US Scott 231 1893 Columbian 2c partial "frame break," nondescript cancel, EFO

Item Specifics

Country

United States

Catalog Number

231

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Used

Stamp Format

Error

Topic

People - Other

Year of Issue

1893

Item Description

This stamp was among thousands of stamps and cut squares collected from businesses at Union City, Indiana, in the early 1890s. Most of the readable postmarks in this hoard are from 1891 to 1893. About 3,600 of those stamps were Scott catalog numbers 230 and 231.

This stamp is nicely centered with good color and a partial "frame break" at the lower right-hand corner. The frame break was progressive over time, with some examples showing minimal missing segments of the frame line and others, like this example, showing a segmented partial frame line break. Only 100-200 of the Scott 231 stamps remained in my possession when I learned about the “frame break.” Of those remaining Scott 231 stamps, this is one of five with this same identical segmented frame line break.

The obliteration is unclear and there is soiling in places on the stamp margins.

The stamps in the hoard had been soaked from the envelopes around the time of their collection. The stamps and cut squares were then sorted and tied tightly with string and sewing thread into bundles of 100 each. That process protected most of the items from damage and aging for over a century. I inherited and began unpacking the bundles in 2000. None of these sale items from the hoard has ever been in a collection.

Mail was arriving at Union City from all over the country via three railroads. Much of that mail was from small cities and towns in Indiana and Ohio and to a lesser degree from smaller communities in other nearby states. In other words, most of the fancy and geometric cancels probably originated within 150 to 200 miles of Union City. The post office of origin for this obliteration design is unknown.

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Item Location

Indiana, United States

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United States

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