESE ARE SIMILAR TO A VARIETY OF POPULAR HAND-CARVED & SPECIALTY DESIGNS ADOPTED FOR CONTEMPORARY USE BY LOCAL POSTMASTER/CLERKS...TYPICALLY FOR ONLY BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME BEFORE  FREQUENTLY ADOPTING  REVISED/MODIFIED OR TOTALLY NEW DESIGNS.