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U.S. Precancel Information

This page contains articles from various precancel publications. Most of them I did NOT write, and I will credit each author in each article. I want to thank each of them now for their work.

General Precancel Info

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Early Use and Approbation of Precancels in the U.S. Postal System - How it all started

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Precancel Device Manufacturers - History of the contracts in producing devices

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Government Precancel Styles - Details into the Government styles & their manufacture

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Hand Electros - 25 Years of Precancel History

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Precancel Mounting - How to NOT do it

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Don't Apologize for Precancels - In praise of precancel collecting

Bureau Precancel Info

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Development of the Bureau Precancel - The story of the start of bureaus

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The Kansas City Perf. 11 x 11 - Identifying these issues

Dated Precancel Info

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The "First" Dated Precancel

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Sears, Roebuck and Company - Basics on dateds from this prolific user of precancels

 
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