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fore anyone would buy it. Eventually it was sold tosomeone who really wanted it. A few years later thisvery same cover was put up at auction and fetched anamazing price—over one thousand dollars!
A most unusual case, to be sure, but one that pointsup the importance of cancellations that appear on stamps. Let's look them over and see what it is all about. To begin with, there are usually two marks placed ona letter by the Post Office Department: the postmark,which identifies the town of origin, the day of the month,the year, and even the time of mailing; and, the cancel-lation, which is the device that renders the stamp at-tached to the envelope of no further franking value. |
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