10/19/08: I have today added forty new items. Among my favorites are: three used blocks, including #94 and #159; an immense straddle margin #94; a rare entwined heart fancy killer on #65; three new NYFM covers; an attractive advertising cover to Mexico with NYC simplex killer; a 4-color franking to Uruguay; a very early gun advertising cover; and two covers with New Orleans fancy geometric killers. Of course, please check out the off-cover NYFM cancels posted earlier this week. Enjoy.
10/14/08: As promised in my previous update, The Classic Cancel today offers a terrific selection of off-cover NYFM cancels, a consignment from a major collector. There are 23 new pages consisting of 438 items. These include many scarce killers, high value stamps, colored cancels and multiples. See the announcement below for access to the new pages. Preparing this consignment has kept me very busy. Nevertheless, I continue to acquire other new material and will now begin to prepare this for posting. So, keep coming back. New things should show up soon.
9/6/08: Today I have posted a new article in the Articles and Analysis section of the web site. It details a new, recently discovered NYFM fancy killer. (This article was just published in the U.S. Cancellation Club News. If you are not already a member of the USCC, I heartily encourage you to join. The wealth of information about cancellations in its quarterly publication are an immensely valuable resource. A link to the organization's web site, where you can find its membership application form, is available on my Links page.) NYFM collectors, please take note: I have recently acquired a major consignment of off-cover stamps with many beautiful examples of NYFM fancy killers, some scarce and many on high value Banknote stamps. I am currently working up the over 400 stamps, so this will take a while to complete. If interested, please contact me with inquiries.
8/24/08: I return from StampShow with a smile on my face. As you can see from the many new SOLD signs, sales were good. So was buying. Many new purchases never even made it home from Hartford. Today's new selections are spread across several areas. My favorites are a couple of beautiful early cameo advertising covers; a scarce 1869 combination franking to Scotland; an attractive colored fancy cancel on 3 cent 1851 cover; an Ashfield, MASS fancy negative postmark on FLS; a rare Leavitt machine killer on a 6 cent Navy stamp; and a very scarce used soft paper official block. Have a look.
7/17/08: Some absolutely terrific items make today's postings. Foremost is a wonderful cover to France bearing a new ERU example of a rare NYFM fancy geometric. Along with this are a number of other NYFM stamps and covers with great strikes, including a superb strike of a rare killer on 90 cent with PFC and an XF postal to Austria. Every page of Department Officials has additions. These include a gorgeous, large margin 24 cent Treasury with PFC and a nice selection of fancy cancels. There is a beautiful blue Louisville, KY fancy cancel on 1869 issue cover and wonderful Amherst, MA fancy cancel on #65 cover. Other nice items are found throughout. My next update will appear after StampShow, August 14-17 in Hartford, CT. I will be on the floor. Hope to see you there. Enjoy.
5/25/08: Today's new selections are concentrated in a few areas. In Stampless I have added some scarce and unusual postmarks, including an Exeter, NH straight line, an Orford-Ville, NH arch, and a large red Mount Carmel, IL oval. In Officials I have added stamps and covers, including two scarce penalty cover usages to foreign destinations, one to Portugal. Other nice items include a gorgeous Springfield, MA cover with blue fancy geometric killer on #65. These are but a few of the scarce, quality items offered for your collecting pleasure by The Classic Cancel.
4/27/08: A variety of new items await your shopping pleasure, including several fancy cancels both on and off cover. My favorites are: a gorgeous blue strike of an Indian Head fancy commercial killer on 1 cent Banknote; an unlisted Valentines arrow-through-heart killer on Scott #88; an unlisted blue Louisville, KY Masonic on UX3; and several attractive NYFM items, including a beautiful 24 cent with red killer. Enjoy.
2/26/08: I have today added my usual varied selection of stamps and covers. Among my favorites are a 3 cent 1851 stamp with spectacular SOTN blue WAY in circle; a clean and very attractive 6 cent 1869 cover with clear B.F. Stevens forwarder hand stamp, forwarded to Brazil; a wonderful short paid inbound cover with N. YORK STEAMSHIP postmark; and a gorgeous floral geometric fancy cancel on a #210 cover. Your viewing pleasure awaits.
