Precancels on the Black 2¢ Harding Memorial Issue, 1923, in all states of perforation. A catalogue specifically for these issues was published by the PSS in 1983.
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Bureau precancels always show single lines above and below the city and state, never bars or double lines.
Precancels Precanceled postage stamps, or precancels, may be defined broadly as stamps that have been canceled before being affixed to mail matter.
Precancels:
Stamps with cancellations applied before the mailing of the article on which they prepay postage.
Provisionals: ...
Precancels - machine-printed cancellations applied by authority to save time in handling large blocks of mail, as stamps so treated normally do not require or receive further cancellation.
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Local Precancels - Stamps cancelled by a local post office.
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Machine Cancels - Stamps cancelled by machinery rather than hand stamps.
Precancels - Stamps canceled prior to the mailing of a letter. U.S. precancels often consist of a city and state name between two black lines and are used primarily by bulk mailers who do some of the sorting of mail themselves.
Precancels started out with two lines across the face of the stamp, and sometimes contained an inscription between the lines. Eventually the bars were eliminated in favor of a service inscription overprinted or incorporated in the stamp design.
Bar precancels: earliest form of precancels, consisting of bars, lines, etc., any form that does not include a readable name.
Barques: (Fr.) boats; French colony revenue inscription.
National Bureau Precancels - BEP produced precancels with two parallel lines only and valid for precanceled mail at any U.S. post office.
*National Defense Issue - set of three postage stamps promoting national defense in 1940. Scott 899-901.
This Just In - "X" Precancels on US 1847 Issue
Recent scholarship suggests that some of the early "x-cancels" on the 1847 issues may have been Pre-cancels, i.e. markings applied BEFORE the stamps were sold and applied to their covers.
To learn more about precancels, visit the Precancel Stamp Society (PSS) ABCs of Precancel Collecting ...
Precancels are typically used by mass mailers, who can save a postal system time and effort by prearranging to use the precancels, and delivering the stamped mail ready for sorting.
The indication of stamps being precancels is applied by a post office before the stamps are sold. Precanceled stamps are used by volume mailers who hold a permit to use them. U.S. precancels fall into two categories: 1) Locals have the mark or text ...
" Other precancels may include the city and state of the issuing post office. Precanceled stamps are used by volume mailers who hold a permit to use them. U.S. precancels fall into two categories: 1) Locals have the mark or text applied by a town or ...
In some cases the precancel also designates a specific mail-handling service, such as "Presorted First-Class." Other precancels may include the city and state of the issuing post office.
issued by the Post Office with words or lines printed thereon which prevent further use of the stamp. Precancelled stamps need not be cancelled again during mail handling. The standard first day postmarks, however, are applied to FDCs of precancels.
 See also: Stamp, Cancels, Precancel, Cancel, Used
  
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