US Fancy Foreign Mail STAR-in-STAR Cancel ~Weiss #ST-MP1 & Cole #NYFM-55 --[MB7]

Item Specifics

Country

United States

Condition

Used

Stamp Format

Single

Item Description

Condition: USED w/NYFM FANCY CANCEL__

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Us fancy foreign mail star-in-star cancel [a4]~weiss #st-mp1 & cole #nyfm-55

[mb7]

General information---new york foreign mail (nyfm) fancy cancellations originated and were used exclusively by the new york city u. S. Post office's foreign mail division [located @ broadway and park row]. Over 200 distinctive cancellation designs have been recorded---most recently by william weiss whose 1990 reference, "the foreign mail cancellations of new york city, 1870-1878" serves as the definitive illustrated catalog for identifying these fairly elusive hand-carved "killers" and the popular commercially-generated, elaborate and mostly ornate geometric designs.

According to weiss, the 200-plus different overall basic designs can be divided into four general groupings that include: geometrics (simple, circular, negative; positive), stars (4- , 6- ;multi-point types), representative designs (letters, numbers, leaves, simple; elaborate); and finally, traditional designs (targets, crossroads, spokes, wedges; miscellaneous, most of which are obviously hand-carved). The large format, elaborately-designed geometrics appear to have commercially-produced owing to the exactness of each arc and angle and the near-perfect consistency of every line width.

In 1995, james cole produced a more general catalog entitled, "cancellations and killers of the banknote era." the cole catalog identifies over a hundred different nyfm designs by a corresponding uniquely-assigned reference number. Both catalogs offer an assessment of the approximate scarcity/availability status of the distinctive nyfm designs that have been listed in their respective catalogs. Cole's assessments nominally apply to off-cover examples whereas weiss assesses the relative availaility of both on-cover and off-cover examples, whenever possible.

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Note that some paper flaws may be present that do not adversely affect the appearance of this classic stamp or its nyfm fancy cancellation.

Also, some strikes may appear identical to others being offered by this seller, and may have similar format, but have slightly different dimensions,

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Seller Information

Seller

drPhil (3156)

Registered Since

06/13/2007

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Item Location

Virginia, United States

Ships To

United States

Returns Accepted

Yes

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