Noteworthy Items with Flag Cancels - Angelfire
Noteworthy Items with Flag Cancels
Begun August 27, 2000
Last Update: April 30, 2005
ALABAMA
Eutaw Sc732
Evergreen 1c green Fran pse + 1c green Fran
Fairfield Sc619
Gadsden 2 Illus cc
Gadsden 3 on Reg Ret Rcpt
Gadsden 4 cc: odd hand-colored design
Geneva on Bus Reply
Greenville 2 cachet w/C11
Cachet w/C12
Huntsville 1 penalty envelope w/stamp: “U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,/FIFTH CIRCUIT./DAVID D. SHELBY, Circuit Judge,/New Orleans, La.”
Linden Sc727
Luverne 2x Sc705
Sc729
Mobile 2 illus cc w/Sc295
Sdel w/E4
Mobile 6 graphic cc w/matching letterhead
Mobile 8 Hotel ad, color, back
Mobile 9 3 x 1c green Wash to “Belize, B.H., Central America” mss “via New Orleans”
Pell City Sc733
Color cc, 3x Sc552/632
Selma Aux “address supplied. . .”
coke ad
ARIZONA
Bisbee 1 on lacy valentine
Miami sdel, aux h/s w/Sc562
Phoenix 1 aux: “Held for Postage.” crossed out
Phoenix 2 2c pc to Germany
Prescott gpc w/tax bill from collector
aux “unclaimed” and “return to writer”
Tucson 1c pse to Finland
ARKANSAS
Arkadelphia 3 purple h/s circ time recd
Berryville 2 small flag decals address to Mary Bishop
Camden 1 2c red Jeff pc revalued to 1c
Dermott cachet: “Community Bicentennial Celebration” w/Sc717
Fayetteville C14 U525
Jonesboro 3 C3 on forwarded cover; May 23, 1918 flight
Lonoke Sc775
Marvell bus rep env
Prescott 1 2c red Jeff pc revalued to 1c
Stamps National Stamp Week cachet 1936
2 copies: last day cancel, Sc782
cachet: state and flag for first day Sc782, but 3rd day (6-17-36)
Stephens Sc708
Van Buren 2c red Jeff pc revalued to 1c, pvt recd mkg
Waldo U481
Wilson UY7 (PR4)
CALIFORNIA
Alhambra aux: finger “return to writer”
Armona UY7 (PR4)
Artesia Sc732
Atwater Sc732
Balboa Island Sc727
cachet ’38 Tourn of Lights, green
Cachet ’39 Tourn of Lights, Sc654 and Sc705
Last day cover, Sc861
Berkeley 6 Sc398/402
Carmel C4 and C5 on 3-zone airmail to New Jersey w/RWB tag
Chino Sc644
Culver City PO penalty envelope w/ COD marking
Del Monte Sc397
Dos Palos Sc740 w/PM signature
small flag decals w/Sc773 (Mary Bishop)
El Segundo strange “4” in 4:30P in dial; made for different machine
Fairfax Sc740
Fontana airmail: 2 x Sc557 (5c TR)
C11 on crash cover; hs “Delay due to wrecked mail plane/January 10, 1930.” and green LA Arcade Sta Return to Writer Unclaimed marking, wreck 30.2, unclaimed marking is June 28, original cancel Jan. 10.
Fresno 2 blue w/ fancy hotel cc
aux: “General Delivery San Jose” circ h/s, red 1 in circ h/s
Garden Grove orange stripe w/Sc649
Grass Valley 1 cc: Barker & Smith Real Estate
Guerneville lower half of Sc751
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Huntington Beach blue “ATSF Coast Line Patton, Calif” h/s
Knights Landing cachet Xth Olympiad w/Sc740 and Sc741
La Canada UY7 (PR4)
Aux: “VIA AIR MAIL” w/2xSc732 and 2x1c green Fran
Sc729
Lemoncove small flag decals (Mary Bishop)
Lodi 3 Japanese cc: Miyajima Co. (and on back)
Loma Linda C19
Long Beach WP Sc397
Long Beach 3 illus cc: Hotel Virginia
Lynwood blue candy ad
Manhattan Beach airmail UC2, aux purple “Via Air Mail”
Monrovia 2 UO72 #10 envelope (postal savings pse)
Newcastle Sc615
Oakland 3 McKinley blotter
Oceanpark 2c to Canada
Oceanside 3 x 2c red Wash to Germany (overpaid)
Orange sdel w/E12 aux red “Fee Claimed by Office of First
Address”
Oroville Sc398
Sc548
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Palo Alto 2 aux purp h/s: “Victoria BC Gen Delivery”
Palo Alto 5 registered w/Sc417 (12c claret brown Franklin)
3c blue +2c red Wash stamps w/2 censor markings to Luderitzbucht, South West Africa “via Cape Town” w/Red Cross cc
Petaluma 1 aux: “POSTAGE DUE [1] CTS.” And 1c due over flag
Porterville (3) aux: box w/finger “Returned to Writer” pointing to “REASON FOR NON-DELIVERY CHECKED” “unclaimed” checked
Redlands 3 aux “Directory Service Given. . .”
Rialto Sc732
San Bernardino 1 2c red wash pse + 2 x 2 red Wash stamps (overpd) to Berlin, Germany
to Canal Zone w/2 1c Canal Zone stamps affixed over flag
San Carlos U420-U428, w/2c red Wash
San Diego 1 large multicolor hand-painted flower
pc to Havana w/”REGONADO” h/s, circ “Oficina de Rezagos/Habana”, h/s “LISTA DE CORREOS/HABANA.” and Habana repeater
San Diego Sta A Sc549
San Jose 2 UX16 to “Buitenzorg, Island Java” w/Java marking
San Jose 6 2c red pse + 2c red + 1c gn Wash to France w/censor marking and tape and h/s “OUVERT Par l’AUTORITE MILITAIRE”
San Jose WP 1 Sc357
San Jose WP 2 Q1
1+2+2pse to Switzerland
Sc398
San Jose Sta A WP unusual ppc w/Sc397
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San Pedro 2c pc to Japan
Santa Barbara 1 4c rate w/aux: purple “FORWARDED”
Santa Barbara 2 1c pse drop rate (U404?)
Santa Barbara 3 aux: purple “forwarded from Salem, Mass.”
Santa Clara 3 bisect: 1925 usage of 1c pse and bisected 1c green Washington
1c pse revalued to 1 1/2c
Santa Rosa 2 UY4 (PM3)
San Ysidro Sc729
Sebastopol U481
South Gate HGSta Sc729
favor cancel
So San Francisco perfin: “WM” [Western Meat]
Stanford Univ 3c pur Wash + 2c Wash pse to Chile
UY9 unsevered, revalued, embossed initial
Stockton 1 3x1c green Fran + 2c pse to Germany
Three Rivers Sc742 on “Washington’s Boyhood Home” cachet
CE1 on airport dedication cover 6-9-35: cachet “U.S. Army Dedication/Jefferson Davis Field/THREE RIVERS, CALIF./Pilot________” over stamp, “Davis Field”, Noel Britton, P.M. signed, Sol Sweet pilot signed
Vallejo aux: blue “PASSED BY CENSOR”
Van Nuys 1c and 1c PSE cover
Weaverville Sc773
Yucaipa Sc773
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LA: Arcade Sta aux: “Held for Postage/[unclear date]/LOS ANGELES, CAL.” Additional stamp added and aux: “This is the mail for which/you sent Postage.”
LA: Hol Sta WP pc w/stamp frame
unusual ppc w/Sc397
aux: red “Returned for Better Address.”
LA: Hol Sta orange envelope w/witch label
LA: WLk 2c coil on ppc
LA: WLk Sta WP UX22
LA: Brentwood Hts airmail to Canada 1933 w/aux: pur “Via Air Mail.” and C17
LA: Palms Sta cachet: 9-29-1936: 21st anniv 1st transc telephone line w/Sc684
cachet: 9-29-1936: 21st anniv 1st transc telephone line w/Sc783
LA: Sta A color label as cc
LA: Sta B airmail w/C7
LA: Sta H Sc 732
LA: Sta L Sc773 w/ Mary Bishop flag cachet
SF: B14(1) 2 blue graphic cc: Bonestell and Co. Paper Warehouse
SF: B14(1) 3 cc Hay and Grain
SF: B14(2) 1 cc fancy blue Bonestell and Co.
To Sutton Coldfield England forwarded to Birmingham (2c red Wash + 1c blue Frank + missing stamp)
SF: B14(3) 2 Rebekah Assembly IOOF fancy cc
SF: Sta B as recd on ppc from Amsterdam w/perfin Neth stamp (v.B.M.)
SF: Sta C 1 to Germany
SF: Sta C 2 aux: “Try Sta C” and RFD overstruck
SF: Sta E UY1 (PM1)
SF: Sta F cc illus Cooper Medical College
SF: Sta H 2c red Wash to Yokohama Japan
5c blue Lincoln to Yokohama Japan w/kon-ji
COLORADO
Brush Sc614
Colorado Springs1 1c pse to Berlin Germany
Delta 1c pse + Sc230
Denver Cap Hill Q1
Denver 5Pts Sta orange reg ret recpt
Denver Sden Sta illus cc
Fort Morgan 2 aux: “Missent to and Forwarded from Belmont, Ohio”
Glenwood Springs1 aux: “forwarded.”
Hotchkiss Sc729
Lamar 1 1½c pse
Pueblo 8 3c pur Wash on cover to AEF w/auxs: black “RETURN TO WRITER” and red “Addressee transferred to/[Camp Russell, Wyo.]/From: A.E.F./Central Directory Division/Pier No. 96, N.R.,N.Y.O./Date[22-5-19]” though flag is 10-28-18
Pueblo 9 to AEF w/British Term RPO
Salida 1 aux: “forwarded.”
Walsenburg on 1c pse #10 size
CONNECTICUT
Ansonia 3 aux: “Do Your Bit. . .”
Bridgeport 1 triangular blue cc: David Trubee & Co
Bridgeport 6 cream color w/ Baird machinery ad
Bridgep ES Sta red fancy cc
EFO: miscut 2c red Wash imperf
Derby 1 as recd on card from Italy w/Italian stamp
Greenwich 1 aux: “Forwarded”
Hartford 1 Sc286 and aux h/s “RETURNED TO SENDER,/CANNOT BE FOUND BY N.Y.P.O./ C.D./JUL 26 1898/DO NOT POST AGAIN IN THIS/ENVELOPE OR WRAPPER”
Hartford 2 2c grn Wash pse + 3c pur to Germany and redirected
Hartford StaA 2 yellow cc and illus over entire front
Kent cachet: r/w/b flag 6/14/34
Sc772
Meriden 4 Q2
Middletown 3 illus cc
pc w/1c postage due stamp
Milford 4 mourning cover
New Haven 1 2 x 1c blue Fran to Kingston, Ontario, Canada (odd size env)
2c pse + 3c pur Jackson to England forwarded to Naples, Italy
1c grn Fran + 5c blu Grant domestic
New Haven 2 2c red Wash + 3c pur Jack (Sc267, Sc268) to France, forwarded, addressed to Charles Upson Clark, interesting letter about teaching duties (at Yale) for coming year
1c gr Fr + 2x2c red Wash to Paris forw to Munich, addressed to Charles Upson Clark
New Haven 3 SpAm flag cover
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New Haven 4 LV red flag cc
New Haven Sta A 5c blue TR to Paris France
New London 3 hotel cc: 5c blue Lincoln to France forwarded to Vienna
N Grosvenor Dale 3 x Sc740 and PM signature
illus “Masonvile Specialty Co” [stamps] cc w/Sc740 and 741
Norwalk 1 aux: “UNCLAIMED” and “UNKNOWN” and pointing hand “Returned to Writer./Unclaimed/From/DANBURY,/CONN.”
Putnam 2 copies of flag; aux: “Held for Postage”; 1c green Wash w/plate number added then recancelled
Stonington Sc651
Suffield Sc772
Torrington 1 PO notice of postage due card, penalty
1+2+2PSE to Reunion Island
Sc399 (5c blue Pan Pac) to Germany
Waterbury 5 2c red pse + 3c pur Jackson to Germany
Auxs: pur “UNCLAIMED” and pur CDS “ADVERTISED,LONG BRANCH, N.J.” in outer ring and date in dial
Sc329
Winsted 3 Sc398
DELAWARE
Dover 3 pc back: “United for Victory” w/colorful flags
Sc615
Milford UY9 unsevered, both revalued to 1c
Newark 3c PSE revalued to 2c
Smyrna Sc615
FLORIDA
Bonifay Sc773 w/Mary Bishop flag cachet
Daytona 1 auxs: “FORWARDED/From Middletown, Ohio.” And red “Not for Carrier/1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10”
Eau Gallie cover w/2c Wash stamp on 2/22/32 (bicentennial)
Mary Bishop flag cachet w/Sc773
Jacksonville 1 green “shadow” carriage ad on front
Manatee 1d British due tied and aux: “1d/TO PAY” and “T 10/CENTIMES”
on back aux: “SENT TO SHIP/JUL 18 1935/AT QUARANTINE”
Saint Petersburg h/s: “FORWARDED.”
