W301 cut square UPSS Die 83 Springfield, Ohio, single-line oval cancel, wrapper

Item Specifics

Country

United States

Catalog Number

W301

Stamp Type

Postal Stationery

Condition

Used

Stamp Format

Single

Topic

People - Politicians

Year of Issue

1887

Item Description

43x50mm. This large cut square 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. Most of the 11-12,000 cut squares have the two-cent green Washington indicium. There are numerous 1c blue Franklins as well, mostly on white envelope paper. This cut square is Scott W301 on horizontal laid manila wrapper paper. This copy has no watermark. The United Postal Stationery Society (UPSS) identifies this as Die 83. This is a very rare cancel in the Union City hoard. It is a single oval design from Springfield, Ohio. There are several pinholes in a group between the upper left-hand corner and the indicium. There is also a pair of uninked spots behind Franklin’s head. They are glossy and associated with paper intrusions that apparently repelled the ink. There is a small paper intrusion with similar characteristics just outside the bottom of the indicium.

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. Springfield, Ohio is about 56 miles southeast of Union City. Mail from Springfield probably arrived at Union City via the nearby City of Dayton and the now abandoned Dayton & Union Railroad.

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Item Location

Indiana, United States

Ships To

United States

Shipping Instructions

About 3½ years ago, I stopped selling and shipping outside the US due to new postal rules and rapidly rising costs. The USPS is raising postal rates again in January 2019. Today, December 25, 2018, due to the continuing rise in the cost of postage and associated fees, I am reluctantly raising my general shipping fee for the first time in many years. My sales here at HipStamp involve no additional charge for the purchase of multiple stamps. Shipping is via USPS unless otherwise specified. Be sure to contact me before making your purchases if you have questions.

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