When we go to a stamp show..the vrouw tells me "don't spend so much time on the dollar boxes !" but thats where i find he most interesting stuff...like this precancel cover from Attica Indiana !
They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin 26 Oct 2014 05:50:34pm
re: Precancel cover from Attica Indiana
OK phil, I'll bite. What is a "vrouw"?
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. -Edmund Burke"
Hello Arno, lately i have taken an slight interest in U.S. precancels on cover. I thought that a precancel from a small town in Indiana might be fairly scarce.
I have lots of precancels I would like to list in approvals (approx. 1000-2000), but alas I know nothing about value or scarcity
or much else about them. I only know there are Bureau issues and local precancels. I would like to find collectors that would
enjoy having them in their collections.
Would this stamp be a local? If it is, would that be because typically bureau issues have cleaner looking cancels?
I also have singles of Scott US #1415-1418, that are mint full gum, but canceled with wavy lines, and no town name.
Would they be bureau, or local issues?
It seems logical that issues from small towns would sell for more. Would you agree? Where could you buy a cheap older catalog of
prices they typically sell for? Thank you for sharing your find with the rest of us.
If you don't fancy putting them into the approvals how much would you expect to get for them by selling them as a job lot? Or I can give you another option, seeing you have quite a few already why not join the PSSGB, subs are $15 for 3 yrs and monthly newsletter via email there you can learn more about the many different precancels which, don't only come from USA. Also the catalog used is not any general stamp catalog but one specifically only for precancels. If you want further info on PSSGB let me know.
David Hughes
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