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<p>[QUOTE="Rare$2Bills, post: 2184560, member: 75015"]There are a handful of 1976 $2 bill sets that have been hand cancelled in Philadelphia on April 13th, 1976. These $2 bill sets are in sets of 50, which include chronological serial #'s on the $2 bills, and also have affixed to them, the 1976 US Flag stamps. These stamps were affixed in order as each state entered the union and then hand cancelled in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I own two of these sets and was actually one of three people who made these sets become reality. We made ten sets in total. </p><p><br /></p><p>We lived in New York City at the time, so that helped us obtain the 500 $2 bills with chronological serial #'s. We then purchased the US Flag stamps and while my Dad drove toward Philadelphia, my brother and I carefully affixed the stamps to the $2 bills.</p><p><br /></p><p>We then stood in line and patiently watched the USPS clerk hand stamp each of the 500 $2 bills that we brought in.</p><p><br /></p><p>The USPS clerk tasked with hand cancelling that day told us that he had not seen anything similar to what we had done and we think that very few, if any sets similar exist except for the 10 sets that we assembled.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone knows of other sets, I'd be very interested in learning of them. In any case, there are very few full sets in existence today which make these rare collectibles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Rare$2Bills, post: 2184560, member: 75015"]There are a handful of 1976 $2 bill sets that have been hand cancelled in Philadelphia on April 13th, 1976. These $2 bill sets are in sets of 50, which include chronological serial #'s on the $2 bills, and also have affixed to them, the 1976 US Flag stamps. These stamps were affixed in order as each state entered the union and then hand cancelled in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed. I own two of these sets and was actually one of three people who made these sets become reality. We made ten sets in total. We lived in New York City at the time, so that helped us obtain the 500 $2 bills with chronological serial #'s. We then purchased the US Flag stamps and while my Dad drove toward Philadelphia, my brother and I carefully affixed the stamps to the $2 bills. We then stood in line and patiently watched the USPS clerk hand stamp each of the 500 $2 bills that we brought in. The USPS clerk tasked with hand cancelling that day told us that he had not seen anything similar to what we had done and we think that very few, if any sets similar exist except for the 10 sets that we assembled. If anyone knows of other sets, I'd be very interested in learning of them. In any case, there are very few full sets in existence today which make these rare collectibles.[/QUOTE]
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