Tampa 8 spectacular green allover ad for Tampa: city history, locomotives, steamers, also some on back
multicolor cc
GEORGIA
Athens 1 aux: “fee claimed. . .” on sdel w/E6
aux: “Address supplied by Direct. S[?]/Central Sta. [?]/CHICAGO, ILL. P.O. 3”
Augusta 2 pc to Scotland w/2c stamp
Augusta 6 Odd shape—much longer than tall
pair Sc486 vertical coil on postcard
flag cc Camp Hancock
Bainbridge 2 WX31
Ball Ground 1c+2c stamps
Columbus 3 perfin: CGCF
Lyons Sc686 1 ½c
Marietta 3 text booster ad for Marietta on back
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Macon 6 multicolor ad for Plantene (pail)
Meigs Sc737
Monroe 2 x 1c Green Wash coil pair
Montezuma Sc614
Newnan to Holland, multiple forwarding and aux markings
Rome 2 perfin: “SO/Ry.” (Southern RR)
Royston 1c green and 2c red Wash stamps
Savannah 1 on U350-2 5c Columbian pse to Rouen France; Le Havre cancel
Savannah 2 illus cc for DeSoto Hotel
Savannah 3 1c drop rate envelope
Savannah 7 Sc328
Thomaston Minn J red border
Union City 3c pse revalued to 2c
Warrenton Sc732
IDAHO
Ashton Sc732
Boise 1 1c red Fran + 2 x 2c red Wash to Switzerland forw to Germany w/Swiss postage due and T25 marking; busy cover
Buhl airmail: 1926 2c red pse + Sc565 (14c Indian); large mss “Air Mail”
Coeur d’Alene registered: on #10 Interior penalty envelope w/8c Sc306 type added, also aux: pur “Registered.”; pointing finger “RETURN TO WRITER” mss “Address unknown” and Delta Idaho doane
Cottonwood Sc732
Driggs Sc732
Moscow 2 odd purple circ cc h/s w/skull
Mullan Sc732
Payette 2 opened, sealed by OX11, aux: pointing hand: “Returned to Writer./ Unclaimed from Walla Walla, Wash.”
aux: box w/finger “Returned to Writer” pointing to “REASON FOR NON-DELIVERY CHECKED” “unknown” checked
Pocatello C2 intended for 1st NY-Chic airmail
on registered package receipt
Wendell on business reply envelope
ILLINOIS
Arthur ½ c and 1 ½ c stamps
Aurora 3 wordy cc
Batavia 2 5c pse to Uruguay
Belvidere 1 aux: “Forwarded from Belvidere, Ill.”
Benld 2c and 1c stamp
Blandinsville Ford illus cc w/Sc729
Bloomington 2 sdel: bicycle rider and faint aux: red [illegible]
Bloomington 3 color ad: Red Tag Trees
Auxs: “return to writer” “not found” “to avoid delay…”
Blue Mound Sc732
Bushnell 2 1c drop rate
Cairo 3 oddly lowered 2c pse indicia
Centralia 4 on YMCA cover from AEF
Champaign 2 aux: “To avoid delay in delivery have your mail/addressed to Stret and No., P.O. Box/or General Delivery” and “1-2-3-4-5-/6-7-8-9-10-“ with 2 and 3 marked out
Chicago Heights 2 illus cc for Kennicott Water Softener Co.
Chicago Heights 5 1 c drop rate
Decatur 6 sdel: E6 type w/purp aux: “FEE CLAIMED AT BLOMMINGTON, ILLINOIS.”
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Dwight 1 1c drop rate
Earlville on cover w/o postage and 2 3c dues
Edwardsville U468 Type 4 revalued to 2c
Elmhurst aux: “Fee Claimed. . .” w/E15
Eureka 1 ½ c cover
Galesburg 1 illus cc
Galesburg 3 Sc286
Greenfield Sc732
Harvard Mortician cc to Frank Moses Janesville
illus cc
Highland Park 5c blue Wash to Finland
Hoopeston aux: “Missent to Hoopeston, Ill.” And crossed out: “No such Post Office in State Named.”
Jacksonville 1 Sc210
Jacksonville 2 aux: “MISSENT.”
Jacksonville 3 Sc372
Joliet 3 blue illus American Express cc (check)
Joliet 4 Am Banknote Co pro-women’s suffrage label
Kewanee 1 to Belgium
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Lake Bluff U526
Lockport Sc643
Macon Sc702 to Brazil
Manteno Sc732
Marissa Sc729
Sc773
Maywood 2 x 2c red wash + 1c green Wash to Hong Kong w/ backstamp
Metropolis interesting cc for supt of schools
Monmouth 1 Earlville RFD mkg; also blue illus ad for Milne Mfg Co
Monticello 3 color ad for Pepsin Syrup Co
Mooseheart 2 on pc for “Mooseheart the School that Trains for Life”
Mount Carmel Sc370
Mundelein Sc729
Sc729
Natl Stock Yds 1 bicolor ad Campbell and Reid Stables (horses and shoe) BobB gift
Natl Stock Yds 3 perfin: S & Co (Swift and Company)
Nauvoo Sc726
No Crystal Lake Sc615
Odell 1 ½ c pse
Oglesby Sc718
Paris blue ad for BluJ Brooms—strange long flag
Paxton 2 Sc627 w/pnc 18542
Pekin 1 2c red pse to Basel, Switzerland w/ 30c Swiss due tied
Pontiac 1 fancy cc for the Phoenix
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Ravinia U526
Rock Island 5 fruit basket ad
2c red Wash on ppc to Lima Peru
Rockford E R Sta aux: “Received in Bad Condition at Detroit, Mich.”
Savanna U349
Spring Valley 1 3c pse revalued to 2c w/embossed cc: “ROY CURRAN/SPRING VALLEY, ILL.”
Sycamore 4 Sc618
Tinley Park Mary Bishop flag cachet w/Sc773
Washburn Sc705 and U525
Washington Sc727
Winnetka 1 aux: “NO SUCH NO.___P3812”
Extremely small cover
Zion City 2 1c green and 2c red Wash stamps
Zion non-postal h/s: “Actuary Dept.”
CHICAGO
Letters:
1 on preprinted Grant reply card to Canada
2 sdel: w/E4 type
3 illus cc: H Wolf & Co (wolf)
graphic cc: US Brewing Co
aux: hand “Return to Writer” and “unclaimed.”
U330 + Sc270 (5c bn Grant)to Germany w/color label on back
graphic cc: Natl Assn of Merchant and Travelers (NAMT logo)
4 illus cc: Great Northern Hotel (city scene)
graphic cc: National Association of Merchants and Travelers
7 illus cc: Compound Door Co (wood device?)
illus cc: Eagle Sausage Works (eagle and shield)
Sc286 and aux: pur “Have all your Mail Addressed./To ST. ANTHONY HILL STATION!”
8 U234 + O49 (untied)
10 ad: Guillott Metallic Gasket Co (cross-section of engine)
11 to Stockholm Sweden w/5c brown Grant
gpc w/2c red Wash to Moravia
gpc + 1c blue Fran to Germany
12 fancy cc: Thornton Broker (WOOL in light blue)
13 illus cc: Charles Munson Belting (eagle and globe)
14 graphic cc: Myrtle Council (crown and design) on 1c stamp
20 illus cc: John J McGrath Signs (design)
blue graphic cc: Chicago Portland Cement (circle design)
22 illus cc: M. Considine & Son Commission Merchants
28 5c pse + 5c blue Grant to Copenhagen Denmark
4c pse (U250?) and 1c blue Fr to Baden-Baden [Germany]
illus cc: Gerstenberg & Kroeschell (wheat bundle)
35 illus ad allover: red/white blue Free Carnival and Street Fair, Fort Wayne, Indiana (fort, back ad)
36 illus cc: Magie Bros Rock Brand Oil (rock)
38 1c Jeff gpc to Mexico
41 illus cc: Wheeler & Thomas Roofing Co (globe)
42 illus cc: E.G.Harz & Co (coal car)
43 fancy cc: red logo for Falcon Iron & Nail
44 bright pink envelope: G.M. Richardson Tinware
55 graphic cc: US Brewing Co
57 ad: Edwin Hunt’s Sons Hardware (lawnmower-front and back)
59 illus cc: Emery (hotel and grounds) on 2c Columbian pse
1c bl Fr and 4c brn Lincoln to Dubrovnik Dalmatia Austria
Numbers:
2 1c pse drop rate
3 1c blue Fr stamp
5c brown Grant to Sweden
4 illus ad: Passow & Sons Saloon Fixtures (factory/office)
UX11 cut very small
11 penalty env: P.O.Dept Chicago P.O.
5x1c green Fran to New Zealand
sdel: w/E5 type on 2c grn pse
16 pink env: Richardson Tinware
17 penalty env: Chicago PO Dept
22 illus cc: train with “after five days switch back to”
25 illus cc: H. Channon “Manila/Iron/Steel/Sisal” (rope?)
27 sdel: w/E4 type
28 Grant message card w/unsevered reply card
30 illus cc: Dept of Public Works (Chicago city seal)
36 sdel: w/E4 type and graphic cc: Stamsen & Blome Cement
37 aux: “MOVED LEFT NO ADD. D. 580”
42 illus cc: Alwart Bros. Coal & Wood (storefront)
graphic cc: Armstrong Cork (Circle A logo)
44 SpAm revenue (2c battleship) used for postage
ad: red cc: “Weekly Market Report/Hops and Malt” and ad on back
51 gold cc: Sherwin-Williams Co.
53 illus cc: W.M. Kimball Co. Pianos and Organs (medal)
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55 color: lt blu cv w/red cc and purple address correction
56 illus cc: Charles Munson Belting (eagle and map of US)
58 graphic cc: Gates Iron Works w/matching letterhead
red and blue CYC flag corner card
66 2c stamp on patriotic card to Prague-Weinberge
68 graphic cc: Natl Assn of Merchant and Travelers (NAMT logo)
69 illus cc: Garden City Sand (bricks w/names)
71 ad: allover back Wolff&Nollau factory photo
72 graphic cc: Strassheim (Hay & Grain in block orange letters)
75 graphic cc: Liquid Carbonic Acid Mfg Co (logo)
79 graphic cc: Armstrong Cork (Circle A logo)
graphic cc: Winthrop Harbor and Dock Co (red script)
82 illus cc: Dept of Steam Boiler Inspection (Chicago city seal)
83 illus cc: N.W. Stove Repair (factory)
85 graphic cc: Illinois Central RR (logo)
2 x Sc285
86 ad: red “little wonder” machinery
87 graphic cc: Liquid Carbonic Acid Mfg Co (logo)
Sc286
penalty env: MOB Chicago PO Substation 17
2 x Sc285
91 illus cc: Magie Brothers Rock Brand Oils (rock, tree)
color cc: Ernecke & Salmstein (red and black Star of David)
illus cc: Horseradish Jack Undeground (man and mules)
93 2 color cc: J J Ryan & Co Brass Founders and Finishers (red and black—basically an elaborate printed cc but word ad over much of front)
94 illus cc: Magie Brothers Rock Brand Oils (rock, tree)
95 color cc: red “Weekly Market Report/Hops and Malt”
illus cc: C.H.Hanson Engravers (bust and seal)
97 color cc: black Columbia Wall Paper w/ red “A. Porasnik”
illus cc: H.L.Brown& Son (livestock)
World Railway Publishing: includes interesting contents in page protector
98 red/blue elaborate graphic cc: Foster-Munger Co., Sash, Doors, Blinds
99 illus cc: Pearson-Taft Land Co (mobius strip)
100 graphic cc: Illinois Central RR (logo)
Rec’d Gen Dely on pc from Germany w/3 5mark green eagle stamps
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Ovates:
11 illus cc: Spalding & Merrick (building)
5c blue Grant to Brussels Belgium
graphic cc: Stamsen & Blome Cement (logo)
blank illus cc: Magie Brothers Rock Brand Oils (rock, tree)
19 illus cc: train with “after five days switch back to”
illus cc: Lyon Bros. (wolf)
A (F-dial) no stamp on cover
graphic cc: Wolff&Nollau
Stations:
A (E1) illus cc: N.J.Druecker (barrels and bales)
(F1) graphic cc: North Chicago Roofing
(B38-1) illus cc: Alwart Bros. Coal & Wood (storefront)
graphic cc: Stern Clothing (star)
illus cc: Crescent Roofing Co. (machine w/wheels and steamstack)
(E14-2) 5c brown Grant to Sweden
(A38-LP) yellow cover w/ graphic cc A.V.Smith & Bro.
