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01:02:30pm
It's the "Kicking Mule".
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02:21:48pm
Hmmmmmmmmmm...puzzled over this for several years, post it here, and in 30 minutes get an answer! Ain't StampoRama great!
Thanks Roy!
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Yes, thanks for that information, Roy, simple and unforgettable to boot.
John Derry
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Looks more like the Easter Bunny to me
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09:05:43am
I don't believe this is the "Kicking Mule" fancy cancel, at least not the famous one produced by C.A. Klinkner & Co. Here is an image of that cancel.
I do not see anything in my Cancellations and Killers of the Bank Note Era 1870-1894 Book that looks like that cancel. It does look like a rabbit to me.
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I'm with parkinlot. It looks as if the cancel began as a series of pen strokes.
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10:00:48am
I certainly do not see a mule, but what do I know. Actually looks more like a "Jack-a-lope" (mythical west Texas critter) to me. Anyway, it's a good conversation starter!
I think I am going back to the "ink blob" theory.
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Bob Parkin:
Thank you for posting that image of the "kicking mule" cancel. Neat.
I appreciate your taking the time to share your eclectic knowledge
of the philatelic universe with us.
Seems to be an excess of hard feeling wafting through this topic
on this long Easter weekend, Hmmm?
John Derry
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03:35:59pm
I think it is actually a Rorschach test.
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07:59:46am
All modern US spray cancellations look like Rorschach tests to me.
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30 Mar 2013
12:29:47pm
I've had this in my album for many years, and have always puzzled over whether this is some sort of fancy cancel on this stamp or just an ink blob gone awry. Ideas?
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30 Mar 2013
01:02:30pm
re: Mutant ink blob or fancy cancel on 30¢ Columbian?
It's the "Kicking Mule".
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They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin
30 Mar 2013
02:21:48pm
re: Mutant ink blob or fancy cancel on 30¢ Columbian?
Hmmmmmmmmmm...puzzled over this for several years, post it here, and in 30 minutes get an answer! Ain't StampoRama great!
Thanks Roy!
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The past is a foreign country, they do things different there.
30 Mar 2013
10:10:38pm
re: Mutant ink blob or fancy cancel on 30¢ Columbian?
Yes, thanks for that information, Roy, simple and unforgettable to boot.
John Derry
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re: Mutant ink blob or fancy cancel on 30¢ Columbian?
Looks more like the Easter Bunny to me
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31 Mar 2013
09:05:43am
re: Mutant ink blob or fancy cancel on 30¢ Columbian?
I don't believe this is the "Kicking Mule" fancy cancel, at least not the famous one produced by C.A. Klinkner & Co. Here is an image of that cancel.
I do not see anything in my Cancellations and Killers of the Bank Note Era 1870-1894 Book that looks like that cancel. It does look like a rabbit to me.
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re: Mutant ink blob or fancy cancel on 30¢ Columbian?
I'm with parkinlot. It looks as if the cancel began as a series of pen strokes.
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They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin
31 Mar 2013
10:00:48am
re: Mutant ink blob or fancy cancel on 30¢ Columbian?
I certainly do not see a mule, but what do I know. Actually looks more like a "Jack-a-lope" (mythical west Texas critter) to me. Anyway, it's a good conversation starter!
I think I am going back to the "ink blob" theory.
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The past is a foreign country, they do things different there.
31 Mar 2013
12:55:01pm
re: Mutant ink blob or fancy cancel on 30¢ Columbian?
Bob Parkin:
Thank you for posting that image of the "kicking mule" cancel. Neat.
I appreciate your taking the time to share your eclectic knowledge
of the philatelic universe with us.
Seems to be an excess of hard feeling wafting through this topic
on this long Easter weekend, Hmmm?
John Derry
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Immediate Past President - West Essex Philatelic Society www.wepsonline.org
31 Mar 2013
03:35:59pm
re: Mutant ink blob or fancy cancel on 30¢ Columbian?
I think it is actually a Rorschach test.
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01 Apr 2013
07:59:46am
re: Mutant ink blob or fancy cancel on 30¢ Columbian?
All modern US spray cancellations look like Rorschach tests to me.
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