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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Small Size, post: 2547728, member: 77924&quot;]I once bought a 1869 $1 USN &quot;rainbow note&quot; for next to nothing, because it had been &quot;damaged&quot; by the careful application of an Oglesby, Illinois post office cancellation dated June 4, 1870. It otherwise is a handsome, well-preserved note.</p><p>For a long time I wondered why that had been done. First I thought perhaps the local postmaster was validating the new notes for those unfamiliar with them. But that wouldn&#039;t explain its nearly new condition. I even interacted with the city clerk, asking if anything important had happened there that day. Nothing he knew of.</p><p>I finally decided that most likely it was a wedding gift. June 4, 1870 being the first Saturday of the month most popular for weddings. From a clever person of modest means as a keepsake cum &quot;keep this and never be broke&quot; present to the couple. That explains both its survival and its condition.</p><p>It also makes it worth more to me than an &quot;undamaged&quot; note would.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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