B (B38) graphic cc: Strassheim (Hay & Grain in block orange letters)
(B38-LVS) Sc370 and aux: “No Such No, ___s 1406”
C (E13-1) 12/24/94 (3rd day) w/1c blue Fran +2c red Wash + 2c green pse to Germany(severely reduced at left)
ad: Olson & Comstock (piano stool)
(E13-2) 2x2c red Wash + 1c blu Fran to Halifax, Nova Scotia
(F13-2) mourning cover
F (B38-1) ad cover: blue Chas. M. Merker Sign Works
SYS (B38dd) illus cc: Ellsworth & McNair (horsehead)
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22nd illus cc: blue Illinois Metal Ceiling (ceiling)
M (B38) Sc399 on cover to Holstebro Denmark
Engle (B38) graphic cc: Benson & Rixon (block)
WX5 tied
O (B38) illus cc: on ovs “Catholic Order of Foresters” (cross logo)
penalty env: MOB Chicago PO Englewood Station
S (B38 SCS 01-09) 5c blue Grant to London England
U (B38-1) illus cc: CB&Q “Burlington Route” on “RR business” penlty w/stamp
(Fblk) illus cc: Magie Brothers Rock Brand Oils (rock, tree)
Hyde (B38) 5c pse to Sodertdje Sweden
sdel w/E6 type and mss “OK” where other stamp fell off; aux “Fee claimed at office of first address”
N Hal (B38) 2 copies of graphic cc: Nollau & Wolff
Pilsen no stamp w/ 2c due placed over flag
5c blue Grant to Dresden Germany
Ravenswood 2x1c imperf grn Fr line pair
2x1c imperf grn Fr line pair Sc383
INDIANA
Alexandria 3 window envelope
Attica 4 h/s cc
Bicknell 1c red Wash and 2c green Franklin
Berne 1 illus cc
Bryant 1c green Fr and 2c pse
Corydon window envelope (1923)
Crandall Sc732
Elkhart 2 illus ad for Stimpson Computing Scale
Evansville 1 illus ad for Southern Stove Works
Farmland Sc732 and bagpipe sticker
Gosport Sc775 and leap day cachet
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Jeffersonville 2 aux: h/s special delivery and E6
Madison 5 Sc537
Marion 2 1 color ad: Marion Iron & Brass Bed Co (Sanitaire banner)
Milltown 1c drop rate
Mishawaka orange and black cc
Muncie 3 ad for the Muncie Jobbing & Mfg Co; 1c drop rate
Muncie 4 ad for the Enterprise Washer Co.
New Albany 3 ad: Girard Cigars/Indiana Candy Co, (cigar)
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Notre Dame aux: “Fee claimed at Syracuse, N.Y.; UND cc; E12
UND cc with report card
Peru 1 stamp with printed selvage
Peru 3 1 c drop rate
Portland 3 illus cc “Hull Brothers Evangelistic Company”
Richmond 3 illus cc
Rockport Sc799
Sc852
Rosedale Sc732
Rushville 3 sdel w/E12 and graphic cc (eyeglasses)
South Bend 6 orange cc for Studebaker Bros Mfg Co
Illus cc for Birdsell Manuf Co [illus of factory]
Vincennes 1 Cuba stamp tied
Warsaw “21” as yeardate
Wabash 2 WX19 not tied
IOWA
Alden 2 Sc729
Ames 2 photo cc for ponies
Anamosa illus cc of The Brown Hotel; aux: Estherville Gen Del mkg
Atlantic aux: Atlantic, Iowa registered w/ Sc 338 (poor)
Bellevue green illus cc; Sc643
Boone 1 illus cc for Black Label Brand Gloves and Mittens; Sc372
Burlington 1 1c blue Fran on mourning cover to Germany
Carroll 2 aux: multiple “Name Not in Dir” Address Supplied”
Cedar Falls 1 illus cc for Fancy Calendar Pads
Cedar Rapids 1 illus cc for Nabisco
1c drop rate
Cedar Rapids 2 illus cc for King’s Crown Plaster
Cherokee on ppc: “Sometimes the girls kiss each other…”
Sc525 two shades on same cover
Davenport 1 illus cc for Ferd. Haak Cigar Manufacturer
Blue Illus cc/ad: Neal’s Carriage Paints (paint can)
Davenport 2 illus cc Aug. Steffen Dry Goods
Orange cc “Market Letter”; 1c drop rate
Dubuque 2 ad red Star of David “Dubuque Star Brewing Co.”
graphic cc: Dubuque Fire & Marine Ins Co
Earlville 1c green Fran and 2c pse Mt Vernon
Gladbrook 1c Martha W reply card
Grinnell Q1
Iowa City 2 sent to Am Mily Red Cross Hosp No 1, APO 702 France w/postmark of 12/4/18; aux “ADDRESSEE RETURNED TO U.S.A.” ms “Gen Hosp 3 Colonis N.J.”; aux “addressee transferred to [Grand Central Palace N.Y.]/ From: A.E.F./Central Directory Division,/ Pier No. 86, N.R., N.Y. C./Date [5/9/19]”; aux: “NOT NOW AT BASE HOSP” and “Not At/Hospital No. 3/Branch/Rahway, N.J.” and Rahway, NJ Hospital No. 3 CDS 5/29/19; aux: finger “RETURNED/TO/WRITER/UNCLAIMED”
Iowa Falls 2 aux: pur “Missent to Des Moines, Iowa.”
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Keokuk 5 illus cc: K-B Co Gate City
LeMars 2 stamp edge turned back and gum cancelled
Maquoketa 3 Sc627
Marshalltown 1 large illus ad for Marshall Oil Co, shows C&NW and Iowa Central RR tracks
Marshalltown 2 1c drop rate
Mount Pleasant 2 Sc537
Nashua Sc732
Ottumwa 2 albino: mss “OK PM OTTUMWA IA”
Red Oak 3 illus (photo?) cc for McGreer Bros Seed Farms (corn ears)
3c pse revalued to 2c (unusual revaluation)
Reinbeck 1 ½ c rate
Shenandoah 1 multicolor ad: Henry Field Seedsman (yellow env w/red and green)
Shenandoah 2 Q1 130929
Toledo ad pc for Goodrich Tires w/train
Sc838 2nd day
Sc838 plate block 2nd day
Wapello graphic cc for The Republican
Waterloo 1 photo cc w/red: Waterloo Cement Machinery Co (small cement mixer)
KANSAS
Abilene 3 pc to sailor on “USS Chester, Navy Yards, Boston”
Bucklin 1 ½ c rate
Cawker City Kans ovp
Claflin Sc660 (2c Kans ovpt) (2 examples)
Council Grove Kans ovp (Sc660)
Dighton 1c green Fran and 2c red Wash; Mary Bishop flag cachet
Fort Scott 1 ppc of Fort Scott post office
Garden City soldiers mail (safe arrival) pc (Jewish Welfare Board, US Army and Navy) w/flag and mss: “Found enclosed in other mail at Garden City, Kan.”
Geneseo 1 ½ c rate
Glasco 1 ½ c rate
Great Bend 2c + 1c stamps to captain in AEF, redorected and with several auxs: “11 JANV 1919 NO RECORD APO 789[?]” “NO RECORD__C Surgeon” “NOT AT CAMP HOSP. 40/LIVERPOOL”
Greensburg Sc660 (2c Kans ovpt)
Holton 2 x Sc548
Sc681
Hutchinson 3 on Am Express tag w/grommet
1c green Wash and 2c red Wash
Hutchinson slogan aux: Junction City KS Gen Del h/s
Irving Sc772
KC B38 Armour Sta 5c pse to Germany
KC SYS 1 aux: missent [h/s] to McKinley Me [mss]
KC SYS 2 1c drop rate
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Lawrence 2 on pc w/2c stamp to Barranquilla, Colombia (rec has “ENERO” as month)
Lawrence 3 aux: red “Missent to Stock Yards Sta.,/Kansas City, Kans.”
Leavenworth 1 illus cc for Kelley’s Brooms [factory]
Manhattan 2 3c purple Wash imperforate? (1918) 483,484,535
Marion 2 Kans ovp on odd foldable turnable envelope
Marquette Sc732
Sc658 (1c KS ovpt)
Marysville on reward card for stolen Ford
Moran Sc732
Newton 2 on P.O. Dept envelope w/2 1c Official mail postal savings stamps (O121)
Olathe 1 glassine envelope for pc (pc still enclosed)
Osborne as recd cancelling 200 Reis Brazil stamp
Oxford Sc737
Oswego 1 1c drop rate
Ottawa 1 Sc294
Quinter 1 ½ c rate
Russell Kans ovp
Saint Francis Kans ovp
Saint Marys Airport Dedication and Sc663
Sc732
KENTUCKY
Ashland 1 aux: “address supplied . . .”
Benton Mary Bishop flag cachet
Berea C14 aux: “advise correspondents or publishers of your… address”
Bowling Green 1 graphic cc
Bowling Green 2 illus cc
Clay Sc774
Crab Orchard Sc732
Glasgow illus cc
Henderson 3 graphic cc
Lexington 1 5c blue Lincoln to England, forward mkg “c/o White Star Line/Agent/Naples” and handstamp red “HANDED TO PASSENGER”
Louisv Sta E 1 sdel w/ Sc416
Louisv Sta E 2 Sc230 and Sc294
Marion color ad: Goodrich (used upside-down)
Sc494
Mayfield 1 Sc328
Mayfield 3 1c drop rate
Mayfield 4 1c drop rate and illus cc/ad: Sample Offer/Homespun Tobacco (man with tobacco machinery and “Postmaster – If Undelivered in 12 Days, Please Hand to a User of Tobacco”
Mount Sterling 2 R196 (1c documentary used as postage)
Owensboro 1 1c drop rate
Paducah 5 red graphic cc Jas. Soler Fine Portrait and Frames
Paris photo cc of horse
Russellville Sc615
Uniontown 3c purple Mt Vernon pse
Winchester 1 1c circular rate
LOUISIANA
Bogalusa sdel w/E6
Cottonport Mary Bishop flag cachet w/tied WX76 1935
Lake Charles 3 Calcasieu-Louisiana Fair Assn, 2nd Annual Fair 1911 cachet
Saint Joseph Sc736
Shreveport 2 illus cc
Shreveport 4 graphic cc
Winnfield 1 blue cc Louisiana state seal
Winnfield 2 3c pse revalued to 2c
MAINE
Auburn 1 Q1 pays 1c drop rate
Bangor 1 ppc of Bangor post office
red h/s: “UNKNOWN. Name of addressee does not appear in city
directory.”
Bangor 2 yellow w/red fancy cc “The Great Lithgow Show”
Bar Harbor 1 on 1c pc to France
Bath 1 from Gibraltar w/GibraltarSC40 or 50 and aux: “Missent and Forwarded from Lawrence, Mass.”
aux: red “ORIGINALLY HELD FOR POSTAGE/BUT NOW FORWARDED ON RECEIPT/FROM YOU OF AMOUNT DUE/(N.Y.-I.D.)” AND “sent detention notice”
Brunswick raised embossed cc
Dexter auxs: finger “rtw” and “unclaimed”
East Boothbay Sc733
Eastport 1 color graphic cc: Eastern Steamship Corporation (wheel and flag)
Gardiner multicolor ad: Dutch Boy White Lead (orange/brown can)
Lewiston 4 Sc397
Portland 2 Q1
Q1
Q1
Presque Isle 2 illus cc for Noyes and Nutter Mfg. Co.
Rumford Falls to Denmark
Rumford 2 illus cc: Mount Zircon Spring Water (mountain and stream)
Saco Red ad: Saco Manufacturing (sample architectural column)
1c pse drop rate
South West Harbor 1c green Franklin pse and 2c red Wash stamp
Waterville 8 2c red pse and 1c green stamp (both Wash)
Wiscasset cachet: National Post Office Day 7/26/1932 w/1c Wash bic + 2 1c
MARYLAND
Baltimore 7 1c circular rate; elaborate cc for Southern Fancier
Cumberland 1 1c drop rate
pc w/Sc294
Cumberland Sta A Sc705 and Sc707
NAMW; C23; first flight/NAMW cachet
Edgewood does not tie stamp; no further mark
Hagerstown 1 aux: “To avoid delay in delivery have/mail addressed to Street and No., P./O. Box, General Delivery, or R.F.D./No.________________”
Magnolia sdel aux: “fee claimed by office of first address,” E6 type
sdel aux: “fee claimed by office of first address,” E6 type
Pocomoke City 1 Sc627
MASSACHUSETTS
Adams RE3 (1c cordials and wines revenue) used as postage; auxs crossed out: “Returned for Postage” and “Returned for Better Address”
Agawam airport ded 5/30/30 x 2: 1 w/C11, 1 w/5c TR
C11 w/cachet: 75th anniv Agawam 8/12/30
C11 w/cachet: US Army Air Maneuvers, 5/24/31
Andover 2 2xQ1 on cover
Andover 3 2c red pse + 1c gn Wash to Mexico City
5c pse to Brazil
5c pse to Brazil
Arlington 1 5c blue Wash to “Mrs Edith Whittemore/Steamship Chicago/Havre/France/Care/Raymond Whitcomb/Tours” (1883-1962)
Arlington Heights Sc329; aux: “Rec’d Unsealed NPSta Boston” w/ 2 OX18
Ashfield 2c red Wash pse and 1c green Franklin stamp
Athol 1 aux purple: “FORWARDED FROM/NORTHFIELD, MASS./Please furnish to the/sender of this mail/YOUR CORRECT ADDRESS”
Attleboro 2 Sc372 on front of pc, “over” where stamp should be
Beverly 2 Sc304 to Japan
Pc to Bangalore India
Boulevard from France w/10c French stamp
Brockton 4 illus cc of Burt & Packard shoe
Brockton 5 on gpc to Mexico (no additional postage)
Brockton 9 as rect on sold mail from AEF, censor, aux: “thru APO 754”
Brockton 13 ad for WL Douglas Shoes
ad for Burt & Packard shoe
Brookfield on bright orange cover
Brookline Schermack
1c green Jeff card w/10 centime due marking and Swiss due affixed
Cambridge 1 5c blue Lincoln to London forwarded to Germany
2 x 5c blue Wash to Paris forwarded to Holland
5c blue pse to Buenos Aires Argentina
1c green + 2 x 2c red Wash to Bangkok, Siam
1c blue McKinley w/1c green Fran to Belgium
aux: “Originally held for postage and now/forwarded on receipt of amount due.”
