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U311 cut square, UPSS Die 88, North Star Ohio CDS dated April 22, 1892
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keesindy (4538)
39x45mm (measured at top and left side). This cut square is Scott U311 green indicium on white paper. The United Postal Stationery Society (UPSS) identifies these 2c Washington envelopes with this particular indicium as Die 88. This copy has no watermark. ... Read More
Item Specifics
- Country
- United States
- Catalog Number
- U311
- Stamp Type
- Postal Stationery
- Condition
- Used
- Stamp Format
- Single
- Topic
- People - Politicians
- Year of Issue
- 1890
Item Description
39x45mm (measured at top and left side). This cut square is Scott U311 green indicium on white paper. The United Postal Stationery Society (UPSS) identifies these 2c Washington envelopes with this particular indicium as Die 88. This copy has no watermark. The circular date stamp served as the killer and displays a date of April 22, 1892.This item has never been mounted in a collection. It was among 11-12,000 cut squares that had been collected from businesses in the early 1890s at Union City, Indiana, and possibly across the state line in Union City, Ohio. Most of the readable postmarks are from 1891 to 1893, with the majority from 1892. Stamps were collected from the businesses as well, including about 8,500 copies of Scott 219, 219D and 220x and about 3,600 Scott 230 and 231 Columbian Exposition stamps. A few hundred stamps and cut squares issued prior to 1890 were also included.The stamps in that hoard had been soaked from the envelopes. Everything was sorted and tied tightly into bundles (each containing 100 stamps or cut squares) using string and sewing thread. I inherited and began unpacking the bundles in 2000. With few exceptions, the tightly packed stamps had been very well protected from damage for over a century.
Although mail was coming to Union City from all over the country, much of it seemed to be coming 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 were from Indiana, Ohio and the surrounding states. North Star is located about 15 miles northeast of Union City and this is the only copy of a North Star cancel I’ve found in the hoard.
The Die 88 stamped envelope indicia were printed in huge quantities. They display a wide variety of inking problems (including setoffs) and die varieties that fall under the EFO (errors, freaks and oddities) umbrella. Except for a few newly identified items that are yet to be confirmed, these characteristics are repeating and documented; some display progressive characteristics. This copy has a couple of issues that may be die varieties with the most obvious being the break between the inner tooth line and the shield on the right side.
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Seller Information
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- keesindy (4538)
- Registered Since
- 04/11/2016
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- Item Location
- Indiana, United States
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- United States
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- 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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