Sunday, January 30, 2022
Wish You Were Here, from Richard Outcault
Here's another card from Outcault's 1903 Valentine's series, published by Raphael Tuck. It is uncommon to find these undivided back cards without handwritten messages written across the front. Although the user of this card was nice enough to leave the front unmarred, the post office -- thank you very much -- felt the need to slap a cancellation stamp on it for no reason at all.
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That's the bleed through of a canacellation on the obverse, isn't it?
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: 1/30/2022 4:59 PM
: 1/30/2022 4:59 PM 
Take a closer look- In the place for the date, you can see a backwards letter "F", presumably because this would be mailed in February, and below it seems to be a backwards number 3, as in the time of day the cancel was imprinted. Towards the left, within the outline, near the "Y" in Outcault's message, you will see the second componant of the bifurcated year as used in this style of cancelation, looking like a backwards "07"; id est, 1907.
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# posted by : 1/31/2022 2:36 PM
: 1/31/2022 2:36 PM 