Cambridge 2 on 5c pse to Buenos Aires, Argentina
on 5c pse to Switzerland w/military censor markings
Cambridge A 2 old stationery (U234?) to Ireland
Sc370 on pc to Sweden
ad: Walter W. Field & Son (hoisting engine)
Cambridge B 1 1c stamp on card to Kii, Japan w/”Printed Matter/Imprinte” aux and Japanese block marking
Canton aux: “BACK THE BOYS IN THE TRENCHES/BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND/INQUIRE AT ANY BANK OR POST OFFICE”
Chelsea aux: “RECEIVING SHIP AT BOSTON”
Concord Q2
Sc618 FDC uncacheted
Sc617 + Sc618 + Sc619
Danvers seems like odd stationery – look into
5c blue Lincoln to Costa Rica
East Walpole small orange ad for Neponset Bird Products
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Fall River 3 (e) 5c Licoln on cover to England (rough condition)
Fall River 8 Q1
Fall River 9 cancelled on BaBa’s birthday: 6/1/16
Fall River 11 1c M Wash reply card
Fitchburg 2 from Switzerland w/10 Swiss stamp
Fitchburg 3 Sc324
Foxboro 1c drop rate pse
Framingham 2 1c rppc w/perfin “EEI” (Edison Electric Illuminating Co.”
1c circular with large ad on left: “The Contents/of this envelope are so important/that we are using 1c postage;/this savings enables us to send/this letter to a great many more/people than if we used 2c post-/age. After you have read the/enclosed, we hope you will help/us by passing it on to others/who will be interested./THE SENDERS”
Franklin 2 Sc372 on pc to Germany
Gloucester 1 Sc297 to London England forwarded to Canterbury
1c grn Fr + 2c red Wash + 2c red Wash pse to Germany
1c drop rate
Ad: Slade Gorton Fish Foods
Gloucester 2 2c red Wash on ppc to Gohtenborg, Sweden
2c stamp to Sweden
ad: Harvey C. Smith Fish Dealer
Elaborate three-part Christmas card
Gloucester 4 illus ad: red “Silent Policeman” for traffic control
Gloucester 5 color large cc: “Consumer’s Fish Co.” on 1c circ cover
Gardner 2 1c drop rate pse
Greenfield 1 bicolor fancy cc: F.H. Brown & Co.
Sc324 on cover to Ontario Canada
Hydepark 1 1c drop rate pse
Aux: “Please have your Mail Addressed/ to Lawrence, Mass.”
Ipswich Sc618
Lawrence 1 allover flag SpAm war: 1c gn Fran and 2c red Wash
allover flag SpAm war: 2c red Wash
mourning cover
Lawrence 4 aux: “Missent to Stock Yards Sta./Kansas City, Kans.”
Lawrence 7 aux: “Unmailable. Returned to Writer.” To Germany 19181121
Leominster 1c stamp with ms “Printed Matter” to Malacca, S[traits] Settlements
Lexington Sc399 to England forwarded to France w/ stamp-like return add label
5c pse from Museum of Comparative Zoology to Boulder, CO
FDC: 2 x 617 4/4/25
FDC: 618 4/4/25
FDC: 617 + 618 + 619 4/4/25 w/ad on back (Civil War tie-in)
FDC: 617 + 618
airmail: 2c red Wash and C7 to California
Lowell 1 illus cc of G Wash for Washington Tavern
2c green pse + Sc232 to Bournemouth, England
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Lowell 4 orange graphic cc
Lowell 6 2x Sc294 on cover
Lynn 1 1c blue Fran stamp and U348 1c Columbian pse
Lynn 3 illus cc (pail) for Brockway-Smith Corp.
Lynn 5 UPU card to Mexico
Lynn 6 Sc295
Sc295 w/ illus cc: Lynn Blacking (dragon)
Lynn East Lynn red graphic cc: Herrick Shoe in red
Lynn West Lynn 1 on pc w/2c stamp to “Papeete Tahiti Oceanie”
Malden 4 5c blue Wash to Italy to Spain back to Malden
Manchester 2 no stamp on pc
Mansfield 2 Sc550 to Reunion Island
Marblehead 1 Sc328
Marion ½ Nathan Hale and 1 ½ pse
Sc784
Medford 2 appears as origin but is recd on cover from India w/2 anna and ½ anna
Melrose Highlands 2 x Sc548
Methuen 3 graphic cc for Gay’s Laundry
Milford 1 Sc372
Milford 3 1c grn Wash stamp and 2c red Wash pse
Millville Sc772
Milton 1 1 grn wash and 2c red Wash stamp
Milton 2 black illus ad on blue env: Walter, Baker & Co (chocolate)
Natick from Canada w/ 1c stamp; aux: purple “CARRIER 1.2.3.4.5.6” with 1, 2, and 5 marked out
New Bedford 2 ad N.P.Hayes cutlery w/ Sc286
Sc286
New Bedford 3 Sc281 to London England forwarded to Rome Italy
New Bedford 7 mourning cover
New Bedford 8 mourning cover
New Bedford 9 4c brown Lincoln on normal cover
Ppc w/aux: “Held for Postage,/May 25 1906” and additional 1c green Franklin affixed because one letter written into address side
2c red Wash pse + 2c red wash + 2 x 3c pur Jackson to Egypt
New Bedford 11 fancy cc The Parker House
allover ad: Improved Order of Red Men (Indians)
Newburyport 1 small cover w/Sc 281 to “Mrs. Edmund P. Graves Buenos Ayres” Argentina
larger cover same stamp same addressee
Newburyport 2 2+2+1 stamps to Buenos Aires, Argentina
Newton sdel: 2c pse + 5 x 2c red Wash and “Special Delivery” aux
Newton Ctr NewtSt 2c stamp on 1906 postcard overpaid
Newtonville 1 1c drop rate
Newton Upper Falls 1c M Wash reply card
North Abington 2 pc w/2c red Wash to Dannike Sweden w/Dannike h/s
North Adams 1 on penalty envelope: Money Order Business (MOB)
Sc548; cc for Carriages and Sleighs (1907)
Northampton 2 U348 (Col Expo) + Sc294
E5 on sdel cover
h/s Mailed on Mt Holyoke; mentions Halley’s Comet
Northampton 5 multicolor ad for Prophylactic Toothbrush
Northampton 6 Q1
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North Grafton Sc773
Palmer illus address side of pc
Pittsfield 6 Sc343 imperforate on postcard
Pittsfield 8 illus cc for The Kenney
Plainville 1c M Wash reply card
Provincetown 2 Sc397
Quincy 1 2c stamp on pc to Riga, Russia
photo cc w/ 3 digit telephone number
2c pse + 3c purp Wash to Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Rockport 1 aux: “MISSENT TO GRANTSBURG, WIS.” And Grantsburg cds
Sc614
Salem 3 2c pse+1c(Sc300)+4c(Sc303)+8c(Sc306) to Raudnitz, Austria
Salem 5 2+1+2 stamps to England, label pasted over forwarding it to “Poste Restante, Stockholm” this crossed out and redirected to Moscow, Russia. b/s stamped London, Stockholm, and Moscow. Also indistinct ship cancel.
Salem 9 very small envelope
2c pse + 3c pur Wash to Switzerland w/censor tape “CONTRÔLE POSTAL MILITAIRE”
Salem 10 1c drop rate
Somerville Forwarded cover:Capt. Pond, US Navy to USNavy Yard Bremerton to 12th Naval District San Francisco
green illus cc: American Tube Works (eagle/shield)
illus cc City Treasurer
South Braintree 1c Sheridan reply card (UY4)
South Framingham2 multicolor illus cc: Dennis Manuf Co (mail tag); Shermack stamp
Springfield 13 2 x Q1
Q1
Q2 window env, graphic cc: New Eng T&T (bell)
Springfield 14 on penalty envelope w/cc of War Dept, Springfield Armory
w/bright multicolor “Springfield” label
Springfield 15 fancy cc for Hotel Gratia
Springfield 17 underpaid: 2c cover 11/14/1918 no due markings
Springfield 21 Sc615 w/ plate #15769
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Taunton 1 1c drop rate
Cc: A.J. Barker
Taunton 5 Sc398 on pc
Waban 1 ½ c pse
Wakefield 1 WX? (1911) tied
Waltham 2 Sc370 w/aux: “UNKNOWN”; “[illegible]ed off and not claimed.”; hand “RETURNED/TO/WRITER”
Watertown Sdel w/ 2c red pse and Sc307 aux fee claimed by po of 1st ad
aux: circ def in address sup at Cleveland OH
Webster 2 2c red Wash pc to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ms “Via Vancouver”
Wellesley sdel w/ 2c pse plus 5 x 2c red Wash stamps Kal-Well-Kal
Wellesly Hills WH Q1
Westboro 1c drop rate
Westfield 2 graphic cc Westfield Mfg makers of Pope Motorcycles
West Somerville aux: “MISSENT TO/NORTH WILMINGTON, MASS.”
Whitman 2 2c gpc revalued to 1c
Winchester 1 2 x Sc294
5c Lincoln to “Officer SS Mississippi Bremerhaven, Germany” then forwarded to Brooklyn
Winchester 2 UY4 Sheridan reply card
Q1
Winter Hill Sc398
Woburn deep red small cover
Wollaston 1 3c stamp on pc
Worcester 3 1c drop rate
Worcester 7 patriotic: large US flag (rwb) in upper left corner
ad: black Coates Clipper Manufg Co
Worcester 8 Sc286
Worcester 12 illus cc Worcester Lodge No. 56 AOUW
Worcester 13 color/graphic cc Hundum – Crystolon Grinding Wheels
BOSTON
B14? Sdel: 2 x Sc330 (5c Pocahontas) and 2x1c green Franklin
Involute 5 1/25/97 cover addressed to “McKinley Esq/President Elect/Canton/Ohio”
Involute 7 2 x 2c stamps
Involute 8 illus cc: Geo. C. Goodwin (bottle and shield)
Slogan BN2LL 1 graphic cc Natl Lead Co (paint) and red logo
Slogan BN2LL 9 perfin: NS/BK?
Slogan FW 2 graphic cc Natl Lead Co (paint) and red logo
Slogan FW 3 blue graphic cc for NEng T&T on window env, 3c coil Sc493?
Slogan FW 6 1c gn Fran pse + 2 1c blue Fran; aux: “advise correspondents or publishers of yout correct address” and “not in carriers delivery district No. 10”
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ovates:
1 blue illus cc Barry, Beale & Co Stationers
Sc231
5 Sc207 type: 3c banknote
7 5c Lincoln to Ireland
8 blue illus cc Suffolk Silk Co
10 blue illus cc (star) and back
15 ad: Howard W. Spurr Coffee (red rt)
as rec on Newfoundland UPU card
16 allover shadow ad: Pettingill&Co Newspaper Advertising Agency
reg ret recpt
19 orange fancy cc CocaCola and 2 x Sc285
20 Sc280 4c brown Lincoln on cover
22 2c pse + Sc302 to Vienna Austria
Spirit of ’76 cachet and Langford backstamp
On UPU card to Naples, Italy
23 4c brown Wash domestic (double-weight?)
25 stamped cc: large purple oval Erie RR, 2x2c postage
sdel w/stamp, Boston to Pembroke NH forwarded to Springfield MA
27 aux: “Please have you mail directed to street and number and avoid delay”; opened and resealed by incorrect deliveree
29 1c drop rate
fancy cc Carter Rice & Co Paper
31 1c drop rate and 2 x Sc285 to cover wrong address and forwarded at 1st class rate?
