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<p>[QUOTE="Dave M, post: 1556104, member: 17469"]I used to be much more into stamp collecting, and can tell you that in 1976 it was certainly quite possible to simply ask the clerk at the counter to set the date on the handstamp (which those are). Odds are quite good, especially if he was your buddy, that he'd do it.</p><p><br /></p><p>They may have tightened up a lot in the last 35 years, but at that time, a cancel with a wrong date on it (e.g a first day cover with a similar early date) was not likely be an actual early release of the stamps, rather a "mistake" from the postal clerk.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: also keep in mind that these, first day covers, and the like, were known to be "trinkets" that the clerk was processing, and they knew it wasn't something that was going in the mail or otherwise would be accountable as regards delivery time, etc. The clerk was just there to make the customers happy with their purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dave[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dave M, post: 1556104, member: 17469"]I used to be much more into stamp collecting, and can tell you that in 1976 it was certainly quite possible to simply ask the clerk at the counter to set the date on the handstamp (which those are). Odds are quite good, especially if he was your buddy, that he'd do it. They may have tightened up a lot in the last 35 years, but at that time, a cancel with a wrong date on it (e.g a first day cover with a similar early date) was not likely be an actual early release of the stamps, rather a "mistake" from the postal clerk. Edit: also keep in mind that these, first day covers, and the like, were known to be "trinkets" that the clerk was processing, and they knew it wasn't something that was going in the mail or otherwise would be accountable as regards delivery time, etc. The clerk was just there to make the customers happy with their purchase. Dave[/QUOTE]
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