US Fancy NY Foreign Mail CROSSROADs Cancel ~ Weiss #TR-C5 & Cole-NYFM-94 - $60 - (Virginia Beach, VA)
US Fancy NY Foreign Mail CROSSROADs Cancel [A14] ~ Weiss #TR-C5 & Cole-NYFM-94...LOCATOR = MB6A NEAR-COMPLETE & A VERY DISTINCTIVE, TRADITIONAL "ELABORATE CROSSROADS" DESIGN...COLE RARITY RATING = III-/III [RARE]...AN EXTREMELY ELUSIVE NYFM FANCY CANCEL... ---!!! PRICE REDUCED !!!--- ========================================== 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 [LOCATED @ BROADWAY AND PARK ROW]. OVER 200 DISTINCTIVE CANCELLATION DESIGNS HAVE BEEN RECORDED---MOST RECENTLY BY WILLIAM WEISS WHOSE 1990 REFERENCE, "THE FOREIGN MAIL CANCELLATIONS OF NEW YORK CITY, 1870-1878" SERVES AS THE DEFINITIVE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG FOR IDENTIFYING THESE FAIRLY ELUSIVE HAND-CARVED "KILLERS" AND THE POPULAR COMMERCIALLY-GENERATED, ELABORATE AND MOSTLY ORNATE GEOMETRIC DESIGNS. ACCORDING TO WEISS, THE 200-PLUS DIFFERENT 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 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 DIFFERENT NYFM DESIGNS BY A CORRESPONDING UNIQUELY-ASSIGNED REFERENCE NUMBER. BOTH CATALOGS OFFER AN ASSESSMENT OF THE APPROXIMATE SCARCITY/AVAILABILITY STATUS 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…
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