1/1/08: Happy 2008 from The Classic Cancel. I have added a whopping 61 new items this New Year's, touching almost every category on my web site. My favorite is an immaculate DETROIT AND ALGONAC / STEAMBOAT / RURAL FREE DELIVERY cover, pristine and beautiful in every respect. But this is just the start. There are 13 new items in Department Officials, including three new covers and scarce plate varieties. Six new Destination items include a nice selection of 5 cent Taylor covers, among which is a new ERU for the New York City simplex ellipse numeral 1 killer. There are also five new NYFM items with three clean covers. Seven new advertising covers have two early cameos. Among five new Stampless covers are a scarce Ohio straight line and an unrecorded hand stamp rate marking. These are just some of the interesting and varied items offered for your collecting pleasure by The Classic Cancel.
10/30/07: Twenty-four new items await your perusal. Among these are five new stamps and a cover in Department Officials; five nice advertising covers, including an early one with neat fancy cancel; two very nice stamps with great strikes of NYFM fancy killers; a couple of nice machine killers; and a nice example of an early county name postmark on U59. Enjoy.
9/23/07: I have today added a mixture of items. They are scattered across several categories, including 1869 issues, advertising, possessions and Banknotes. Have a look.
8/26/07: Announcement: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! My customers' screams have been heard! Let the complaints about my terrible email service end. Effective with this posting, The Classic Cancel is changing its email address. Now, whenever you click a Send eMail link, your email will go to classiccancel@comcast.net. The old email address remains, but its use is deprecated. I will also be sending email notices to customers about the change. Thank you for your perseverance. NEW ITEMS: Only a few new items have arrived since my last update, but they are nice. There is an attractive NYFM cover, a couple of early multicolor advertising covers, an attractive Hawaiian postal, and a striking red postmark on #11 cover. Enjoy.
8/17/07: A variety of items have been added today. My favorite is easily a UX5 uprated to Japan. What really makes this neat is the historical import of the message that regards the 1880 Republican presidential nominating convention. Another nice cover is a pretty blue outline star on XF cover from a scarce Massachusetts DPO. I have also added a very pretty blue fancy cancel with matching county postmark on an official entire. Announcement: Effective with orders starting today, I have raised my single item mailing price to $2.50 from $2.00. You can thank the USPS, which now treats my stiffened mailers differently with new rates and regulations.
7/7/07: Today I have posted a number of nice items. Possessions has four attractive new Hawaiian postal cards. In Destinations, there is a beautiful uprated postal card with color fancy cancellation. You will find a terrific on-cover strike of scarce Cambridge, MA skull fancy killer in 1861 Issues. And several new stamps have been added to Department Officials. Have a look.
6/12/07: As promised, I have just posted a terrific selection of of fancy cancels on Scott #210, 2 cent red brown. They are all found on new pages 8-10 of Banknote Stamps. All come from a recently acquired old time collection. They include some truly scarce items. Among them are: rare Putnam, CT "Jehovah" in Hebrew; several of the Harry Nichols postal clerk initials killers from Ann Arbor, MI, including a wonderful example of the "HARRY" in hand-carved ellipse; an incredible strip of 3 bearing full strike of RICHIE C.H., WVa large shield postmark; neat pictorials, including skulls and bones; and a variety of nice numerals (including Mittineague, MA large 7s), letters, and unusual ellipses. Enjoy.
4/28/07: Twenty-seven new items have been added today. These include a gorgeous 6 cent 1869 issue on VF cover to England; a terrific strike of shield fancy cancel on 3 cent 1869 cover; a wonderful and rare South Woodstock, VT numeral 1 killer on postal; and a variety of other items across several categories. For those of you interested in the 2 cent red brown issue (Scott #210), I have recently acquired an old time collection containing a number of scarce and desirable off-cover cancels. Keep a look out for my next posting.
4/23/07: I have started listing new items acquired at Garfield-Perry show in Cleveland last month. You may already have noted the large number of new SOLD signs posted in late March. The many cover dealers at Garfield-Perry were happy to acquire the clean, interesting, and reasonably priced items offered by The Classic Cancel. Don't let the dealers beat you to them! Notable this time are a nice mixed 1867 and Banknote issue registered cover; a 2 cent 1869 issue with HIOGO, JAPAN cancellation; a couple of beautiful NYFM killers; and a clean cover to Haiti, a scarce destination. I still have plenty more to post, so stay tuned.