Illus cc: Otto J. Piehler furrier (arctic, polar bear)
32 1c drop rate
on penalty envelope: “Treasury Department/Office of Comptroller of the Currency”
35 1c blue Fran pse and 1c blue Fran stamp (Sc246)
37 allover back ad: Patent Elastic Rubber Tips (7 pictured)
39 illus cc: Johnson & Co (bldg)
illus cc: Samuel Ward Co (bldg)
40 graphic cc: Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. (shield)
42 as rect on Empire du Japon UPU card w/medicine ad
45 illus cc Loyal protective Assoc (bldg)
as rect on French pc w/Fr stamp
47 as rect on Hungarian gpc w/Hung stamp added
49 Sc286 1/1/1900!
54 illus cc L.C.Chase & Co (horses’ heads)
reg ret recpt
55 Sc295
57 fancy cc Carter Rice & Co Paper
5c brown Grant to France then Geneva then Rolle
on small envelope for tickets
61 multicolor ad Bower & Bartlett Co (tea tins)
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numbers:
2 fancy cc “The Arena”
10 1c drop rate
all over gray ad for “Silver, Burdett & Co”
11 red aux: “NO SUCH NO, . . . .S 1406”
w/Spirit of ’76 and “Langford ad” (a la Brownsville)
12 2c UPU card to Egypt
sdel w/10c yellow Fran perfin E in box
18 illus cc (shovel)
20 3c coil (marked as Sc493)
21 2c stamped pc to Bethesda, N. Wales, G.B.
22 5c blue Wash to England forwarded to Austria
23 pink cover w/illus cc: Smith & Thayer (Winchester heater)
25 2c red Wash on ppc to France forwarded within France
28 4c brn Wash + 1c grn Fran to Paris France
29 3c pur Wash + 2c red Wash pse to Venezuela
30 2 5c blue Wash on cover Boston to Brooklyn
5c Columbian stationery
2c Columbian stationery
31 small graphic cc: New England Telephone (bell) and Schermack
35 1c gn Fr + 2c red Wash + 2c gn Wash pse to England
front only: sdel w/stamp, Boston PO handstamp “received for special delivery w/time dial
40 Q1
41 multicolor flag cc (SpAm war patriotic)
45 Sc287 (4c TM)
47 gold, or & blk round seal on back: “Industrial and Educational Exposition/ Boston Chamber of Commerce/ October 1911”
50 1c (green on buff) pse + Q1 7/16/13
52 1c drop rate, redirected from Boston to “Co. A./Cadet Camp/Hingham, Mass.” and hand-drawn pointing hand
54 illus cc H.B.Stevens Co (sheet music)
graphic cc: blue Stone & Forsyth Paper & Twine
58 illus cc: R.B.McKim (saw blade)
60 aux: Craigville, Mass Doane (3/2)
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letters:
3 illus cc: Evans Friction Cone Co (machinery)
10 return address overprinted with new address
illus cc: Security Mutual Life (bridge)
12. Sc183 (issued 1879) on cover
1c gn Fr pse + 2c red wash stamp
13 illus cc: Lamson & Hubbard mfrs of Silk Stiff- Soft and Straw Hats Knights Templar Regalia and Ladies’ Furs (bldg)
Sc286
14 photo cc: Thompson & Snow (storefront)
allover ad: shadow gray Chas A Smith & Co (4-digit tel no)
15 fancy cc: Boston Ideas and aux: Personal
illus cc: Massachusetts Ploughman (building)
20 illus cc: Miller Tin Ware (boiler) “Boilers a Specialty”
fancy cc: Benj. French & Co.
embossed cc: Hotel Bellevue
illus cc: Geo D Brown & Co (bottle of lamb’s tongues)
21 illus cc: Clark & Co Cut Soles (bundles?)
fancy cc: Columbia Bicycles
26 1c drop rate
fancy cc: Raymond Grocery Co TEAS
aux: boxed “forwarded” prob. From Bristol NH
31 return address overprinted with new address
recancelled 4-10-1987 w/COLOPEX flag cachet
33 circular illus cc: Weston & Bigelow Lumber (oak leaf/acorn)
34 illus cc: Charles J. Jager (wind vane and machinery)
35 to Rome Italy Sc223/255
45 buff illus cc: Leavitt, Sanborn & Co Hay (rake and cradle)
48 illus cc: Security Mutual Life (bridge)
50 1c drop rate
53 1c drop rate
55 aux: forwarded (Westboro to Conway Mass.)
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NDS:
11 with 1c Gibraltar stamp
14 5c stamp to doctor on USS Montana c/o PM NYC
16 green illus cc: American Tube Works (eagle and shield)
20 Q2 and illus cc: Noyes Bros Outfitters
23 1c drop rate
27 on ret reg recpt
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Stations:
A 1 2c gn Wash pse and Sc221/253 to Constantinople Turkey
A 2 5c brn Grant to England then forwarded (to Germany?) w/20 foreign due (TE BETALEN) and “25” and “T” due markings and large “5 F.B.”
A 5 elaborate cc for Legal Firm
A 6 illus/photo cc: Little Folks mag (child)
A 8 Auxs: “RETURNED TO SENDER, CANNOT BE FOUND BY N.Y.P.O.” AND “DO NOT POST AGAIN IN THIS ENVELOPE OR WRAPPER”
Sc286
A 11 2c stamp on pc to Finland
2 x 1c stamp w/label redirecting to Geneva, Switzerland
A 13 1c drop rate
as rec from Ceylon w/6c Ceylon stamp
A 14 1c drop rate
A 17 Q1
B ? Sc326 to Liverpool England
B 11 4c rate
Fancy cc: The Arena
B 12 5c blue Lincoln to Liverpool England
B 13 mourning cover
B 14 illus cc: Chester Kent (Vinol box- made with cod livers)
Auxs: brown finger: “RETURNED TO WRITER/UNCLAIMED/ From/ LYNN, MASS./ P.O.” w/date on sleeve; pur “Present address unknown/ Name not in directory.”
B 18 2c on pc to Florence Italy
2 x 5c Lincoln to London, England
B 20 2c red Wash on pc to Hamilton, Bermuda
5c blue Linc to Italy w/Italian censor tape and markings
B 24 1c drop rate
B 25 5c Lincoln to Switzerland forwarded w/pasted label to London
B 26 auxs: “1616” “L 1620” “4337” “NOT THERE 162”
D 2 Sc223/255 to London England
E 1 on ad card for Linene Reversible Collar Co.
2c green pse + 3c pur Jackson to Bremen, Germany
E 5 aux: “Missent to Haverhill, Mass.”
4c brn Lincoln + 1c grn Fran to England
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Charlestown 1 allover SpAm flag w/Sc286
Dorchester 2 mourning
Dorchester 3 (K) illus cc: Sturtevant Mill Co (mill stones)
East Boston 3 odd orientation. Flag along left side ties stamp
Everett Sta ppc w/o stamp, aux: “DUE [1] CENTS.” to Paris France; French due affixed and forwarded to Luzerne Switzerland and Swiss due affixed; 2 countries’ dues on 1 flag cancel ppc!
Roxbury Sta 2 pur aux: “Originally held for postage, but now for-/warded upon receipt of postage due.” W/1c Franklin over flag cancel
Roxbury Sta 3 Q1
Roxbury Sta 6 as rec from Switzerland w/10 Swiss stamp
as rec from Germany w/10c German stamp
Roxbury Sta 7 UX11
Roxbury Sta 8 to foreign destination (unclear)
dial-less: 1c green Fran pse
Roxb Xg 2 as recd on ppc to Germany w/”unbekannt” label and “retour” box h/s
South Boston 4 5c brn Grant to Ireland w/hand “Return to the Writer” and Dungarvan wax seal and circ Dead Letter Office, F.D
South Boston 5 never a stamp and no due
South Boston 6 blue card w/illus cc: Hersey Mfg. Co (pump?)
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Essex St ? aux: pur “Address all mail to COMPANY/and REGIMENT” to Camp Deven
Essex St 1 illus ad: Rodday & Co (cylindrical object)
2 x 1c stamp on pc to Glasgow Scotland
to South Africa forwarded to London England; sev aux incl triangular date mark and boxed “officially redirected at Cape Town (8)”
Essex St 2 fancy cc: Glidden Hyde Co Tripletoe Hosiery
Essex St 7 Q2 on blue cvr; illus cc O.B. Gilman (cracker tin)
Grove Hall Sta auxs: “Held/For Postage” and “Originally held for postage but now/forwarded upon receipt of postage due”
Hanover St 1 to “Turkey in Asia/Open Mail/via/London & Constantinople”
Same with “E D Co” perfin
Aux: “Sammlung Oesper/No. [330]”, 2c red Wash on pc to Argentina
Hanover St 2 U393 to Germany; aux “Via New York s/s KAIS. WILH. D. Gr.”
no dial: Capitol Creameries Butter allover (and back) ad
Jamaica Plain 1c drop rate
2c red Wash to Oxford MA then 2c red Wash + 1c green Fran added and forwarded to London England
5c blue Wash stamp to Budapest Hungary
aux: “POSTAGE DUE” w/1c J (pc during WWI rate w/1c stamp)
Malden 1 1c drop rate
N Postal 1 2c stamp on pc to Riga Russia [Latvia]
N Postal 2 4c brn Grant (Sc303) + 1c grn Fr (Sc300) to Paris, France
Sc323
N Postal 3 blue and red illus cc (flag)
N Postal 4 Cc: boxed logo of B&M RR
2c red Wash on pppc to Bulgaria
Illus cc: Carleton Clark (chicken, exploding chicken)
Roxbury(3)? dialless on 1c pse
Rox Xing 1 AJ Tower Co (fish)
S Postal 1 2c stamp on ppc to “Saigon Cochin China Asia”
illus cc (carpenter) and red “The Planers of Woods”
multicolor cc: Necco Sweets (gold/ red logo)
S Postal 5 ovs penalty: “OFFICE OF THE/SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY/DIVISION OF LOANS AND CURRENCY/LIBERTY LOAN/-/OFFICIAL BUSINESS/RETURN AFTER 5 DAYS/PARADES COMMITTEE. . .”
S Postal 6 aux: “DEFICIENCY IN ADDRESS/SUPPLIED BY/[?] Boston, Mass.” w/ first line in half-moon shape
Allover shadow ad: green “Hotel Essex” (bldgs)
S Postal 8 2c red pse to Buenos Aires Argentina w/30 centimes due NY marking
W Roxbury 2 2c on pc to “Mr. Wm A. Boltz/c/o U S Consul,/Santos, Brazil,/ S. America./ Mem. Boston Cham. Of Com. Party,/ South American Tour.” W/ American Consulate Santos, Brazil blue box marking
W Roxbury 3 1c drop rate
MICHIGAN
Adrian 1 w/Doane 2/2 from Lambertville, Michigan
Battle Creek 1 illus cc Battle Creek Sanatarium (bldg)
Battle Creek 2 1c drop rate; ad for Union Steam Pump Co (some color)
1c drop rate
Battle Creek 3 1c drop rate
Boyne City 1 1c green Wash on ppc w/plate no 10799
Cadillac 1 short post card
Centerville Sc720
Coldwater 2 Sc370; on foldout view pc
Coldwater 4 on odd-shaped envelope 3x wide as high
Detroit 1 UX13 to Germany
Detroit 3 1c McKinley w/1c grn Fran to England
1c rate
Grand Rapids 1 Sc288 to London England
Grand Rapids 4 illus cc: Brown & Sehler (bldg)
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Jackson 1 green and red ad for Jaxon Wagon
1c blue Fr + 2c red wash + 2c grn Wash pse to Honduras
Jackson 2 aux: “HELD FOR POSTAGE” and 2nd flag over stamp
illus cc: Jackson Corset Co (factory)
Kalamazoo 4 UX11
illus cc: Puritan Corset Co (corset, woman)
Lansing 5 1c grn Fr + 2c red Wash + 2c red Wash pse to Honduras
Leslie 2c pse with Sc705
Mackinaw Sc705 on ppc of Fort Mackinac
Manistique Sc627
Marquette 1 illus ad: Hotel Marquette (Pere Marquette statue)
Marshall draft board penalty envelope w/draft card
Menominee 1 illus cc: Naugle Pole & Tie Co (“Railway Ties” in red on tie)
Mount Clemens addressed to “Marine P.O., Detroit”; aux: “Please give address for your/ mail when navigation closes.”
on #10; sdel w/E6 type
ad cover for Colonial Hotel, multicolor on back, address side on flap
Niles 3 aux: “MISSENT TO/CAMPBELL, N.Y.”
