I am a student of the postage stamps of the British Commonwealth, and just love all the older Victorian postmarks - including the earlier numerical cancels and the later "squared-circle" cancellation.
Particularly, I am interested in the stamps of India Used Abroad, and several of such offices used such cancellations. I don't have many though, but a couple that I had already scanned are posted below.
The first is a 2a6p (SC #46) used in Aden, a genuine India Used Abroad example. The second one shows a partial cancel from Rangoon (SC #O30) but I am looking for better examples from Rangoon. I wasn't that interested in postmarks earlier, so it is about time I looked back at my India Queen Victoria hoard for interesting marks.
Junk stamp, but I see there is a chance that at least one other person may still like it ...
Thankyou guys...I am hoping some of the members can provide more info....google has been great but I prefer hearing from collectors and the info/ and stories that they can share Cheryl
"Junk stamp, but I see there is a chance that at least one other person may still like it"
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"I am hoping some of the members can provide more info"
"I am yet to see a stamp of King Edward VII with a squared-circle cancellation (that would be awesome!), so I believe they fell into disuse before the end of the 19th century."
This is the latest date of any GB covers that I have in my database:
Here is a 1917 Jamaica example. It is the latest date I have from any country:
Roy
Awesome! From some random searches online, it appears that the squared-circle cancel from Nicosia was active till at least 1906, if not later. And being a "big town", I suppose it is common as well.
Roy, the two you posted seem to be the revised versions of the cancel. The earliest ones had circle with four flat bars on each corner (like the Zanzibar example). Later cancels often show three bars (like the Aden or Rangoon I posted).
At some point of time, this design seems to have been revised, for the outer bars seem to be also curved. I should check my Cyprus example again - I have a feeling it also has the same curved appearance.
(Note to myself: Get hold of Stanley Gibbons' "Collect British Postmarks" or other resource)
Very interesting....
And then, of course, there are many different Canadian types:
(Back of letter card)
(Front of letter card)
Roy
Finally, I managed to scan some of my other examples for the squared-cancel postmarks. Here are three from them. The Cardiff one is interesting because it shows a numeral ("7") in one of the corners. The Bristol one show a numeral ("8") cutting the circle. There are also other (at least one) breaks in the circle as well. The time shows 6:55pm, but the 55 is upside down.
We looked at several different varieties of the squared circlepostmarks. Here's a gist:
1. Circle and Straight Bars:
a. Four bars (eg. Zanzibar)
b. Three bars (eg. Aden, Rangoon)
2. Circle and Curved Bars:
a. Four bars, each set almost quarter circle (eg. Sennen)
b. Four bars, each set spanning less (eg. Kingston, also Nicosia)
ba. With numeral "cutting" the inner circle (eg. Bristol)
c. Three bars (eg. ?)
ca. With numeral in one corner (eg. Cardiff)
d. Two bars, pretty small (eg. Newcastle on Tyne)
3. Square without a true circle
a. Thick bars (eg. Strathroy)
b. Thin bars with thick center (eg. Shannonville)
Awesome Thankyou guys for all your help!
Just wondering if there are any members collecting squared circle cancellations ?I found one in my stash and I became interested in the history of these cancels...I think there will be an addition to my postal history collection....I will be watching for more...... Cheryl
re: squared circle cancels
I am a student of the postage stamps of the British Commonwealth, and just love all the older Victorian postmarks - including the earlier numerical cancels and the later "squared-circle" cancellation.
Particularly, I am interested in the stamps of India Used Abroad, and several of such offices used such cancellations. I don't have many though, but a couple that I had already scanned are posted below.
The first is a 2a6p (SC #46) used in Aden, a genuine India Used Abroad example. The second one shows a partial cancel from Rangoon (SC #O30) but I am looking for better examples from Rangoon. I wasn't that interested in postmarks earlier, so it is about time I looked back at my India Queen Victoria hoard for interesting marks.
re: squared circle cancels
Junk stamp, but I see there is a chance that at least one other person may still like it ...
re: squared circle cancels
Thankyou guys...I am hoping some of the members can provide more info....google has been great but I prefer hearing from collectors and the info/ and stories that they can share Cheryl
re: squared circle cancels
"Junk stamp, but I see there is a chance that at least one other person may still like it"
re: squared circle cancels
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Bobby Barnhart
Moderator
re: squared circle cancels
"I am hoping some of the members can provide more info"
re: squared circle cancels
"I am yet to see a stamp of King Edward VII with a squared-circle cancellation (that would be awesome!), so I believe they fell into disuse before the end of the 19th century."
re: squared circle cancels
This is the latest date of any GB covers that I have in my database:
Here is a 1917 Jamaica example. It is the latest date I have from any country:
Roy
re: squared circle cancels
Awesome! From some random searches online, it appears that the squared-circle cancel from Nicosia was active till at least 1906, if not later. And being a "big town", I suppose it is common as well.
Roy, the two you posted seem to be the revised versions of the cancel. The earliest ones had circle with four flat bars on each corner (like the Zanzibar example). Later cancels often show three bars (like the Aden or Rangoon I posted).
At some point of time, this design seems to have been revised, for the outer bars seem to be also curved. I should check my Cyprus example again - I have a feeling it also has the same curved appearance.
(Note to myself: Get hold of Stanley Gibbons' "Collect British Postmarks" or other resource)
re: squared circle cancels
And then, of course, there are many different Canadian types:
(Back of letter card)
(Front of letter card)
Roy
re: squared circle cancels
Finally, I managed to scan some of my other examples for the squared-cancel postmarks. Here are three from them. The Cardiff one is interesting because it shows a numeral ("7") in one of the corners. The Bristol one show a numeral ("8") cutting the circle. There are also other (at least one) breaks in the circle as well. The time shows 6:55pm, but the 55 is upside down.
We looked at several different varieties of the squared circlepostmarks. Here's a gist:
1. Circle and Straight Bars:
a. Four bars (eg. Zanzibar)
b. Three bars (eg. Aden, Rangoon)
2. Circle and Curved Bars:
a. Four bars, each set almost quarter circle (eg. Sennen)
b. Four bars, each set spanning less (eg. Kingston, also Nicosia)
ba. With numeral "cutting" the inner circle (eg. Bristol)
c. Three bars (eg. ?)
ca. With numeral in one corner (eg. Cardiff)
d. Two bars, pretty small (eg. Newcastle on Tyne)
3. Square without a true circle
a. Thick bars (eg. Strathroy)
b. Thin bars with thick center (eg. Shannonville)
re: squared circle cancels
Awesome Thankyou guys for all your help!