2/11/07: Twenty-five new items have today been added across several categories. Among my favorites are two covers, one a 2 cent 1869, the other a 1 cent Banknote, each cancelled by numeral 10 obsolete rating stamps used as killers. Another is a fold-out inspirational cover from the 1850s. Enjoy my varied offering.
1/1/07: Happy 2007 from The Classic Cancel. I have added 31 new items for your New Year's pleasure. Eight are destination covers, including scarce Banknote covers to Burma and to Uruguay. There are five nice, new #114 covers, a beautifully struck off-cover Boston fancy negative spade killer, and a variety of other attractive items to please the discriminating collector. Enjoy the new selection.
10/27/06: You can find today's additions in a variety of categories. Most notably, see NYFM for some nice off-cover strikes, a variety of Banknote covers, and attractive illustrated advertising covers. My next posting will not be until after CHICAGOPEX, one of the great regional shows in November. Hope you can make it there.
10/7/06: Today's additions cover a variety of items. Pay special attention to a number of very nice off-cover 1851-57 issue 3 cent stamps. Also, take a look at the Foreign Destination covers for some interesting items. Enjoy.
9/10/06: As promised, I have added a new section to The Classic Cancel: U. S. Possessions. To kick this off, take a look at the selection of attractive and interesting HAWAII covers. I have also added a section called Articles and Analysis (see just above Links). I have moved the articles on the Barre, MA killers from the Main page to this new section. It is my plan to add future writings here as time permits. Also, check out Department Officials for a number of new stamps and covers, including some scarce items.
9/1/06: Today I have added a variety of items. Note particularly 1851-57 covers, including a scarce New Orleans and Vicksburg River Mail postmark, and some interesting postals with fancy cancels. I will be adding a whole new Possessions section my next update. So keep checking the site.
6/30/06: Notable items posted today are a rare combination 7 cent, 1 cent x2 Treasury Official cover correctly paying a triple rate; a very attractive 1861 issue cover to France with fancy killer; and a gorgeous #10 with PFC. Washington 2006 was a terrific show. I bought and sold. Many of the items that I acquired there have already been place into customers' collections. I continue to encourage you to contact me about your collecting interests because many good items never make it to my web site. Have a look.
5/18/06: A wide variety items have been posted today. A couple key items are a beautiful 1 cent 1869 strip of three on cover and a scarce Mississippi River steamboat vessel-named marking. I will be in Washington, D.C. for the international show during its first three days over the Memorial Day weekend. I will be buying and also conducting dealer-to-dealer sales. Many of the items you see available here today are likely to be sold at the show. So, keep this in mind as you review the site and are debating whether to buy that certain item now, or to wait. Hope to see you in D.C. I am sure that it will be a great show.
4/16/06: I have just listed some terrific and scarce items. These include a rare Shabbona Grove, IL scroll postmark on 3 cent 1851 issue cover; two wonderful 6 cent National Banknote cancellations, including a superb strike of Nagasaki, Japan letter N killer with PFC; and a scarce 64b rose pink on cover with blue Chicago Supplementary Mail postmark with PFC. Also note a wonderful piece of Colorado history, an advertising cover for a failed railway tunnel company. Take a look.
2/5/06: You can find today's additions in a variety of categories. Most notably, look at some nice Scott #210 illustrated advertising covers. I have also added an exciting NYFM cover that redefines one of the scarcest of these highly collectible killers. Enjoy.
1/1/06: Happy 2006 from The Classic Cancel. I have added 35 new items for your New Year's pleasure. One of my favorite items is a U218 vermilion Centennial entire with a blue negative OK fancy killer, real scarce. New pages have been added to Banknote and Advertising covers. The latter includes a beautiful selection of illustrated equestrian and horse-related covers. NOTE: With the upcoming increase in postal rates and with other price increases this last year affecting my costs, I have raised my minimum shipping charge to $2.00.
12/22/05: Happy Holidays from The Classic Cancel. I have today added a variety of items. Notable among them is a rare Leavitt experimental machine cancel. I plan to add more next week, some New Year's goodies. Take a look and enjoy the season!
