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Airmail unther study

As you know by now, wavy-line cancels aren’t entirely extinct. Giles du Boulay sent in these examples. Above: Similar to the one in Report No. 49, it does appear in the Hasselhoff Vol. 1, Pg. 13. This is an example of the hand rollerstamp used on bulky items, such as newspaper wrappers or on awkwardly-placed stamps. They are much more difficult to find than the book value suggests. The c.d.s. is 25.5 mm dia. in stead of 26mm as stated in the book. Left: The very scarce single ring cancel and wavy—line machine cancel of Danzig 5a. This was used for only approximately one year in 1941/2. The cancel is described in Hasseihoff Vol. 2, on Pg. 38, and again, in Giles’ opinion, is too undervalued.

A personal note to explain our missing the Danzig trip this year; the hip seemed to be acting up and allowing only 2 hours of walking at a time — hardly enough for sightseeing. Bud discovered that there was no guaranteed transportaion from Malmo, Sweden, so we will try later from a trip from Germany.

Thanks to John Whiteside for his contributions that will appear later.

On Pg. 8 is a composite of 6 CCTV images to make a study of 113DD, one of Burt Miller’s Mail Sale as mentioned in the last Report. Write him! You’ll like his stock.
Danzig Report   Nr. 52 - July - August - September - 1986, Page 7.