Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Cancel or
2 Members
like this post.
Login to Like.
Gotta be faked lol
Login to Like
this post
06:59:17pm
I suspect that was a local precancel for a town in Massachusetts. The handstamp may have been improperly inked, maybe just used too many times between inking, or perhaps pressure was applied unevenly.
Login to Like
this post
Looks more like a box cancel from its size.
Login to Like
this post
Could be a box cancel - but some precancels are large.
..
Edited Left one is a box cancel for comparison, right is a large precancel
I am more inclined on the box cancel for the original scan given the "crudeness"
Here's another box cancel
Login to Like
this post
The stamp on the left could be a box cancel as well. Box cancels are hand applied, and that cancel shows signs of a double application, hand cancelling and uneven outside wrapper due to the bulk of the interior contents, or a "bounce" of the cancelling pad giving the cancel its wavy look.
I believe the cancel on the 8 center to be a box cancel due to its orientation, and the continuation of the cancel to the right as well as the line on the left side of the stamp. Those are generally not characteristics of a pre-cancel.
Login to Like
this post
Not a box cancel, but a roller hand cancel device in both cases. Not much literature exits on these. That is, with few exceptions most are not identified yet.
Login to Like
this post
Then there is this stamp. I have been all through my country list under "A" and cannot find this country!
3 Members
like this post.
Login to Like.
"Then there is this stamp. I have been all through my country list under "A" and cannot find this country! "
I think that might be a Washington D.C. Precancel
3 Members
like this post.
Login to Like.
So it seems we have
BOX cancel
ROLLER cancel
and these examples which several precancel sites term as a
"BOX-ROLLER" cancels -
..
Confused Yet 
I'm not, it's obvious that pedroguy's stamp is a:
"Rolled Box-Roller in a Box" but not a pre-cancel
2 Members
like this post.
Login to Like.
Re the BenFranklin1902 photo of an unknown country. Well if you look closer you'll see an outline of a faint 'C' before the 'ANAL' meaning country is CANAL ZONE which used to be part of the US or maybe still is.
Login to Like
this post
04:37:14pm
David, I do believe Tom (BenF) is jerking our chain! 
1 Member
likes this post.
Login to Like.
Re NL1947 photo of 2 precancels, the Revenue stamp on left is from Massachusetts but as town seems to ending in **ON* it could be anyone of nearly 400+ towns having a Town & Type precancel.
Login to Like
this post
05:41:29pm
To me, it looks like -ston. Boston perhaps?
Login to Like
this post
They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin
27 Aug 2015
06:59:17pm
re: Funny Cancel
I suspect that was a local precancel for a town in Massachusetts. The handstamp may have been improperly inked, maybe just used too many times between inking, or perhaps pressure was applied unevenly.
Login to Like
this post
re: Funny Cancel
Looks more like a box cancel from its size.
Login to Like
this post
08:40:23pm
re: Funny Cancel
Could be a box cancel - but some precancels are large.
..
Edited Left one is a box cancel for comparison, right is a large precancel
I am more inclined on the box cancel for the original scan given the "crudeness"
Here's another box cancel
Login to Like
this post
re: Funny Cancel
The stamp on the left could be a box cancel as well. Box cancels are hand applied, and that cancel shows signs of a double application, hand cancelling and uneven outside wrapper due to the bulk of the interior contents, or a "bounce" of the cancelling pad giving the cancel its wavy look.
I believe the cancel on the 8 center to be a box cancel due to its orientation, and the continuation of the cancel to the right as well as the line on the left side of the stamp. Those are generally not characteristics of a pre-cancel.
Login to Like
this post
re: Funny Cancel
Not a box cancel, but a roller hand cancel device in both cases. Not much literature exits on these. That is, with few exceptions most are not identified yet.
Login to Like
this post
Approvals
re: Funny Cancel
Then there is this stamp. I have been all through my country list under "A" and cannot find this country!
3 Members
like this post.
Login to Like.
re: Funny Cancel
"Then there is this stamp. I have been all through my country list under "A" and cannot find this country! "
I think that might be a Washington D.C. Precancel
3 Members
like this post.
Login to Like.
12:20:39pm
re: Funny Cancel
So it seems we have
BOX cancel
ROLLER cancel
and these examples which several precancel sites term as a
"BOX-ROLLER" cancels -
..
Confused Yet
I'm not, it's obvious that pedroguy's stamp is a:
"Rolled Box-Roller in a Box" but not a pre-cancel
2 Members
like this post.
Login to Like.
04:29:27pm
re: Funny Cancel
Re the BenFranklin1902 photo of an unknown country. Well if you look closer you'll see an outline of a faint 'C' before the 'ANAL' meaning country is CANAL ZONE which used to be part of the US or maybe still is.
Login to Like
this post
They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin
08 Dec 2015
04:37:14pm
re: Funny Cancel
David, I do believe Tom (BenF) is jerking our chain!
1 Member
likes this post.
Login to Like.
04:39:48pm
re: Funny Cancel
Re NL1947 photo of 2 precancels, the Revenue stamp on left is from Massachusetts but as town seems to ending in **ON* it could be anyone of nearly 400+ towns having a Town & Type precancel.
Login to Like
this post
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. - Aristotle Onassis
08 Dec 2015
05:41:29pm
re: Funny Cancel
To me, it looks like -ston. Boston perhaps?
Login to Like
this post