11/12/05: I apologize to my customers for the two day outage that began yesterday. My web hosting service, Yahoo!, failed to pay my domain registration service provider, Network Solutions, causing my domain name to be temporarily suspended. I am still trying to work through Yahoo!'s screw up. The responses from Yahoo! support staff have been of little help. Sorry for any inconvenience that this may have caused customers.
11/6/05: A wonderful selection of new fancy cancels await your viewing. Foremost among them is an incredible cover bearing a blue crossed tombstone over grave killer from Roswell, Georgia. Enjoy.
10/22/05: A variety of items are new today. You will find some nice cancellations on #114s in the 1869 Covers section. I have also added a new page to Stampless, which include some attractive Illinois covers. Destinations contain neat New York City killers on UX3s and a scarce Spanish American War with Trans Mississippi issue to Germany.
9/11/05: Today's additions concentrate in two areas: advertising covers, including a nice early multicolor petroleum topic; and destinations covers, including a pretty 4-color franking brewery cover. Also find a scarce 1895 U.S. POSTAL AGENCY, SHANGHAI cover and Banknote fancy cancels.
8/20/05: This is my first update since attending StampShow. You will note the large number of SOLD signs that have been posted. As always, show dealers were happy to buy the quality, varied merchandise offered here. Today's additions focus on three areas. In 1851-57 issues you will find a terrific selection of scarce, quality fancy cancels. Advertising covers show a variety of topics, including bicycles and one exquisite early railroad cover. I have also added new items to NYFM. Enjoy.
7/23/05: I have today added two extremely scarce items, both on-cover grill varieties of wonderful quality: a #136 end roller grill and a #94 double grill with one quadruple split. In addition, check out new additions to Banknote covers, postage dues, and stampless.
6/30/05: I continue to add a broad variety of items. Check out black jack fancy cancel covers, interesting destination items, including a 1886 DPO cover with British official seal, and a nice Port Townsend kicking mule cover.
6/25/05: Postals! A terrific variety of usages and cancellations have been newly added. These include NYFM (quite scarce) and other foreign destination uses, fancy cancels, pseudo-machine killer, territorial postmarks, and some very unusual postal markings. A wonderful and scarce selection.
6/11/05: I have just posted a small but impressive selection of Scott #114 1869 issue items, both on and off cover. This includes a Galena, Illinois blue beer mug fancy killer, a very scarce combination red killer with blue postmark of Deerfield, MA, and attractive advertising covers. Take a look.
6/4/05: Today's updates are all Department Officials. I have added a variety of cancellations and covers. In particular, check out a selection of 3 cent Justice Department stamps with some terrific fancy cancels. Enjoy.
5/29/05: Continuing to catch up on posting new material, I have today added a variety of items. These include a selection of Chicago, IL 1861 issue covers, including scarce markings, and a number of one cent Banknote circular mail covers. Keep watching out for many more items to come.
5/20/05: I apologize to my customers for the nearly 3 months that have passed since my last update. As a part time dealer it is not always possible for me to give my philatelic business the attention it deserves. Anyway, today I have added a selection of foreign destination Banknote covers, some nice postals and advertising covers. Plenty more to come.
2/24/05: I have just added a nice groups of advertising covers. These include classics through early 20th century and a wide variety of topics. Take note of a gorgeous early illustrated cover advertising the Bissell Carpet Sweeper. Enjoy.
2/19/05: I have reorganized the site to add a new category, Postage Dues, moving a few covers from other categories and adding some new ones. There are several new items of note. These include an exceptionally scarce on-cover example of Scott #157 double paper variety (2 cent brown large Banknote); an extremely scarce circular rate use of Scott #214; #139 10 cent grill to Brazil, SHORT PAID; a #32-#36 combination cover to Paita, Peru via Panama; and a variety of off-cover officials, including an incredible and UNIQUE 24 cent Treasury canceled by the rarest NYFM fancy killer, GE-EP 13.
12/31/04: Happy 2005 from The Classic Cancel. I have added numerous items over various categories. Key items today include Masonic killers on #210 to Sweden; an unlisted playing cards fancy cancel on #114; a VF #65 with STEAMBOAT killer and DUE 1; and a number of Official items, including covers. Enjoy, there is plenty more to come.
