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Precancel Stamp Collection - Gil Schmidtmann Collection

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Postcards Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 100.00 USD
Precancel Stamp Collection - Gil Schmidtmann Collection
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Various denominations from ½-cent to 20-cents; printed precancels from different U.S. cities. Many towns and cities in the United States have issued precancels printed with the community's name; in the case of the US, some 9,500 distinct examples of "bureau precancels" are known. Some types of precancels include a date as well. In the US, overprints have been gradually displaced by special-purpose stamps typically inscribed "bulk rate", "presorted first-class", or "presorted STD". The Precancel Stamp Society, formed in 1922 from two previously-existing clubs, specializes in the study of precancels. A number of catalogs list all the types of precancels issued in the countries that use them.