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United States/Stamps : Used plate number coils or inexpensive fun with U.S. stamps

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philb

29 Dec 2015
04:30:29pm
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In the 1980s many of us used to check the incoming mail for stamps with plate numbers. In fact i received one recently from a fellow Stamorama person..i had to soak it off..then i found two stockcards of PNC's in a U.S. stock book. On these 25 cent Yosemites the numbers will be hard to see from my scan..#2 one stamp #4 2 stamps #5 2 stamps #7 three stamps #8 one,#9 6 stamps,#10 2 stamps #11 2 stamps #13 2 stamps,#14 3 stamps. Image Not Found

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ikeyPikey

29 Dec 2015
05:19:58pm

re: Used plate number coils or inexpensive fun with U.S. stamps

Still fun. 2015 Red Knot 'plate' P111, of the Coastal Birds Postcard Stamp Series, FDoI 20150601, cds New York City 20151215, with one of those shpritzy cancels that I think ... oh, never mind, I'll spare you.

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philb

29 Dec 2015
05:34:58pm
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re: Used plate number coils or inexpensive fun with U.S. stamps

Ok !

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DavidG

APS member since 2004
29 Dec 2015
07:25:56pm

re: Used plate number coils or inexpensive fun with U.S. stamps

CDS = Circular Date Stamp
That's the round postmark with city and state in it, along with the date

Phil B.:

I collect those, too! Lots of fun!

David

"President, The Society for Costa Rica Collectors"

ikeyPikey

29 Dec 2015
07:30:26pm

re: Used plate number coils or inexpensive fun with U.S. stamps

CDS = Circular Date Stamp though, frankly, I usually corrupt it to City Date Stamp (in my head).

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philb

29 Dec 2015
07:40:57pm
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re: Used plate number coils or inexpensive fun with U.S. stamps

Lord, Let them not corrupt me at this stage of the game !

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ikeyPikey

29 Dec 2015
07:58:16pm

re: Used plate number coils or inexpensive fun with U.S. stamps

Okay, the penny dropped.

Anglophile knows "what's a CDS".

He is questioning the application of that term to sphritzy linear text.

Good question.

Cheers,

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philb

29 Dec 2015
04:30:29pm

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ikeyPikey

29 Dec 2015
05:19:58pm

re: Used plate number coils or inexpensive fun with U.S. stamps

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philb

29 Dec 2015
05:34:58pm

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re: Used plate number coils or inexpensive fun with U.S. stamps

Ok !

"If a man would be anything, he must be himself."

DavidG

APS member since 2004
29 Dec 2015
07:25:56pm

re: Used plate number coils or inexpensive fun with U.S. stamps

CDS = Circular Date Stamp
That's the round postmark with city and state in it, along with the date

Phil B.:

I collect those, too! Lots of fun!

David

"President, The Society for Costa Rica Collectors"

ikeyPikey

29 Dec 2015
07:30:26pm

re: Used plate number coils or inexpensive fun with U.S. stamps

CDS = Circular Date Stamp though, frankly, I usually corrupt it to City Date Stamp (in my head).

"I collect stamps today precisely the way I collected stamps when I was ten years old."

philb

29 Dec 2015
07:40:57pm

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re: Used plate number coils or inexpensive fun with U.S. stamps

Lord, Let them not corrupt me at this stage of the game !

"If a man would be anything, he must be himself."

ikeyPikey

29 Dec 2015
07:58:16pm

re: Used plate number coils or inexpensive fun with U.S. stamps

Okay, the penny dropped.

Anglophile knows "what's a CDS".

He is questioning the application of that term to sphritzy linear text.

Good question.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

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