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03:16:34pm
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05:34:31pm
Here's my mint and used copy of CSA #13. Can anyone give me any information on the red fancy postmark?
EDIT: Here is a black version of the fancy cancel from e-bay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/226231705525
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Fancy cancels on CSA covers (or stamps) are not common. Looking through 10 years of auction archives (Siegel), I did not see a single example that matched the ones you posted. I would think you would need a cert to be sure it is genuine. And colored fancy cancels are really rare -- none that I could find in the last 10 years on Siegel's database.
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05:20:01pm
Thanks for the hard work and the wonderful pictures. If I had a certifier close by I might trust it but I don't trust the mail enough to send it away. I'm a bit leery of the cancel but I will live with it for a while. I really trust my dealer and his sources but I will try to get a bit more information from him!! Thanks again!!
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And some are very expensive. Below are three more different fancy cancels all relatively recent sales (last five years):
$23,000.
$20,000.
$1600.
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A couple more different ones that seem like bargains.
$375 in 2022
$325 in 2019 and blue which seems rarer than red
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And one more item - a link to a book:
https://brooklyngallery.com/straightline ...
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10:59:58am
I just picked up a really nice used copy of CSA #8 with partial postmark "NTGOM". The only way I can see to finish this is MONTGOMERY. Does anyone know of another choice?
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It's gotta be Montgomery. That's exciting. I'd like to build a simple CSA type set with each having a recognizable town cancel like that. Awesome Harvey. Post a pic if you can.
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11:13:02am
"Post a pic if you can."
Soon! One of my camera people has moved and I'll see the other one on Tuesday!!
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These are images that I downloaded from that popular auction site. This is what I'd like my CSA stamps to look like (or at least close). This one is an exceptional example, beautifully centered stamp and almost perfectly SOTN cancel. Not sure if Clarksville is considered more scarce but they're asking a whopping $850 for this.
Montgomery, TX is scarce.
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11:52:46am
As you'll see in a few days the print on my Montgomery is thicker than yours - much stronger! It'll be interesting to compare!!
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02:16:30pm
Could it be Montgomery, Alabama instead of Montgomery, Texas? Maybe the two had different cancels and maybe I'm totally out to lunch!
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11:35:19am
Here's a picture of my two CSA #8, mint and used.
Both have good margins and good colour, IMHO!
EDIT: Since we now have two totally different Montgomery postmarks does that possibly mean we have two different Montgomerys represented, Texas and Alabama? Does anyone "out there" have a book on CSA postmarks?
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17 Oct 2025
03:16:34pm
I will be posting a picture of CSA #13 with a fancy red cancel on Sunday evening in this post. I picked it up from a very reputable source that I have dealt with since 1971. He and his father have supplied me with amazing stuff at reasonable prices for many years and has never led me astray. I picked up my BC collection from him as well as other great stuff. The price I paid for this stamp was about $200 CD and it looks great to me. I can find other similar stamps on line with black cancels for in the range of about $400 - $500 USD which look to be authentic. I have seen, and have, a couple of the CSA fakes and they are very poorly done. I know CSA stamps exist with coloured cancels but usually not fancy cancels. The red usually adds about $200 to the price. Does anyone out there have any information in your stamp reference library that might help? As I said I'll post a picture on Sunday evening!
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19 Oct 2025
05:34:31pm
re: Does anyone have any information on CSA stamps with fancy cancels?
Here's my mint and used copy of CSA #13. Can anyone give me any information on the red fancy postmark?
EDIT: Here is a black version of the fancy cancel from e-bay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/226231705525
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re: Does anyone have any information on CSA stamps with fancy cancels?
Fancy cancels on CSA covers (or stamps) are not common. Looking through 10 years of auction archives (Siegel), I did not see a single example that matched the ones you posted. I would think you would need a cert to be sure it is genuine. And colored fancy cancels are really rare -- none that I could find in the last 10 years on Siegel's database.
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20 Oct 2025
05:20:01pm
re: Does anyone have any information on CSA stamps with fancy cancels?
Thanks for the hard work and the wonderful pictures. If I had a certifier close by I might trust it but I don't trust the mail enough to send it away. I'm a bit leery of the cancel but I will live with it for a while. I really trust my dealer and his sources but I will try to get a bit more information from him!! Thanks again!!
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re: Does anyone have any information on CSA stamps with fancy cancels?
And some are very expensive. Below are three more different fancy cancels all relatively recent sales (last five years):
$23,000.
$20,000.
$1600.
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re: Does anyone have any information on CSA stamps with fancy cancels?
A couple more different ones that seem like bargains.
$375 in 2022
$325 in 2019 and blue which seems rarer than red
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re: Does anyone have any information on CSA stamps with fancy cancels?
And one more item - a link to a book:
https://brooklyngallery.com/straightline ...
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31 Oct 2025
10:59:58am
re: Does anyone have any information on CSA stamps with fancy cancels?
I just picked up a really nice used copy of CSA #8 with partial postmark "NTGOM". The only way I can see to finish this is MONTGOMERY. Does anyone know of another choice?
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re: Does anyone have any information on CSA stamps with fancy cancels?
It's gotta be Montgomery. That's exciting. I'd like to build a simple CSA type set with each having a recognizable town cancel like that. Awesome Harvey. Post a pic if you can.
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31 Oct 2025
11:13:02am
re: Does anyone have any information on CSA stamps with fancy cancels?
"Post a pic if you can."
Soon! One of my camera people has moved and I'll see the other one on Tuesday!!
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re: Does anyone have any information on CSA stamps with fancy cancels?
These are images that I downloaded from that popular auction site. This is what I'd like my CSA stamps to look like (or at least close). This one is an exceptional example, beautifully centered stamp and almost perfectly SOTN cancel. Not sure if Clarksville is considered more scarce but they're asking a whopping $850 for this.
Montgomery, TX is scarce.
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31 Oct 2025
11:52:46am
re: Does anyone have any information on CSA stamps with fancy cancels?
As you'll see in a few days the print on my Montgomery is thicker than yours - much stronger! It'll be interesting to compare!!
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31 Oct 2025
02:16:30pm
re: Does anyone have any information on CSA stamps with fancy cancels?
Could it be Montgomery, Alabama instead of Montgomery, Texas? Maybe the two had different cancels and maybe I'm totally out to lunch!
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05 Nov 2025
11:35:19am
re: Does anyone have any information on CSA stamps with fancy cancels?
Here's a picture of my two CSA #8, mint and used.
Both have good margins and good colour, IMHO!
EDIT: Since we now have two totally different Montgomery postmarks does that possibly mean we have two different Montgomerys represented, Texas and Alabama? Does anyone "out there" have a book on CSA postmarks?
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