Owosso 3 fancy cc: red Nabisco logo
Port Huron 2 illus cc: Knights of the Modern Maccabees (tent and globe)
Quincy Sc739
Republic 1c green Fr + ½ c Hale
Roscommon cachet: Durant airport ded w/C17 (7/16/33)
Cachet: Durant airport ded w/ 2 Sc728 + 2 Sc729 (2 diff arrangements)
cachet: Durant airport ded w/ 4 x Sc680
cachet: Durant airport ded w/ 4 x Sc681
cachet: Durant airport ded w/Sc711 (6c Wash) + 2c red
cachet: Durant airport ded w/Sc713
cachet: Durant airport ded w/Sc717 + Sc729 + Sc727
cachet: airded no label w/Sc717 and 2 x 3c Wash and “Via Air Mail.” h/s
cachet: Durant airport ded w/C17, aux: Return to Writer Unclaimed, Milwaukee, Wis.” And “Cased by No. 10” on back
Saginaw 1 Sc286
illus cc: Lufkin Rule Co (factory)
Saginaw W Side 1 Sc297
Sc295
Saginaw W Side 4 ppc of Saginaw post office
Sault St Marie 1 illus cc Hotel Iroquois (hotel, ship, locks)
w/Boston, Ohio doane 3/2
Sault St Marie 2 sdel w/E4 type stamp (E2?)
red 2c Wash bisect on pc; aux: “Due 1 Cent.”
Sawyer 1 ½ c rate
Traverse City 1 from Canada w/1c Canada stamp
Traverse City 2 Sc372
Ypsilanti 3 2c cover to England
MINNESOTA
Arlington ad: red-rimmed Minneapolis Journal
Blooming Prairie Sc708
Bovey ad: red-rimmed Minneapolis Journal
Sc775 w/ rwb flag cachet to L.E. Niemann
Brainerd Sc549
Crookston 2 2x1c gn Wash w/2c red wash over them
penalty pc: Dept. Interior, US Land Office
Fairfax ad: red-rimmed Minneapolis Journal
Fairmont 2 pse 3c revalued to 2c
Faribault pse 3c revalued to 2c
Gaylord Sc737
Henning 1 ½ c rate (stamp)
Lake City 1 pc w/4 auxs: pur “Rural Carrier No. 1 2 3 4” pur “Carrier. 1,2,3,4,5,6” red “FORWARDED FROM WHEATON, ILL.” Blue “Not for Carier [sic] No. 4”
Le Sueur U522
Mapleton Sc725
McIntosh U526
Menahga Sc737
aux: “Postage due 3 cents.” but no dues
Minneota 1c pse revalued to 1 ½ c (U515) and 1 ½ c stamp
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Minneapolis 4 U293 (letter sheet)
Minneapolis 9 aux: hand “Return to Writer” and “Incorrect Address”
Richmond selvage and gutter line
Rochester 1 aux: red “NOT SIX”
Russell Sc803 + Sc804 + Sc805
Sc800
Sc800 w/ God Bless America label
Sc800 w/flag label and crude cachet
Sc801 w/flag and God Bless America labels
Sc801 w/flag label
Saint Cloud 1 aux: “LEFT THE CITY” applied at Minneapolis
Q1
Saint Louis Park 1c green Fr + Sc690
Sleepy Eye 3 Santa label
Springfield 3c pse revalued to 2c
Waconia Lake Waconia diamond jubilee cachet on U525+Sc705+Sc717 8/24/32
Lake Waconia cachet on UC2 7/4/32
Lake Waconia plane/dirigible cachet 7/4/32 (2 copies)
cachet: 4/30/33 President’s Day
cachet: 3/4/34 1st anniversary of FDR inauguration
Waterville ad: red-rimmed Minneapolis Journal
Willmar 2 cc: Willing Worker’s Bands for Sudan w/map of Africa
WX24
Fancy cc: Willmar Tribune
Winona 2 2c red Wash on pc to Rome forwarded to Valetta Malta forwarded to Naples w/ Malta h/s and Cook h/s
1c gn Fran + 2c red Wash + 2c pse to “Singapore/Straits Settlement”
1c gn Fran stamp + pse + sdel E6 type to Wausau, aux: “Fee claimed at office of/first address.”
MISSISSIPPI
Edwards Sc774 w/ Mary Bishop flag cachet
Gulfport 1c pse and 1c gr Fr stamp
Mendenhall 2 x Sc741 (George Boyle cover)
Meridian 1 aux: oval “Queen and Crescent Route/Auditor’s Office” (AGS RR)
Meridian 3 Q2
Pc to Guatemala w/”recibida en Guatemala” circular mkg
Morton 1c green Fran on U525
New Albany 3c pse revalued to 2c
Summit 2 x 2c gr Fr + Sc728
Utica Sc732
West Sc774 w/ Mary Bishop flag cachet
MISSOURI
Carrollton 3 3 x 1c gr Fr
Carthage 3 on odd-shaped cover: 6 ½” w x 2 ¾” tall (2-5-16 cover)
Columbia 1 5c stamp (blue Grant) to Paris France
Eldorado Springs sdel: E12 and aux: “FEE CLAIMED AT/KANSAS CITY, MO.”
Sc732
ad: Bennett Skaggs ice w/ tourism cachet
Excelsior Springs illus cc: The Elms (hotel)
Hannibal 1 aux: pur “NO RESPONSE 2(pencil mss) TRIP” “S. 2505”
Hannibal 2 1c stamp on cover on apparent first class mail
Joplin 3 illus cc: Keystone Hotel (hotel)
Treasury Dept, Office of Custodian penalty envelope
KC Sta A 1 on comic leather postcard
KC Sta A 3 illus cc: Avery Co (steam thresher)
KC Sta A 4 Sc412 (1c green Wash coil)
KC Sta A 6 1c green Jeff w/1c green Wash coil added
illus cc: Bemis Bros Bag Co (cat out of the bag)
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Kirksville 1 aux: “Missent/HALLSVILLE, MO.”
Marshfield Sc742 w/July 4th firecracker hand-drawn cachet (7/4/35)
Moberly 1 ppc: “Land of Cotton” black man picker
Neosho leap year 2/29/1916
Pleasant Hill airmail w/C11; multicolor cc for Standard Poultry Journal (ovs)
Queen City Sc732
Saint Charles Sc398
St Louis 2-5-9 all on same corr: from 4th Natl Bank StL to Am Natl Bank Ft Smith Ark
St Louis 7 graphic cc: ABS Flour, Grain and Seed (red diamond)
St Louis 8 illus cc: Drummond Tobacco Co (horseshoe)
St Louis 9 1c black Jeff gpc + 1c green Fran to Germany
St Louis Annex 1 color steamship label
Warrensburg 2 stamp pieced together to form whole
Webb City 1 perfin: W in flag (Wabash?) not on official mail
Warsaw airport dedication: cachet w/Sc718 and Sc710 airmail
cachet: Los Angeles Olympics w/Sc718
MONTANA
Butte 1 Sc286
Cut Bank 1 ½ c rate (stamp)
Glacier Park illus cc: Glacier Park Hotel Co (goat)
Same cc: on sdel w/E6 type; aux: “Fee Claimed by Office of First Address” (used earlier than previous)
Great Falls 1 Sc324
2c stamp over 1c gpc
Great Falls 2 aux: pur “Missent to Cowgill, Mo.”
Lewiston 2 1c gr Wash and 2c red Wash stamps
NEBRASKA
Albion sdel w/E12
Callaway Sc774
Crofton C12 and aux: “Via Air Mail.”
2 x 1c green Fran Nebraska ovp (Sc669)
Sc732
David City aux: “Delivery delayed on account of incomplete address.”
Fremont 2 dial reads “16 JAN”
Genoa Sc708
Greeley Sc732
Hemingford Sc732
Herman illus cc: Lincoln National Life Insurance (Lincoln bust)
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Humphrey 2-5-36
Kearney 6 2-5-12
Omaha SY Sta red graphic cc: “Livestock National Bank South Omaha”
Peru Sc671 (Nebr ovpt)
Red Cloud Sc671 (Nebr ovpt)
Airport ded cachet w/C12
Airport ded cachet on UC2
Seward tied seal: “Merry Christmas 1925 Happy New Year 1926 Lutheran Sanitarium Wheat Ridge Colorado”
Spalding Sc742
Tekamah 1c green Fran stationery w/1c grn Fran Nebr ovp (Sc669)
NEVADA
Battle Mountain airmail: 3c pse + C19
Tonopah 4 R234 tied (10c revenue) on proxy postcard to pay proxy tax
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord 1 on penalty envelope: “CONCORD, N.H./U.S. PENSION AGENCY,/Department of the Interior./OFFICIAL BUSINESS./---/Penalty for private use, $300.”
cc: United States Senate
Concord 5 Ad: Holt Bros Mfg (factory)
birch bark postcard w/1c postage due
cc: United States Senate on blue envelope
Dover 1 sdel: E4 type
Keene 1 double postcard aux: pur “Due 1 ct.” and 2nd 1c green Fran applied over flag cancel
1c gn Fr stamp + 1c gn Fr pse
Laconia aux: “Returned for Postage”
Lisbon SH Sta illus cc: photo of “Old Sugar Maple Place” house
Manchester 6 2 x cc: City of Manchester Tax Bill 1908 window envelopes
Plymouth Q2 on cover: possibly July 1
sdel: 6 x 2c red Wash stamp
Portsmouth 1 Sc286
Portsmouth 3 sdel w/E6 and circ stamp “Received for Special Delivery/Boston, Mass. P.O.”
NEW JERSEY
Absecon sdel w/E12
Arlington 1 mourning cover from Switzerland w/Swiss stamp; as recd
Atlantic City 1 fancy blue embossed cc: Hotel Luray
Atlantic City 2 5c blue Grant to London England w/ Brighton Casino cc
Atlantic City 4 fancy blue cc: Marlborough-Blenheim
Avon by the Sea Sc627
Bernardsville 1 ½ c rate (stamp)
Bradley Beach Sc267 plate number single 318
Sc231
Branchville Sc740
Bridgeton 2 x 2c red Wash horiz coil
Camden 5 illegal use of documentary stamp (R164)
Cape May 3 4x3 3c pur Wash + 1c gn Wash sdel: aux “FEE CLAIMED BY OFFICE/OF FIRST ADDRESS”
Clayton photo cc: Clayton Title & Trust (buildings)
Coytesville Sc710 (5c bicen Wash) to Berlin, Germany
Sc719 (5c Olympics) to Berlin, Germany
1 ½ c rate (stamp) and odd cc
Dover 1 as recd on Mexican postcard w/Mexican stamp
East Orange 1 no stamp and 2c postage due
U222 (5c Garfield) to London, England
East Orange 2 Sc212 type + Sc231
Elizabeth 2 illus cc: Peter Breidt Brewery (logo)
Elizabeth 5 color cachet: flag and patriotic slogan
Haddonfield Sc615 w/illus cc: William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh (hotel)
Hamburg 3x1c green Fran coils to Germany
Hawthorne Sc732
Keyport 3c pse revalued to 2c
Jersey City 2 multicolor ad: NJ Car Springs & Rubber Co (red&green) Nick
Lakehurst zep cover w/C14 and various markings
Little Silver 1 ½ c rate (stamp)
Maplewood Sc610
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Medford Sc732
Metuchen aux: via airmail via dirigible “Los Angeles” to Bermuda
Netcong Sc737
Ocean Grove 3 1c grn Fran on Salvadoran stationery (domestic) underpaid?
Ocean Grove 8 aux: “Directory Service Given, General P.O. No. 9”
Orange 3 5c blue Lincoln to Buenos Aires, Argentina
Orange 5 Sc372 w/margin printing and partial plate number
Passaic 2 on 5c blue Linc pse to Berlin Germany “per S.S. Deutschland”
Paterson 1 mourning cover
Sc288 to Germany w/handwritten “Preisr(tsel” (ship?)
Penns Grove 1 Sc618
Sc620
Plainfield 8c Sherman and 2c red Wash to Buenos Aires, Argentina double weight
as recd on German card w/German stamp
Rahway as recd on Chile card w/Chile stamps
Ridgefield Park 5c blue Wash on domestic cover (?)
Ridgewood mourning cover
Somerville aux: box h/s “DECEASED VERIFIED/STATISTICAL DIVISION A.E.F.” and mss “Missing W A Sommers Capt Inf”
Trenton 2 reg ret rect (2 examples)
Vauxhall Sc737
Washington 1 fancy cc: Cornish Co.
NEW MEXICO
Columbus purple aux “Soldier’s Mail O.K. [sig] Chaplain 13th Cavalry”
Cc: Army and Navy Dept, Intl Cmte of the YMCA
Deming WWI-era r/w/b/flag cachet; typed docketing “Nothing herein for publication.” And mss “Dates of allotments dates”
purple h/s circ time recd
East Las Vegas perfin “BIG 4”
Tyrone 4c rate, pair 2c from booklet pane
NEW YORK
Ardsley-on-Hudson 1 ½ cent rate (Harding stamp)
Auburn 1 ad: red map of Finger Lakes and on back
Bath 2c red Wash to Singapore, Malay Peninsula (receiver 32 days later)
Binghamton 5 Red allover ad: M.L.Belcher w/Sc285
color ad: RG Dun (book)
Binghamton 6 illus cc: Security Mutual Life Insurance (bridge)
Corning 1 graphic cc: red/bl CRMaltby and Co.
