US Scott 220 1890 geometric round 4-segment with an extra parallel cut, faults

Item Specifics

Country

United States

Catalog Number

220

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Used

Stamp Format

Single

Topic

People - Politicians

Year of Issue

1890

Item Description

This stamp 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. A few thousand of those were Scott catalog number 220.

There is a small spot of surface damage to the paper near the top of the left ornament outside the oval. There is also a circular spot of missing ink beside the numeral “2” near the left edge. Some perforation tips on the left side appeared to have foxing stains. These were treated with droplets of ammonia from a syringe to neutralize the foxing, but some faint staining remains. The right margin has some darkening that may be either stray cancellation ink or soiling. Maybe both.

The obliteration consists of a common round design cut into quadrants. However, this copy has an extra cut line parallel to one of the primary cuts. This is very similar to another 220 stamp in the hoard where the extra cut appears to be two separate cuts that do not meet the primary cross cut.

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. The post office of origin for this obliteration design is unknown.

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Item Location

Indiana, United States

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