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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

American Express Printed Cancels: Pair including Subtypes A and B

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189x roulette pair, subtype B above and subtype A on stamp below. Mansucript 9 added to complete year date.

American Express Printed Cancels: Varieties of Subtype B

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American Express 189x sans serif printed cancels subtype B, where each of the seven stamps below has the 1 of the 189x year date under the c...
Monday, June 15, 2009

American Express Printed Cancels: Varieties of Subtype A

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Below are examples of three different varieties of Subtype A of AMEX printed cancels under the classification scheme used by Henry Tolman in...
Sunday, June 14, 2009

American Express Printed Cancels: Henry Tolman's Sans-serif Typology

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Approximately 2 years ago, part 4 of the Siegel auction of the Henry Tolman revenue collection included a 2 binder lot of proprietary printe...
Saturday, June 13, 2009

Cancel for June 13: Counselman & Day

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Chicago stock brokers Counselman and Day June 13 cancel on 4 cent doc strip of three
Friday, June 12, 2009

Cancel for June 12: Ballantine and Brown

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Cancel for June 12: Ballantine and Brown on hyphen hole pair with guideline between.
Thursday, June 11, 2009

Cancel for June 11: Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway

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Cancelled on June 11 by the LS&MS Ry. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway was Vanderbilt's link from the New York Central...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Cancel for June 10: H. G. Rush

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H.G. Rush Cancel from June 10, 1899.
Monday, June 8, 2009

Cancel for June 8: Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway

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Cancelled 108 years ago today by the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway. The mainline ran from Pekin to Madison, Illinois via Springfie...
Sunday, June 7, 2009

Cancel for June 7: Southern Iron Car Line

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Railroad car operator Southern Iron Car Line cancelled this stamp 110 years ago today.

American Express Printed Cancels: Handstamped Dates

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In the previous post, Amex printed cancels were shown with incomplete dates or dates completed in manuscript. Some Amex offices used handsta...
Saturday, June 6, 2009

American Express Printed Cancels: Basic Types

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Like the companies that used proprietary stamps, and the railroads that used high volume amounts of the same value of documentary stamp, Ame...
Friday, June 5, 2009

Railroad Cancels: Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad

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The Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad was a system of railroads that ran throughout Florida. The system's route map in 1882 is sho...
Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Railroad Cancels: Georgia and Alabama Railway

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The Georgia and Alabama Railway came into existence in 1895 when it was created from the bankrupt Savannah, Americus, and Montgomery Railway...
Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Industrial Cancels: The American Cereal Company

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The American Cereal Company was founded in 1891 when seven oat millers merged together. Those millers included two Iowa firms, one in Illin...
Monday, June 1, 2009

10 Cent Documentary: Part Roulette

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Part roulette strip of 4. There is no rouletting between the 4 stamps. Rouletting exists vertically only.

Battleship Revenues: 10 Cent Documentary

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According to the tax act of 1898 requiring this stamp series, specific uses for the 10 cent stamp included: Bills of lading or receipt for a...
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