US Fancy NY Foreign Mail Large GEOMETRIC Cancel ~ WEISS #GE-EP [Series] - $27 - (Virginia Beach, VA)

US Fancy NY Foreign Mail Large GEOMETRIC Cancel ~ WEISS #GE-EP [Series]THE LARGE "BANKNOTE" VARIETY...A STAMP w/A RECOGNIZED GENUINE NYFM FANCY CANCEL... PRICE REDUCED !!!---LOCATOR = "DS" ========================================== GENERAL INFORMATION---NEW YORK FOREIGN MAIL (NYFM) FANCY CANCELLATIONS ORIGINATED AND WERE USED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE NEW YORK CITY U. S. POST OFFICE'S FOREIGN MAIL DIVISION [@ BROADWAY AND PARK ROW]. OVER 200 DISTINCTIVE CANCELLATION DESIGNS HAVE BEEN RECORDED---MOST RECENTLY BY WM. WEISS WHOSE 1990 REFERENCE, "THE FOREIGN MAIL CANCELLATIONS OF NEW YORK CITY, 1870-1878" SERVES AS THE DEFINITIVE CATALOG FOR IDENTIFYING THESE FAIRLY ELUSIVE POSTAL HAND-CARVED "KILLERS" AND POPULAR COMMERCIALLY-GENERATED GEOMETRIC DESIGNS. ACCORDING TO WEISS, THE OVERALL BASIC DESIGNS CAN BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR GENERAL GROUPINGS THAT INCLUDE: GEOMETRICS (SIMPLE, CIRCULAR, NEGATIVE; POSITIVE), STARS (4- , 6- ;MULTI-POINT TYPES), REPRESENTATIVE DESIGNS (LETTERS, NUMBERS, LEAVES, SIMPLE; ELABORATE); AND FINALLY TRADITIONAL DESIGNS (TARGETS, CROSSROADS, SPOKES, WEDGES; MISCELLANEOUS, MOST OF WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY HAND-CARVED). THE LARGE FORMAT, ELABORATELY-DESIGNED GEOMETRICS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN COMMERCIALLY-PRODUCED OWING TO THE EXACTNESS OF EACH ARC AND ANGLE AND THE NEAR-PERFECT CONSISTENCY OF EVERY LINE WIDTH. IN 1995, JAMES COLE PRODUCED A MORE GENERAL CATALOG ENTITLED, "CANCELLATIONS AND KILLERS OF THE BANKNOTE ERA." THE COLE CATALOG IDENTIFIES OVER A HUNDRED UNIQUE NYFM DESIGNS BY A UNIQUELY-ASSIGNED NUMBER. BOTH CATALOGS OFFER AN ASSESSMENT OF THE APPROXIMATE SCARCITY/AVAILABILITY STATUS OF MOST OF THE DISTINCTIVE NYFM DESIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN LISTED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CATALOGS. COLE'S ASSESSMENTS NOMINALLY APPLY TO OFF-COVER EXAMPLES WHEREAS WEISS ASSESSES THE RELATIVE AVAILAILITY OF BOTH ON- AND OFF-COVER EXAMPLES, WHENEVER POSSIBLE. ================================ Check out my other items Sign up for my email newsletters by adding my eBay Store to your F…

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