The Auction:
This
auction is for one 1032 Bureau precancel sheet
stamp FVF
and MNH. It is the 1½c
Mount Vernon stamp with NEW
ORLEANS LA. city type 71 overprint PSS 1032-71
(772). The 1956
rotary press single is dry printed* and perf.
10½ x 11.
Completing the Bureau precancel city type
sheet set is
difficult in MNH. There are 45 different city overprints!
*In
2015 Scott Catalogue renumbered certain
Liberty Issue stamps. This Scott number
remains the same.
Liberty
Issue and earlier precancels are
not priced in Scott. According to Scott
Catalogue precancels are listed only if
the precanceled stamp is different from the
nonprecanceled version, or if the stamp only
exists precanceled.
Precancels and
regular stamps were all printed without
tagging at that time so Scott does not believe
they warrant separate minor number. All regular
issues since the late 1960s have been
tagged, while their precancel counterparts
remain untagged. This tagging difference is
the reason why most modern precancels have separate
catalogue numbers and most older precancels do not.
Mint never
hinged Bureau of
Engraving and Printing (BEP) precancels are uncommon when compared
to used. There is renewed interest in mint
never hinged precanceled USA material from
this era.
1032v
1032pc 1.5-cent 1½-cent $0.015 .015 1.5¢
1½¢ 11/2¢ 1.5c 1½c 11/2c