Delanson M Wash reply card
Elmira 4 Illus cc: Eclipse Bicycle Co (arrow and moon)
fancy cc: FM Howell cigar box labels (script) w/Sc286
Sc288 to Belgium
allover Span Am war flag patriotic w/Sc286
Elmira 6 aux: “Missent to Norwich, N.Y.”
Garrison FDC: Sc727 cachet
Sc732 w/r/w/b NRA logo label
NAMW cachet w/C23
color cc/ad: Golden Gate Bridge: “Be a Guest of the West in ‘39” w/Sc852
Gasport Sc643 on pc
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Greene Sc646
Sc647
Hammondsport 7/18/30 cachet for NYS Av Cmsn visit w/C11
Hornellsville Sc324
Jeffersonville Sc792
Lacona M Wash reply card
Lily Dale Sc732
Medina 1 flag crooked, missed stamp, cds used to cancel stamp
Mineola w/rwb flag cachet/cc
New Brighton as recd from Venice w/Italian stamp
New Hyde Park M Wash reply card
Newman Sc708
New Rochelle 1 as rec on pc from Italy, no postage, aux: “COLLECT POSTAGE 4 CENTS” w/3c and 1c US dues tied
New Rochelle 3 5c blue Wash to Germany w/German censor tape and German aux: pur “Geprűft./Zur Beförderung zugelaffen/O.P.D. Speyer.”
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Newburgh 3 aux: “RETURNED TO SENDER/Cannot be Found by Brooklyn, N.Y., P.O./Dec 21, 1901/ Do not post again in this/Envelope or Wrapper”
auxs: one similar to previous “RTS”; also “SEVERAL OF SAME/NAME IN DIRECTORY./SEARCHER No. 1/WALL STREET STA./N.Y.P.O.”
Niagara Falls 1 Sc295
Ovs: red globe Pan Am stationery
Niagara Falls 2 on 2c pc to Copenhagen Denmark
w/2 x 2c red Wash to Salisbury Rhodesia w/ Rhodesia h/s
2 x Sc323 on pc to Lyon France
on 2c pc to Belgium w/Cooks/Brussels aux mark
pc w/o postage
Niagara Bridge St ad cover like hotels: red sweaters on back
Niagara Falls Sta auxs: “HELD FOR POSTAGE.” And “This is the MAIL|LETTER|PACKAGE for/which you sent postage” with second illegible flag
Ogdensburg ad: red Wise King Flour
Olean on 2c pc to Yenangyong Upper Burma India w/Indian cds
Oyster Bay 1 2c red Wash arrow line to France w/ Fr due mkg
mourning cover
Pittsford 1c gn Fr stamp and 1c gr Fr pse (U420)
Sc705
Pleasantville Sc615
Rochester 3 on mourning cover
Rochester CharSta U522
date as 12 23 with 12 instead of Dec
Rochester EASta red graphic cc: Gleason (cog)
Q2
Sacket Harbor Sc627
Saratoga Springs 1c gr Wash stamp and 2c red Wash stamp
2 x 5c blue Wash to Brazil
Saranac Lake 1c green Wash coil
Saugerties 2 3c purp Wash and 2c red Wash pse to Germany; typed “Germany. By S.S.St. Paul.” But aux “TOO LATE/N.Y.P.O. Foreign Station”
Sayville 2 aux: “Not in Directory”
Schen Brandyw Sta Sc702
Schen Crane St St 1 ½ c rate (stamp)
Schuylerville FDC: Sc644 (8/3/27) (Burgoyne) (has Granville NY flag on back)
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Scotia cc: Schenectady Airport, w/ red/blue stripes “use airmail”
Sc774 w/cachet for 277th anniversary of town
Sidney graphic illus cc: Van Brunt Seeing Machines, Horicon, WI (seeder)
1924 in dial strange, nonstandard, too dark and wrong font
Sidney Center Sc903
Sc899 and Sc900
Sc898 w/multicolor cachet “Let’s Put our Hands To the Plow Protect America” w/man, oxen, and plow
cachet: “THE U.S. THANK GOD/RIGHT OR WRONG.OUR COUNTRY” w/Sc836
same w/Sc901
Spring Valley on QSL ham radio card
Stapleton 1 5c blue Lincoln to domestic address
Staten Stapleton registered: 1c gn Wash and 12c brown Fr (Sc417)
Staten Port Rich 2x2 + 1c to Finland
Syracuse 6 multicolor cc: Great Northern Milling w/Sc286
Syr Northrup Sta 2c pse w/R228 documentary stamp added to pay war rate, aux h/s “Held for Postage” and “DUE 1 CENT”, 1c green Wash added and CDS tied
Troy 1 fancy cc: Emigh & Lobdell
Troy 2 U222 type (5c Garfield) to Germany
Troy Lansingburg2 aux h/s: “Do your bit/BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND/Inquire at any bank or post office”
Tuxedo Park 3 w/2 untied WX38
Utica 4 2c IR overprint (R155) on cover
fancy cc: Central NY Varnish (gold and blue)
Utica 5 red illus cc: IOOF flag; aux: “RETURNED FOR/BETTER DIRECTION.”
red ad for AH Williams and Co, w/Sc295
Waterloo 2c red gpc revalued to 1c
Watertown 1 dial inverted
Watertown 2 5c blue Grant to France forwarded to Rome and Florence; Rome, Florence, and American Express (Paris) markings
Watervliet 1 Doane from Dresden Station NY
Watervliet 3 Sc372 w/ad: Journal and Democrat
illus cc and back: Barker Brand (dog)
West New Brighton 1c grn Fran pse to Norway (UPU circular rate)
Woodhaven double strike of flag: Nov 27 and Nov 28
Yonkers 1 Sc372
NEW YORK CITY
Main Office:
(blank) Var? aux: “RETURNED TO SENDER,/Cannot be Found by Brooklyn, N.Y., P.O.,/FEB 26, 1897/Do not post again in this/Envelope or Wrapper.”
#10 illus cc: Hartford Steam Boiler (locomotive)
#11 2c red Wash + 1c gn Fr + 2c gn Wash pse to Belgium
illus cc: The Rudder (ship and Poseidon’s trident)
#14 ad: New York Paper Box (women, shield and women)
5c pse to Vagesack, Germany (2-5-1898!)
illus cc: The New York Tribune (building)
#17 stamp collar for Funk & Wagnalls
#20 ad: New York Paper Box (women, shield and women)
U351 to Hamburg Germany
#25 1c blue Fran pse + 1c blue Fran stamp
#28 orange large graphic cc: Owl Magazine (also back ad)
#29 ad: Wynant& Co Fish Dealers (fish, boat)
#30 aux: “Returned to writer for better di-/rections from PITTSBURG, PA./STATION C”
#32 Sc285 on cover w/ large purple K over cc
#34 ad cover: Hine & Robertson (rubber pipe bursting through envelope), red seal
#36 illus cc: Arbuckles’ Coffee (angel)
illus cc: Prentiss Patent Vises (vise)
#38 ad: New York Paper Box (women, shield and women)
#41 ad: Columbia Smelting and Refining (metal ingot silver applied to envelope)
#44 5c blue Grant to “The Princess Brancaccio. . .Italy”
#51 allover ad: salmon Harper& Bros Publishers (Harper’s Weekly) incl illus of bldg
#52 unsevered Postal Reply card (UY1 type), also has Bridgeport, CT flag
#64 aux h/s: “Missent to Norwich, Conn.”
#65 graphic cc: Art League in circle, advertising writers
#70 UX8
#72 blue w/illus cc: Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co (locomotive)
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Stations:
A 1 5c brn Grant (Sc270) to Munich Germany
A 2 ad: Durkee salad dressing (bottle)
D 1 mourning cover
D 5 s del w/E4
UPU card to Sweden
D 6 allover flag SpAm war patriotic
D 9 Sc295
E 4 U349
E 8 5c brn Grant to Paris France
F Illus cc: P.C. Lorenz (surgical instruments)
fancy cc: Seiters and Kappes Lithographers
H 3 green graphic cc: The Windsor (deers head and crest)
H 8 ad on blue: T. Shriver Iron Foundry
I 1 illus cc: Mecca Mystic Shrine (crescent and scimitar)
J 1 2 x 5c blue Grant to Paris forwarded to Italy
ad on yellow: Harlem Pockets Coal (red in triangle)
3c purple Jackson and 2c pse to Berlin Germany
K 1 1c grn Fr and 2 x 2c red Wash on small cover to Germany
1c gpc + 1c PanAm (Sc294) to Germany
N 1 2c red Wash to London, foreign due, forwarded to Dresden and Prague, multiple markings and backstamps, busy
O 7 allover shadow ad: gray Butterick Publishing Co (music)
O 11 illus cc: Music Trade Review (violin, quill)
Cc: Music Teachers’ Natl Assoc 19th Annual Convention
P 5 special delivery (E4 type)
P 6 5c brn Grant to British Guiana forw to NY to Boston
P 8 5c blue pse to Antwerp Belgium
Illus ad: Wm. H. Force Co (leaves, design)
P 9 U256 (4c gn Jackson) + 1c gn Fr to Henley-on-Thames England
5c blue Gr stamp + 5c blue Gr PSE to Hamburg, Germany
U 1 5c blue Gr stamp to Leipzig Germany forw to Dresden
U 2 NYC to Cleve w/1c gn Fr on Salvadoran pse
W 1 1+2+2 to London England
Y 1 U377 to Germany
1c green Fran pse to Germany
Mad Sq T14 Illus cc: B Cohen & Sons (boot)
fancy cc: National Humane Alliance
Penn T 2 censor tape w/”OPENED BY/CENSOR 1667”
Censor tape w/”OPENED BY/CENSOR 1748”
Penn T 8 pc for new service on Soo Line, to ticket agent, w/ SL perfin
Penn T 11 3 x 2c red Wash w/French censor tape
Brooklyn:
New Lots Sta 2 large hand: “RETURNED TO WRITER/UNCLAIMED/from/PITTSBURGH,/PA.” and aux “Not in directory/Clerk No. 14”
St Johns Pl Sta 5c blue Wash to Italy w/censor tape and multiple censor marks (Italian, boxes: 1 red and 1 black) (1/17/17)
Sta A 5c Pan-Am (Sc297) to Saxony
Sta C pc w/2 x 1c grn Fran to Toronto Canada
Sta S Sc297
pc w/2c red Wash to Vienna Austria
Sta V 2 WX5 tied
Buffalo:
B46 Slogan Sc294
C14 Hertel Sta 1 purple aux: “DUE 1 CENT” 1925 pc w/1c postage
A38 Station A illus ad: Dold hams and perfin
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville 1 illus cc: Dickson-Mason Lumber (clouds)
5c blue Grant to England forwarded (Cook label) to Italy
Asheville 2 plate number 1556
Asheville 5 reg ret recpt
Asheville 6 unusual notation about stamps
Ayden Sc732
Blowing Rock graphic cc: Southern Bell (bell)
Burlington 2 auxs: finger “Returned to Writer,” “Delivery delayed on account of incomplete address, directory searcher No. [?],” and “Unclaimed from Charlotte, N.C.”