12/5/04: I have added a variety of stamps and covers, particularly cancellation items. A notable item is a gorgeous #65 with bright green cancel. Have a look.
11/3/04: Just added some nice advertising covers including a great fishing tackle item. Also see in stationery a terrific Dakota Territory postmark.
10/31/04: In three weeks I will be attending Chicagopex. I will be on the floor doing dealer sales. This has always been a good show for me. I am updating my site from the large number of items, especially covers, that I have recently acquired and will continue to do so over the next several days. I would rather sell to my collector customers before the best items go to the dealers. So, have a look and keep coming back. Something of interest is bound to turn up. One item of particular note today is in Machine Cancels. I have added a cover bearing a rare, possibly unique variety of the Leavitt X1-B (Boston) experimental cancellation.
10/1/04: *** HAWAII *** I have today added two new pages of Hawaiian covers, stationery and cards to the Other Items category. This scarce group of 36 items are all clean with good markings, including some very scarce postmarks and cancellations. To analyze the covers, I have drawn extensively on information from, Post Office in Paradise: Mail and Postage Stamps of Nineteenth Century Hawaii, an excellent web site that I highly recommend (see Links). Postmarks are identified by Meyer Harris classification. In addition, I have added a scarce cover with GUAM overprint. Take a look and enjoy.
8/28/04: Today's update starts with numerous additions to Department Officials, both stamps and covers. This includes a selection of plate number margin copies, unusual cancellations, including a great New Orleans fancy, and an on cover 2cent Interior plate variety. I have also added a selection of 1851-57 3 cent covers.
8/4/04: The site has been updated with a variety of items. In particular, you will find a terrific example of Scott #11 with large plate crack, some nice 5 cent Taylor destination covers, and attractive Washington, D.C. fishtail ellipse killers. Take a look.
7/5/04: A variety of items have been added today, including an entire new page of Advertising Covers. I have also added some nice NYFM. There is plenty more to come. I have been busy of late and unable to add to the web site as frequently as I would like. So, keep checking back.
6/2/04: Today you will find a major update to the Department Officials section. This includes several nice fancy cancels, quality covers and used stationery. Included among these is a scarce 12 cent Interior cover. I have also updated the Machine Postmark section with several scarce items, including early flag cancellations and service markings. Enjoy.
5/15/04: Today I added a selection of fancy cancels on Banknote covers. I also added two very scarce machine postmarks. Take a look.
5/5/04: Take a look at a new selection of stampless with nice markings. I have also added several new 1861 issue covers with fancy cancels. Enjoy.
4/16/04: Today's additions are all on-cover 3 cent 1851 and 1857 issues. You will find scarce cancellations and plate varieties. Included are a plated #10 with green postmark and a #11 with major double transfer.
3/29/04: Yesterday I returned from Garfield-Perry in Cleveland. It was a great show with terrific exhibits and very busy, with many happy collectors and dealers. I have not posted anything new today, but I have updated the site with many new SOLD signs. The market remains strong for the quality and interesting items that I stock. Dealers in particular were happy to acquire. Many of the items that I sold, particularly advertising covers, had not yet made it to my web site. So, a word to the wise: Contact me with your interests. I let my customers have the first shot at items that they might wish to acquire. Enjoy the Spring.
3/16/04: I will be heading to Cleveland, Ohio for the Garfield-Perry March Party show March 26-28. Should be a great show, with the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society and the U.S. Cancellation Club holding annual meetings. Hope to see you there! In the mean time, take a look at my new offerings. There's a great #11 double transfer on cover plus some nice early advertising. I have much new material to add but have been busy of late and unable to post new items. So, keep looking and you will not be disappointed. Better yet, write and let me know what you are looking for. It may just be sitting here waiting to join your collection.
2/1/04: I have just added a few wonderful fancy cancels. Among them are an incredible example of the rare Pekin, Illinois blue teapot fancy killer on 10 cent Banknote; a terrific strike of scarce Williston, VT Masonic compass within letter G fancy killer on 1869 issue; a red heart fancy killer on 1 cent Banknote cover; and a superb "MAR." month killer on 3 cent Banknote. Enjoy.
