Bureau Precancels

As the type faces are highly standardized, dimensions are approximate. However, vertical spacings vary, especially on style 63 and between plates made for sheet stamps and coils. Fine changes in manufacturing techniques, discernible by the student, are not taken into account.
41	Serifed caps 3mm high between lines 12-13mm apart, wider letters		Austin, Dallas, Waco	GO TO TOP
44	Serifed Upper&lower case letters 3mm high between lines 12-13mm apart		Fort Worth	GO TO TOP
51	Block caps 2.7mm high between lines 13mm apart		Houston	GO TO TOP
61	Gothic caps 2mm high between lines 13mm apart		Abilene, Amarillo, Austin(TEX & TEXAS), Beaumont, Brownsville, Cameron, Dallas(TEX & TEXAS), Fort Worth(TEX & TEXAS), Galveston, Houston, Lubbock, Plainview, San Antonio(TEX & TEXAS), Waco(TEX & TEXAS[RARE]), Wichita Falls	GO TO TOP
62	like 61, but town carried over onto second line		Wichita Falls	GO TO TOP
71	Gothic caps 2mm high between lines 10.5mm apart		Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, Baytown, Beaumont, Brownsville, Brownwood, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Del Rio, Denton, Fort Worth, Galveston, Houston, Lubbock, Mc Allen(McA), Port Arthur, San Antonio, San Benito, Temple, Tyler, Waco	GO TO TOP
73	Like 71, but arranged in three lines		Corpus Christi	GO TO TOP
75	Like 71, but lines 9.5mm apart; state name spelled out		Dallas, Fort Worth	GO TO TOP
81	Gothic caps 2mm high between lines 10.5mm apart; 2-letter state abbreviation without period		Dallas, Fort Worth	GO TO TOP
85	Like 81, but lines 8.5mm apart		Dallas	GO TO TOP
86	Linofilm caps, 2mm between town and state		El Paso	GO TO TOP
87	Like 86, but 1mm between town and state		Arlington, Beaumont, Bryan, Euless, Gainesville, Pasadena	GO TO TOP

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