I saw several of these stamp cancelled notes on Ebay- the top one in a Buy-it-Now listing for $500 OBO, this one in a Buy-it-Now listing for $125 OBO, this one for $100 Buy-it-Now OBO and lastly this one for $95 Buy-it-Now OBO. Each one is from a different seller. Is there something special about sticking old stamps onto a $2 note, and getting a modern cancellation stamp (from 2013, 2015, 2019, etc.)? Or tacking on new stamps, and getting those same modern cancellation markings? I understand the "First Day of Issue" stamp cancels for 2 dollar notes from 1976, but what's so amazing about these notes? It seems that if a stamp itself is rare, it would make more sense to auction the stamp, or the stamp with the envelope it was affixed to. The modern cancellation markings make even less sense- I could literally go to the post office, and have all the money in my wallet stamp cancelled (04-20-2020). This bill sold at auction for 16.33 (including shipping). But what's so epic about it? The forever stamp at left is from 2018, and incredibly common today. As for the New Hampshire 3 cent stamp- it's worth approximately a dollar-uncancelled.
Yes, actually. The very bottom $2 in my post sold for $16.33 (including shipping) which is what was amazing. About 10 more sold for $8-$10 including shipping. Personally, I wouldn’t pay more than $2 for a $2 Bill with some modern defaced stamps.
There's an old Coin Talk thread re. the Bicentennial $2 Bills: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1976-2-dollar-bill-w-stamps.151827/ They were heavily promoted as part of the Bicentennial Celebration but I don't know anything about the later date cancellations.
Dumbstruck... $2 bill with some modern canceled stamps sells for $10... I guess people really are going bat-xxxx crazy in quarantine.
For $10 - if you didn't live in the United States, and it had your home country stamp or something on it, why not? When I take $2 bills abroad people go ape $#!+ over them - they just never see them. So, if you can get a $2 with your country stamp and a postmark maybe from some place you like - it's as good as a shot glass or ashtray as a memento...
There are collectors of stamp cancelled currency, but to me, they are just damaged currency and I wouldn't give more than face value for any of them. Strike that . . . I wouldn't even want them. JMHO
The Mt. Washington cancellation is a nice touch, although the Old Man in the Mountain on the stamp (which no longer exists BTW) wasn’t close to Mt. Washington. The country stamps don’t make sense to me unless the dates have a meaning I’m not aware of. It would be more fun to take a $2 bill overseas and have it cancelled there with a foreign stamp.
I have seen the April 13th 1976 cancellation for the First Day Of Issue. Jefferson's birthday. These other ones don't make any sense to me. The first note posted is a Millennium Star note, Probably one of the most valuable $2 notes made. Only 9.999 produced.
If you look closely at the Mt. Washington note, you'll notice the 3¢ stamp was removed from a "First Day of Issue" cover and attached to the bill, then cancelled. Technically, cancelling a cancelled stamp is a no-no for the P.O.
In the early 2000s I had several transactions with a German dealer who gave me $3.00 credit for UNC $2.00 notes up to 100 notes per transaction.