1/26/04: Take a particular look at Department Officials. I have added some great cancellation items, including a superb Fort Apache, Arizona postmark on 10 cent War and a SOTN blue Chicago shamrock on 3 cent Treasury. You will also find variety of new covers in other sections like Stampless, early Advertising and Banknotes.
1/8/04: I have added several new covers and cards to the site. Notable are a nice selection of Washington, D.C. fishtail numeral ellipse killers from the 1880s and nice fancy killers on UX3s. Also, check out the 1851-57 issues for some attractive covers.
1/2/04: Happy New Year from The Classic Cancel. I continue to add numerous items accumulated over the last two months. Key items today include a 3 cent Executive Department official on a VF Executive Mansion cover; a beautiful blue "broken heart" killer from Concord, NH; and a very unusual large "10 AM" time killer from Wahoo, Nebraska on a #210 cover. I have also added attractive star killers on 1869 issue covers and advertising covers. Enjoy, there is more to come.
12/14/03: Continuing to add from my backlog of new items. Check out Stampless for some interesting markings. You will also find several new postage due covers among the added selections.
12/13/03: Another few items added today. Check out a superb example of an Albany, NY negative "OK" killer on cover and an attractive multicolor Columbian issue advertising cover.
12/6/03: Today I have begun to add the large number of new items that I have acquired over the last month. Key items include a marvelous bicycle advertising cover and an extremely rare and unusual Milton, Indiana Diamond Rubber killer on wrapper. Check out Banknote covers as well. Many more items to come.
11/24/03: DEAR CUSTOMERS: I spent the past weekend at Chicagopex. It was a great show! Every dealer to whom I spoke was smiling. I, too, left pleased. Just take a look at all the new SOLD signs on this web site. I write about Chicagopex to note that nearly all my sales were to the bourse dealers. They especially sought the high quality and interesting covers that I stock. I suggest that my retail customers take note of this. The nice merchandise that you find here does not stay long. You may be looking at it again soon, but this time across a dealer’s table and at a considerably higher price. I can offer my merchandise at prices attractive to dealers because I buy well and my overhead is low. As an Internet and occasional "vest pocket" dealer, I haven’t nearly the overhead of the traditional bourse dealer. So, take note. The next time you see something here that interests you, but you think that maybe you can shop around and get it cheaper, think again. The attractive and uncommon material that you find on The Classic Cancel will not stay long because the smart ones, the dealers, know when the price is right. Good hunting!
11/2/03: A large number of government postal cards with interesting usages and cancellations have been added throughout the site, including a new page in the Stationery and Cards section. Key items include: a UX3 with a gorgeous Chicago blue fancy killer; an up rated UX3 to Germany with fancy New York City positive numeral killer; a UX3 with multicolor coal advertisement and fancy cancel; a UX7 demonstrating the very scarce remailed card rate; a scarce (Rohloff RRR) Waterbury leaf killer on UX5; a variety of unusual small town ellipse killers.
10/30/03: Today's new selection focuses on Departmental Officials, with interesting cancellation items, covers, and premium stamps. In addition, I have added a couple nice advertising covers, including one with a fine strike of CHI. & MINN. R.P.O. FAST MAIL postmark.
9/17/03: Take a look at foreign destinations and stampless covers. Also, you will find a few nice off-cover stamps in Banknotes and 1861 issues.
9/14/03: It has been a long summer and three months since my last update. But I have been busy, including attendance at StampShow. You will note that many items have newly posted SOLD signs. I am now beginning to post new items, a few at a time as time allows. So, keep your eyes open and visit often. Something of interest is sure to appear!
6/17/03: WOW! Today I have just uploaded my biggest update ever, and what a selection! Among the 84 newly listed items you will find many exquisite and unusual. To name a few: a GEM jumbo #86 E grill, an XF #139 10 cent Banknote grill, a superb #65 with gem fancy heart killer (all 3 of these stamps with PSECs); an entire new page of 1851 issue covers, including great plated #10s and scarce #11 plate varieties; an early Montana Territory cover; an XF on-cover strike of a large, unlisted Bridgeport, CT mask killer; an incredible on-cover example of a #184 with short transfer; a nice 8 cent registry rate Banknote advertising cover; a superb on-cover example of the Nashville, TN 1883 new year’s date killer; a gem on-cover strike of the popular South Woodstock, VT giant "3" killer in violet; an XF strike of a rare NYFM fancy killer; a great double UPU rate Supplementary Mail Banknote cover to Belgium; some great early illustrated advertising covers, including a very early (1860s) ice skating topic and some nice 1869 issues; scarce machine postmarks and auxiliary markings, including a nice NY Constantine; early stationery with fancy cancels, including a superb Putnam, CT geometric and a Fort Wayne, IN face killer. These are just a few of what waits within. So, have a look and enjoy!
