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  2. Cancelled-to-order - Wikipedia

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    A Cancelled-to-order plate block of the US newspaper boy stamp of 1952. A cancelled to order (also called and abbreviated CTO) postage stamp, philatelic symbol , [1] is a stamp the issuing postal service has cancelled (marked as used), but has not traveled through the post, [2] but instead gets handed back to a stamp collector or dealer.

  3. Postage stamps and postal history of the United States

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    Lester G. Brookman, The Nineteenth Century Postage Stamps of the United States (Lindquist, 1947). John N. Luff and Benno Loewy, The Postage Stamps of the United States (New York, Scott Stamp & Coin Co., 1902). AskPhil – Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-05-23)

  4. National Philatelic Collection (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Established in 1886, the first piece in the National Philatelic Collection was a sheet of Confederate States stamps. The collection was subsequently expanded through the transfer of stamps from the United States Post Office Department and United States Postal Service, gifts from foreign governments, bequests from private stamp collectors, and ...

  5. Cancellation (mail) - Wikipedia

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    1929 machine cancellation used to cancel 1d stamp on first flight cover from Nassau to Miami. A cancellation (or cancel for short; French: oblitération) is a postal marking applied on a postage stamp or postal stationery to deface the stamp and to prevent its reuse. Cancellations come in a huge variety of designs, shapes, sizes, and colors.

  6. Bisects and splits - Wikipedia

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    Mexico 1861 8 reales stamp, quartered for use as 2 reales value, with San Luis Potosí cancellation. Bisects and splits refer to postage stamps that have been cut in part, most commonly in half, but also other fractions, and postally used for the proportionate value of the entire stamp, such as a two cent stamp cut in half and used as a one cent stamp.

  7. 1869 Pictorial Issue - Wikipedia

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    The 1869 Pictorial Issue is a series of definitive United States postage stamps released during the first weeks of the Grant administration. Ten types of stamp in denominations between one cent and ninety cents were initially offered in the series, with eight of these introduced on March 19 and 20, 1869 and the two greatest values being distributed somewhat later.

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