Scott 65 Fancy Cancel Collection

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Scott 65 This three cent rose colored stamp was the backbone of postal service during its period of use which ran from 1861-1868. During this time period the postage rate was 3 cents for up to 3000 miles, and prepayment by postage stamp was mandatory. Thus most every letter required a Scott 65 or one of its cousins. There are a variety of stamps with the same design engraved by Joseph Ourdan for the National Bank Note Company. Other Scott numbers exist for the Pink, Lake,Brown Red & Scarlet none grilled examples and 7 different grill variations of the Standard Rose. Other than the Pink Scott 64, the others color varieties are all listed as "special printings." The common 65 rose has a catalog value of $3 used, but with a nice clear fancy cancel they can go much much higher. Grill varieties ran from a small of 9X13 mm to all over. Distinguishing grills can be challenging eye work. Various Grilled examples can be very pricy, with or without a fancy cancel. I will be offering many better individuals cancels as singles, but also quite a few as album pages, to give the buyer a chance to acquire a significant enough group upon which to build a larger collection. The album pages below will be offered for sale this week, possibly by the time you get this, but more likely Thursday evening, May 15, 2008 at my traditional 9:30-10:30 PM EST launching time. 1861-1862 Cancellations with various Stars all on Scott 65. 1861-1862 Cancellations with various Numerals and one Free all on Scott 65. The top left cancel of a 3 in a Big C is identified as being from Wasioja, MN. The middle cancel has a small numeral three in the middle of the Maltese cross. 1861-1862 Cancellations with various Compass Point or Rosettes all on Scott 65. 1861-1862 Cancellations with various Circular styles including cog wheels all on Scott 65. 1861-1862 Cancellations with 20 Circular wedges all on Scott 65./> 1861-1862 Cancellations with various Squares, Crossroads & Bars all on Scott 65. 1861-1862 Cancellations with various Targets & Circular all on Scott 65. 1861-1862 Cancellations with various Blue and One Red Cancellation all on Scott 65. Notation on album page suggests the red cancel was for overseas use. Blue cancels are less common than black in this period. 1861-1862 Cancellations with various town cancels including a few manuscript all on Scott 65. 1861-1862 Cancellations with various Numerals all on Scott 88 with a 11 X 13 grill. Scott 88's catalog $25 used vs. $3 for a Scott 65. 1861-1862 Cancellations with various crossroads, circular cancellations all on Scott 88. 1867 Cancellations with various rosettes and crosses all on Scott 94.Scott 94 is red and has a 9 x 13 grill. A 94 used catalogs $10.

1867 Cancellations with various designs including a masonic fez all on Scott 94.

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Procrastinator's Tune Tangled up line fills the bottom of the boat Fishing opener with frustration's sour note Preparation prevents things going wrong Would of, could of, procrastination's song -Robert A. Swart

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Court Jester Why did the chicken cross the road, roll in the mud and cross again? He wanted to be a dirty double crosser. Why did the chicken cross the park??? To get to the other slide Why did the chicken cross the road?? Too long to go around..... What is: peck, peck, peck, BANG, peck, peck, peck BANG?? A chicken in a minefield... I was too chicken to leave it to the above chicken jokes this week so I'm adding this groaner. The poor guy walks up to the rich guy's house. He's down on his luck and needs some money. He rings the doorbell. "Hi there, I'm down on my luck, need some money, and I was wondering if you have any work I could do for you?" The rich Guy decides to give him a break, and says: "Sure, my porch needs painting. I'll pay you 50 dollars to do it for me." "Sure thing, Mister, I'll get started right away!" Time passes, until... "Hey Mister, I'm all done painting!" "Well, here's your 50 dollars" "Thanks, and by the way, it's a Ferrari, not a Porsche."

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