4/26/03: I have added a few new items today. Among them you will find new covers in the 1869 issues; a couple of very attractive multicolor advertising covers; and a nice shield cancel on postal. Stay tuned. My next update will contain some great material!
4/1/03: Effective with today's update, the "Other Items" category has been split into two additional categories: "Stampless Covers" and "Stationery and Cards." I hope this makes site navigation a little better. Among the newly added items you will find: a terrific Tennessee Volunteers Spanish American War patriotic cover; a newly discovered NYFM fancy killer on cover, unlisted in Weiss; a couple scarce Wesson TOB postmarks; some nice off cover New Orleans fancy killers; and a very eye catching New York City local cover with brilliant red cancellation. Enjoy!
2/19/03: Seventeen new items have been added throughout the site. Key covers include a 6 cent State Department with violet Washington, D.C. cancellation, an attractive Needham, MA fancy cancel on #185 to England, and a superb Cranberry, NJ (DPO) postmark on #11. In stamps, check out Banknotes, especially a #148 with French numeral killer.
1/11/03: Check out these highlights: a gorgeous blue shield killer on #65; Baltimore railroad straight line tying #11 on cover; scarce early stamped foreign mail usage of Post Office penalty stationery; nice officials and official stationery; attractive stampless. Enjoy!
1/3/03: New Year's goodies await your perusal. A recently acquired collection of Scott #210 and #211 (2 cent red brown Washington and 4 cent green Jackson of 1883) has added four new pages to Banknote Stamps. Wow! "Superb", "extremely fine" and "sock on the nose" (SOTN) describe nearly every fancy cancel from this collection. Highlights include a block of #211 with a SOTN San Francisco steamship postmark, Stoneham, MA dated cross, shields, shamrock, terrific stars and geometrics. A wonderful selection of fancy killers to brighten up your collection in 2003!
12/15/02: Happy Holidays from The Classic Cancel. New items have been added throughout the site: NYFM, 1869 issues, advertising covers, Banknotes, Official stamps and covers. Take particular note of Foreign Destinations. I have added a new page 4. Note an early circular to Trieste, covers from a single correspondence to Finland, a mixed U.S. and Mexico franking, and more. Enjoy.
11/15/02: Highlights include: a nice U.S. Express Mail cover; scarce Pacific NW covers to Finland; a selection of advertising covers; and a couple of scarce machine cancels.
10/24/02: I have today added a variety of items. Notable ones include a great California postmark on 10 cent 1851 issue cover; some nice "76" centennial killers on 3 cent greens; a scarce Fort Concho, Texas cover; and a terrific involute flag machine cancel.
9/30/02: Highlights include three different on-cover examples of scarce and highly popular skull-and-crossbones killers from the Banknote period; a postal entire used to Bulgaria, an extremely scarce destination; and three nice examples of New York circular mail killers, including a terrific NYFM killer used domestically.
8/13/02: EXCITING! That is the word that I use to describe the nearly four dozen new items added today. Wonderful fancy cancels include: a Rutherford B. Hayes presidential campaign killer; a superb New York foreign mail floral geometric on #76; a superb blue killer showing the four suits of the card deck; "kicking mules" and more. Covers include: a Pawnee, IL tomahawk killer; a very clean O59 (3 cent State Department) cover posted from Bolivia. The list goes on, but why just read about them? Take a look and enjoy your visit to The Classic Cancel!
8/04/02: I have added a number of new covers. In particular, look at advertising, Banknotes and 1851-57 issues covers.
7/27/02: Highlights include in Destinations: early Australia, a Postal Agency Shanghai, China, and a Dead Letter Office cover to Brazil. Also, see additions to Department Officials, including a very clean 3 cent Navy cover.