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BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19969 Posts	Posted 03/05/2009 11:31 pm This guy has the IMPOSSIBLE! There's no way he could have had 2009 DENVER coins on Feb 12th. Obviously, either he knows someone at the Hodgenville PO OR he has a fake cancellation stamp. Is it illegal for the PO to "back date" the cancellation? http://cgi.ebay.com/ONE-1-2009-D-Li...ed_W0QQitemZ 260371910553QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item260371910553&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2%7C65:1%7C39:1%7C240:1318 Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff

wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 03/05/2009 11:40 pm Yes, you can't release coins before its date. If you look at $1000 boxes of dollars, it says do not release for circulation until Feb 19th (for the Harrisons). Although it's not illegal, sort of, it is against some regulations of the government. And yes, it is definitely illegal to dial back the cancellation date. If that was legal, I have a few hundred French Francs that sadly expired Jan 31st that I have to send back to the BdF for redemption Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 03/05/2009 11:50 pm I was in Springfield on Feb 12 and a postal clerk at a cancellation ceremony there told me that they were doing the special collector postmarks at the main post office for 60 days after the event. This applies only to First Day of Issue stamps and special events like the Lincoln Bicentennial. I think that is probably what happened here and not a well-known occurrence unless you are big into stamp cancellation events. As a side note, I had three sets of four crisp consecutive $5s, each affixed with one of the new Lincoln stamps, hand cancelled at the event Edited by biokemist6 03/05/2009 11:56 pm Report this Post to the Staff
copper nickel daddy Pillar of the Community United States 2224 Posts	Posted 03/06/2009 12:09 am ALL (and I repeat, ALL) of the coins available in Hodgenville were PHILADELPHIA cents. I know; I was there; I saw them myself. If, as biokemist6 says, that the Post Offices were using the Feb 12 special stamp for a period of time after the actual date, then I suppose in theory it is possible for somebody to bring some Denver rolls east and take them to Hodgenville to get stamped. Matter of fact, looking at the photo of the rolls, this has to be what the seller did, because all of the rolls available in Hodgenville that day were String & Son rolls that looked like this: http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/...02120024.jpg This seller's rolls are obviously different. Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 03/06/2009 07:29 am maybe the PO started putting the stamp on the coins before they were released. Like they were getting them ready for customers and wasn't thinking about the date thing and just stamped what they had so they wouldn't have to take the time to do it when someone came and wanted them Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 03/07/2009 7:12 pm Why didn't the PO actual cancel the stamp as pictured on the ebay roll? $44 is a nice return on $0.50. It would be pretty easy to create that stamp and make your own. Report this Post to the Staff
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