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1. Is this a precancel or just some sort of postmark? My Unitrade catalog lists precancels for #89 but does not have a picture. I have seen similar bar designs on a seller's page.
2. If it is a precancel, are inverted ones unusual?
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12:08:08pm
1. Yes, precancel.
2. Inverted not unusual.
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Thanks, Roy. Canadian printers must not have been as OCD about such things as U.S. authorities.
I read recently that Canadians at the time didn't like this half-turned portrait of the king, compared to the later Medallion profile angles. To my 21st-century eyes, it looks more flattering and realistic than the royal mugshots.
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12:36:08pm
"I read recently that Canadians at the time didn't like this half-turned portrait of the king,"
I haven't encountered that report. It seems unusual, because all the Great Britain issues, after the first one of 1911, used this same profile image. The issue only lasted for two years, but then all the definitives after the Admirals were replaced every two years.
However, this is in fact the issue that is known as the "Medallion" issue in Canada. It is same portrait as portrayed on GB coinage of KGV (there were some minor variations).
The following, and final Canadian KGV issue is known as the "Pictorial issue", not because of the King's portrait, but because of the high values associated with the issue.
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Oh. Thanks.
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10:08:32am
found my old 1992 Walburn Precancel catalog:
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There are tons of inverted pre-cancels on US stamps too.
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27 Feb 2022
11:32:26am
1. Is this a precancel or just some sort of postmark? My Unitrade catalog lists precancels for #89 but does not have a picture. I have seen similar bar designs on a seller's page.
2. If it is a precancel, are inverted ones unusual?
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27 Feb 2022
12:08:08pm
re: No 89 Inverted Precancel?
1. Yes, precancel.
2. Inverted not unusual.
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Well, at least I got to have a haircut in the Penny Lane barber shop.
27 Feb 2022
12:23:41pm
re: No 89 Inverted Precancel?
Thanks, Roy. Canadian printers must not have been as OCD about such things as U.S. authorities.
I read recently that Canadians at the time didn't like this half-turned portrait of the king, compared to the later Medallion profile angles. To my 21st-century eyes, it looks more flattering and realistic than the royal mugshots.
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27 Feb 2022
12:36:08pm
re: No 89 Inverted Precancel?
"I read recently that Canadians at the time didn't like this half-turned portrait of the king,"
I haven't encountered that report. It seems unusual, because all the Great Britain issues, after the first one of 1911, used this same profile image. The issue only lasted for two years, but then all the definitives after the Admirals were replaced every two years.
However, this is in fact the issue that is known as the "Medallion" issue in Canada. It is same portrait as portrayed on GB coinage of KGV (there were some minor variations).
The following, and final Canadian KGV issue is known as the "Pictorial issue", not because of the King's portrait, but because of the high values associated with the issue.
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Well, at least I got to have a haircut in the Penny Lane barber shop.
27 Feb 2022
08:57:46pm
re: No 89 Inverted Precancel?
Oh. Thanks.
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02 Mar 2022
10:08:32am
re: No 89 Inverted Precancel?
found my old 1992 Walburn Precancel catalog:
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12:07:01pm
re: No 89 Inverted Precancel?
There are tons of inverted pre-cancels on US stamps too.
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