The Cancel Types and Subtypes of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway
This is an introduction to printed cancel types, again focusing on examples from the Chicago & Northwestern system. The two stamps below illustrate the two essential types of Chicago & Northwestern Railway printed cancels. Undated, the cancel on the left has a period after the "N", the cancel on the right has no period after the "N". I'll show you how these two stamps can be best organized in a collection in the following post.
Otherwise identical stamps and cancels except for the punctuation after the "N"
Period after N, 189_, roulette
Period after N, 1899, roulette
Period after N, 1899, hyphen-hole
Period after N, no date, hyphen-hole
The collector of these cancels could focus at several levels when putting together a "complete" collection. At the macro level, a single example of each railroad or company producting and using these cancel mioght be enough. A more granular focus could range from major types (period or no period), the range of dates of the cancels, to considerations for the perforation type used on the underlying stamp. For me, major, listable types should include perforation type, hence the stamps and cancels included in this post.
Now for the cancels with no period after the N. There are six [seven??] known major types:
No period after N, no date, hyphen-hole
No period after N, 1899, roulette
No period after N, 1899, hyphen-hole
At least one philatelist has reported a no period, 1899 cancel on a hyphen-hole stamp, but I cannot confirm the existence of the cancel
No period after N, 1900, roulette
No period after N, 1900, hyphen-hole
No period after N, 1901, hyphen-hole
No period after N, 1902, hyphen-hole
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