United States, Scott #1905a, used(o), 1984 coil definitive, Transportation Series, First Issue, Bulk Rate Pre-Cancelled Coil; stamp shows a Lumber Railroad Caboose of the 1880s; such a caboose was typical of the logging railroads that ran between forests and lumber mills in the early days of railroads; it was a basic home on wheels for the train crew; it was also used to transport loggers, saws, and other equipment to logging sites; the stamps were issued in coils to non-profit, bulk rate mailers who agreed to sort the mail to the nine-digit zip code carrier routes, 11 cents, perforated 10 vertical, imperforated at top and bottom, perforated sides were typically guillotine cut by customer machines to release individual stamps for the bulk mailing, engraved, red, this stamp was issued ‘pre-cancelled,’ with two horizontal bars, by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from their Plate #1, stamps issued from their Plate #2 lacked the pre-cancel bars and are Scott #1905; the Transportation Series began in 1981 and has become one of the largest series in the history of the Post Office, fifty coil stamps, in four major issues, would be eventually issued over the course of the next fifteen years, each picturing a different mode of transport ( … in the widest sense from dog sleds, to handicapped chairs, to building elevators), this stamp is the eleventh stamp from the first issue; Scott 2025 Catalog Value: 25¢, nicely centered which is unusually good for a coil stamp, no additional cancel marks other than the two precancel bars, sound back, clipped corner perforation at top left when viewed from the front, and customer torn short perforations along the left side, otherwise good perforations, centering and image clear cancel warrants a selling price premium. This is not a 'bait-and-switch;' the stamp you see will be the one you receive.
Please review my terms of sale. If you are not ordering from the United States, there is a $US1.55 additional postage expense that needs to be added to the price of the stamp. If you are ordering from the United States, there is only a $US0.68 added postage expense. Also, if you make additional purchases from my offerings, they can all go in one mailing at no extra shipping expense for the added purchases. I will send the purchase by US first class mail, since the relatively low value of the stamp does not warrant signature or tracking mail. Hence the buyer assumes risk of loss or non-delivery. I will keep a scan of my mailing to verify that the correct mailing address was used. If not satisfied, return the stamp to me at your own expense, and I will refund the cost, but not my postage to you. If the stamp is not as described, I will refund the cost and reimburse you for postage both ways.
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