rex
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Post by rex on May 25, 2023 8:27:38 GMT
Could someone please give me information about this stamp and its flag cancellation with 13 stars. Is it possible that it is a coil stamp for a vending machine..? ..considering the non perforation on the upper side . Thanks in advance to anyone who wants to help. Thank you. Since I don't have a Scott catalog, could if you have the opportunity to give me the Stanley Gibbons catalog number. Thanks again.  |
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stainlessb
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Post by stainlessb on May 25, 2023 14:27:41 GMT
not my area of focus, but I believe it may be from a booklet. The obliteration may have been part of a slogan cancel. Maybe someone will have a complete (on cover) to post?
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rex
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Post by rex on May 26, 2023 17:28:30 GMT
True it could be from a booklet. Thanks Stan you gave me the idea.
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on May 26, 2023 18:31:04 GMT
The triangles in the upper corners were the same in types III and IV of this design (A88 in Scott). Your stamp appears to be type III -- some of the indicators are obscured by the postmark but there are enough discernible to rule out Type IV. The only booklet stamps of this design were Type IV. Yours is a sheet stamp from the first row of a lower pane (you can see the horizontal guideline at the top).
As to the flag postmark, it is a machine cancel described as a spread-field flag with halyard. The Boston Main Office began to receive this new die for its American Postal Machines in 1896.
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rex
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Post by rex on May 27, 2023 19:56:20 GMT
Really thanks, I should be able to catalog it now .
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darkormex
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Post by darkormex on Mar 2, 2024 3:52:49 GMT
As to the flag postmark, it is a machine cancel described as a spread-field flag with halyard. The Boston Main Office began to receive this new die for its American Postal Machines in 1896. , is there an online resource that you are aware of for identifying US machine cancels of the late 19th and early 20th centuries? Free is better. I am currently looking at a postal card sent from Japan and it has two different US machine cancels, each different from one another in certain design elements and different cities in the US. One cancel is directly stamped over the other so it is hard to sort them out. |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Mar 2, 2024 6:32:11 GMT
The machine flag cancel maybe an Station A model F4 (1898-99) or a CF13 or CF 15 depending on the source.
I do not have the appropriate literature.
Assumed from the top curve of the Flag.
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Mar 2, 2024 13:26:08 GMT
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darkormex
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Post by darkormex on Mar 2, 2024 13:37:21 GMT
Thank you, yes. This is perfect.
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