22 Different Fairfax VT Post Office Cancelation Hand Stamps, Box Of Slugs & Key
Item History & Price
22 Different Fairfax VT Post Office Cancelation Hand Stamps plus box of slugs & key, brush, etc. (scans 1-4)
1) Fairfax VT duplex cancel with box of slugs and slug key (scans 5-8) slugs are for 11 of 12 months (no April)12 dates (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 20, 25, 26, 27)20 hours 6 years (1923, 1926, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938)
2) "U.S. Savings Bonds / on sale at Post Offices"3) "This is the Mail / For Which You Sent Postage"4) "Canceled" in wavy lines (scan... 9)5) "Sender Claims nothing fragile or perishable enclosed"6) "Special Delivery Fee Paid ___ Cents"7) "Return to Writer Reason for Nondelivery Checked Unclaimed ……………. Unknown …………………..
Deceased …………….. For better address ……….. Moved Left no address …………. Refused ……….. No such post office in state named …………………"8) "Postage Due …………… Cents"9) "Parcel Post"10) "EGGS"11) "Hold for better address"12) "Return and forwarding / postage guaranteed"13) "Fee claimed by office / of first address"14) "Mailed on Rural Route"15) "Third"16) "Not for R.D. No. …….."17) "Forwarded"18) "Due 2c"19) "C.O.D."20) "Advertised"21) "Registered"22) "Postmaster"
Plus "Albums Inc." handstamp"Victory Loan" handstampa broken handle for an unknown handstampa brusha Notary Public for Buell B. Mitchell
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In my 25 years as a full time professional philatelist, handling tens of millions of dollars worth of philatelic properties, this is the first time I have handled canceling devices.
The only comparable I could find is ebay item 153888725051, which sold for $1, 250.
1) Fairfax VT duplex cancel with box of slugs and slug key (scans 5-8) slugs are for 11 of 12 months (no April)12 dates (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 20, 25, 26, 27)20 hours 6 years (1923, 1926, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938)
2) "U.S. Savings Bonds / on sale at Post Offices"3) "This is the Mail / For Which You Sent Postage"4) "Canceled" in wavy lines (scan... 9)5) "Sender Claims nothing fragile or perishable enclosed"6) "Special Delivery Fee Paid ___ Cents"7) "Return to Writer Reason for Nondelivery Checked Unclaimed ……………. Unknown …………………..
Deceased …………….. For better address ……….. Moved Left no address …………. Refused ……….. No such post office in state named …………………"8) "Postage Due …………… Cents"9) "Parcel Post"10) "EGGS"11) "Hold for better address"12) "Return and forwarding / postage guaranteed"13) "Fee claimed by office / of first address"14) "Mailed on Rural Route"15) "Third"16) "Not for R.D. No. …….."17) "Forwarded"18) "Due 2c"19) "C.O.D."20) "Advertised"21) "Registered"22) "Postmaster"
Plus "Albums Inc." handstamp"Victory Loan" handstampa broken handle for an unknown handstampa brusha Notary Public for Buell B. Mitchell
+++++++++++++++++
In my 25 years as a full time professional philatelist, handling tens of millions of dollars worth of philatelic properties, this is the first time I have handled canceling devices.
The only comparable I could find is ebay item 153888725051, which sold for $1, 250.
