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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 74387, member: 56&quot;]I&#039;m curious about the Jackson stamp.&nbsp; While it does seem to be scissor cut across the top, the other 3 sides are very straight and square.&nbsp; Those sides look machine cut.&nbsp; I suppose it&#039;s possible the stamp was the end off a roll, but I&#039;ve read online that rolls of stamps weren&#039;t introduced until 1908, and I don&#039;t know if any of those were un-perforated (&quot;imperf&quot; seems to be the term used).</p><p><br /></p><p>The cancellation shows that the stamp was used.&nbsp; It looks like a hand cancel sometimes called football or foot print.&nbsp; The number 1 was probably for a specific postal worker.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think there&#039;s a lot of help there in dating it because hand cancellation persisted for a long time, especially in rural areas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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