Elon College 2c red pse + Sc555 (3c Lincoln) 1929 airmail: typed “VIA AIR MAIL” and ms “Via Air Mail!” markings
Fayetteville 1 pc has ribbon wrapped attachment
Henderson 2 orange-bordered Order Card
Jefferson Sc732
Kings Mountain cachet: 10/7/30 blue text w/brown soldier and C12
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Lexington 1 Sc398
Morganton photo cc: Burkemont Hotel
1/2c Nathan Hale + 1c pse
Reidsville ad: Nine O’Clock Washington Tea (product box)
Tabor Sc732
Wilson on reg ret recpt
NORTH DAKOTA
Ashley Sc732
Bismarck 2 as recd from England w/2p postage and forwarded w/in ND
Bowbells ad: red-rimmed Minneapolis Journal
Sc732
Edinburg Sc732
Fairmount Sc732
Fargo as recd from Norway w/Norge stamp
Illus cc: J.I. Case (Old Abe the War Eagle); Wogansport ND Doane (2/1) as receiver
5c blue Wash used on domestic ppc overpaid
Real photo of Hillsboro, ND
Glen Ullin Sc732
Grand Forks 1 1c postage due tied, aux: pur “UNCLAIMED./JUN 2 1912” pur “ADVERTISED” brown “MAYVILLE, NORTH DAKOTA”
Jamestown 1 2c red Wash pse + 2c red Wash stamp double weight domestic
Lidgerwood Sc718
Minot 2 perfin and plate number 5182
Minot 4 Leland Hotel & The Parker (hotels)
2c horiz coil
New England ad: red-rimmed Minneapolis Journal
Page Sc732
Stanley odd size cover: very short compared to length
Washburn Sc706 (1 1/2c bicen Wash)
Wilton Sc732
OHIO
Apple Creek Sc731a w/edge printing
Ashland 1 Sc295
color ad: Dr Hess and Clark (horse)
ad: red/bl Faultless Rubber Co on buff envelope
Ashland 2 to AEF: 7 forwards and aux: “Returned to U.S.A” and stamp of new location of soldier on back
gold&green fancy cc: FEMyers (stylized M) w/”M&B” perfin
Ashtabula pc in glassine w/add postage aux: “This is the mail for which you sent postage”
Q1
Athens 1 Q1
Q1
Athens 2 stamp in 5 pieces as postage
Bellefontaine 1 WX6 tied
Bellevue 2 color ad: The Ohio Cultivator
Illus cc: Jacob Neufer, organizer OOO (owls)
Bryan 1 Sc370 on Bryan Plow Co 2-color cc
Cambridge 1 red ad: Metallic Bread Board w/Sc323
Canton 3 Ad: Bucher & Gibbs Plows (farmers and plow)
as recd on England w/illus cc and 2 ½p revenue stamp
Canton 5 red and black ad: Dueber Hampden Watches
Illus cc: The Courtland (bldg)
Canton 6 mourning cover
Canton 7 label on ppc: Stark Co Centannial&Industrial Expo”
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Canton 9 1c stamp with border printing
Canton 10 Sc230 + Sc323
Canton 11 perfin: BMC (Berger Manufg Co)
Canton 13 reg ret recpt
Cardington Sc741
Chillicothe 1 as recd from England gpc + stamp (AMS paid all on back)
WX5 (tied)
1c pse + Sc295 + Sc329 to Lobau in Sachsen, Germany
Cincinnati 1 2c pse + 2c stamp
Graphic cc: Ernest Urchs pianos
Cincinnati 2 ad: Cincinnati Bung-Bush Co
Cincinnati 3 illus cc: Stndard Printing Ink Co (design)
Cincinnati 7 illus cc: Grand Hotel (hotel) more on back
color ad: Snider’s Soup and Catsup
Cincinnati 10 ad: Cincinnati Stamping Co (steam cooker)
Cincinnati 12 front: large r/w/b 44 star flag
2c pse + Sc286 + 1c gn Fr to Bayern Germany
ad: John Sauer Cigar Leaf Tobacco (leaf in brown)
2c pse to Natal Africa at “Printed Matter” rate
Cincinnati 13A illus cc: Burnet House (guard shield dog)
Cincinnati 16 U348 + Sc285
large graphic cc: Chas. E. Moore & Co., Commission Merchants, Fruits and Vegetables
mail souvenir card: opens w/views, 2x postage to Switzerland
Cincinnati 17 illus cc: Cincinnati Regalia Co (flag)
Cincinnati 19 2c pse + 3c purple Jackson to St Gall Switzerland
#10 Trasury Dept penalty envelope
Cinci Sta D as recd from Jerusalem w/revalued German stamp
Cinci Sta E mourning cover
As recd on postcard from Russia w/Russian stamp
Cinci Sta F ad: orange/blk Buckeye Buggy
Cinci Sta H 4c brn Grant (Sc303?); US Playing Card Co cc
Cinci Sta I 1 w/Haynes OH Doane 2/1
Cinci Sta N 1 illus cc: Cinci Bung-Bush Co (bung and bush)
Cinci Sta N 2 large cc: Hinckley Yellow Pine Cincinnati
Cinci Sta P no stamp: no sign of postage due
Cinci Evanston odd envelope: purple w/repeating design
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Circleville War Dept penalty pc: order to appear for examination
War Dept penalty pc (very small): draft classification
Cleveland Sta C pc w/2c stamp to Germany
Illus cc: Standard Tool Co (twist drills)
Cleveland Sta G WX6 (tied)
Cleveland Sta H aux: “Address supplied by/Direct. Sect./Central Sta. No. 3/ Chicago, Ill. P.O.”
Q1
Collinwood aux: “UNMAILABLE” because of glitter
Columbiana aux: “Deficiency in Adress/Supplied by Post Office at”
Columbus 1 cc: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
5c blue Grant pse to Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Coshocton 1 Sc328 and aux: “Missent to Yellowstone Park, Wyo.”
Plate number 2756; Balt RPO handstamp
Defiance 1 1c postage due on RFD pc
Aux: pur “Missent to Union City, Pa.”
Delaware UY4 (Sherman)
from Ecuador w/EcuadorSc182 and 1c grn Frank to Shelby OH
Odd envelope: variegated
Delphos Q1
East Liverpool 1 yellow and red graphic cc: E Liv Tribune
2 x Sc370 + 2c red pse to Germany (overpaid 1c)
odd East Liverpool straightline handstamp
East Liverpool 2 2c red pse + Q3 to Bavaria, Germany (Oct 1913 commercial usage)
Findlay 1 Sc324
sdel w/E6 type, aux: “Fee claimed by office of/first address.”
Fort Loramie photo cc: Willman Department Store, Ft. Loramie
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Fort Recovery 2c red pse + Sc705
Georgetown Sc729
Gettysburg Sc727
Granville PO Dept COD penalty envelope
Sc798
Sc784 on 8/4/37 po dedication w/cachet
Hamilton 1 text ad on back: Frechtling Wholesale Grocery
Hamilton 2 on glassine envelope
Hiram Sc690
Ironton 1 2c pc to Paris France
Ironton 2 odd-shaped envelope: 7” long x 2 ¾” high
Lancaster 2 no stamp: no sign of postage due
Tied comic label “BOOST”
Lancaster 3 photo cc: The Rowlands-King Co. (store)
Lancaster 5 three impressions of flag on top of each other
Lebanon orange cc: for a book “Bright Ideas for Christmas”
Orange cc: for a book “Complete Halloween Book”
Aux: “Missent to Springfield, Ohio.”
Leipsic sdel w/E12 and aux ”Fee…1st Address”
Lorain Sc324
Aux: “Missent.”
No stamp w/Aux: “Held for Postage.”
Malta 1c pse w/ printed “SEC. (562 P.L.&R.)” above indicia
Mansfield 1 illus cc: Crawford & Taylor Cracker & Biscuit (factory)
Mansfield 2 ad: Monarch Stove (flying wheel)
Marietta 1 as recd from China w/stamp
As recd from England w/stamp
Illus cc: BPOE (elk) and finger aux: “RETURNED/TO/WRITER”
Marietta 2 5c blue Wash to London back to Missouri
1c red and 5c blue Washs and 1c gn Fr to Kobe Japan
Massillon 2 5c blue Lincoln to Switzerland
5c blue Lincoln to Paris France
2c pse + 3c Jackson (Sc302) to Paris France
2c pse + 3c Jackson (Sc253) to Paris France
aux: “To avoid delay have your mail/addressed to street and number/Direct. Sect./…” and circular “Name Not in Directory/Sub.”
Massillon 3 3c purple Wash + 2c red Wash to Paris France
3c pse + 2c red wash to Paris France
Millersburg 1 ½ c pse
Color cc: Allies Flags (flags in red/wh/blue)
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Newark illus cc: Styron, Beggs & Co (great seal)
No stamp: no sign of postage due
New Carlisle Sc708
Newcomerstown illus cc: Continental Insurance (soldier)
New Concord Sc688
Norwood Q1
Mourning cover
Oberlin 2 aux: “Damaged by cancelling machine” and OX11 on back
5c blue Wash to “European Turkey”
Pleasant Hill illus cc: Beery School of Horsemanship (horses)
Portsmouth 1 2c stamp ppc to Eng: aux: circ red “Paid Liverpool Packet”
Portsmouth 2 multicolor ad: F.C.Daehler (building)
Portsmouth 3 Q1
Saint Bernard aux: “address Correction/Dec 27 1920/[?] Ohio”
Salem 3 illus cc: blue LP logo
Sandusky SloganPV pc with ad for Roy H. Williams as candidate for Common Pleas Judge with biography
Sandusky Ced Pt purple cachet: Philatelic Exhibition 1933 (2 copies)
Blue cachet w/Sc707 and Sc728
Sherwood Sc804 and Sc806 (prexies)
Sidney 2 multicolor ad: Monarch Machine Tool Co. (lion)
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Steubenville as recd on pc from England w/stamp
Reg ret recpt
Illus cc: The Imperial (hotel)
Auxs: “Returned for Postage” and “Due 1 Cent” for felt flag
on card
Tiffin 1 as recd from Canada; aux: “held for postage” w/ stamp over
Aux: “held for postage” and “this is the mail for which you sent postage”
Color ad: Capitol Food (product and animals)
Uhrichsville registered: 2c red Wash and 10c yellow Fr
Warren 1 as recd on English pc w/London mc and stamp
Warren 2 aux: “No Such Post Office In State Named.” And “Returned for Better Address.”
Wellington aux: “UNCLAIMED.”
Westerville 1 aux: “Missent to Van Buren, Ohio”
Xenia 3 illus cc: Favey & Co wholesale grocers (building)
Youngstown 2 aux: “DUE TWO CENTS”
Youngstown 6 1c green Fran on ppc to Coahuila Mexico
OKLAHOMA/INDIAN TERRITORY
Anadarko w/2c stamp over Dept Int US Indian Service penalty env
Apache Sc740 + Sc741
Checota 1941 dateless w/airmail cachet and C23
Hydro 2c pse + Sc705
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Nowata 2 2c pse + 1c + mss “3c due” and 3c due stamp
Oklahoma 1 Sc324
Oklahoma 2 illus cc: IWW
1909 WX tied
Aux: “Address Supplied by Oklahoma PO Directory”
Pawnee aux: pur box “REASON FOR/NON-DELIVERY/CHECKED” with mss check at “UNCLAIMED”
Salina Sc736
Shawnee 1 on 1c gpc w/Sheridan
South McAlester IT large hand “Returned to Writer” from Kansas City
Spiro 1c M Wash reply card
Vinita 1c M Wash reply card
OREGON
Albany 1 aux: small hand “Returned to Writer”
Beaverton 1 1926 sesqui liberty bell pse (U522)
Corvallis 2 1c green Wash on pc w/”A 5858” plate number in selvage
Grants Pass 2 5c blue Wash to Switzerland 1917 w/censor markings and tape
Gresham Sc704 and Sc706
Independence 1 cachet: Oregon 1934 Banner Year w/Sc736
Cachet: Oregon 1934 Banner Year
Independence 2 Sc751a (lower left from sheet) w/Cover Specialist ad about flag cancels and autograph of postmaster
Sc741 w/1c due tied and aux: “Postage Due 1 Cent.”
Cachet: large state seal w/Sc783 (7/4/37)
Cachet: large red eagle w/Sc783 (8/3/37)
NAMW 5/19/38: C23, rwb cachet w/flag, w/Marfa, TX NAMW aux h/s
NAMW 5/19/38: C23, rwb cachet w/flag, signed by PM and brochure
Sc807
Lebanon 1 cc: Oregon Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Marshfield 2 ad on back for Coos Bay Railroad
McMinnville 1 aux: “Not in City Directory/Searcher No. 3” and SLC handstamp
Newberg airmail: to Lindbergh w/C10
Portland 1 small ad: Ride a Monarch King of Bicycles (lion)
aux: large finger “Returned to Writer. Unclaimed at Portland, Oregon. Nov 13 1897”
Portland Sta A 2 aux: “Not delivered by Carrier/For want of time.”
Portland B Y38 2c on pc to Nordrach Colonie, Swartzwald, Germany
Roseburg on #10 penalty envelope for “Department of the Interior/United States Indian Service/[typed]Roseburg, Oregon.”
R196 (1c documentary stamp) used to pay war rate
Salem 3 fancy cc for “The Pacific Homestead, The Great Western Farm Paper” and red aux: “HELD FOR POSTAGE”
Silverton Sc557 and 1928 Christmas Seal (WX) to Basel, Switzerland
Sc649; auxs: “ADDRESS UNKNOWN.” and finger “RETURNED TO
WRITER”/”UNCLAIMED./Marshalltown, Iowa”
2c red pse + 3c pur Lincoln (Sc555) to Birsfelden, Switzerland
PENNSYLVANIA
Altoona 2 spec del: E8 and red aux:“Fee claimed at office of first/Address. Philadelphia, Pa.”
Ashland U522
Beaver Falls 1 pc w/2c stamp to “Larnaca, Island of Cyprus” w/Cyp h/s
Bedford 1 Sc549
Bellefonte C2 12-18-18 cover w/aux: “Special Delivery” “FEE CLAIMED BY OFFICE OF FIRST ADDRESS” and typed “AEROPLANE MAIL”
C2 12-18-18 cover w/aux: “Special Delivery” and handstamp “WINGED LETTERS/from A.C. Roessler, East Orange, N.J./[airplane over countryside”
Brownsville cachet: 100th anniv free public schools in PA
Burgettstown B&O perfin
Burnham 1 ½ c rate (stamp)
Carlisle 2 illus cc: Shearer Bros (tires)
Central City Sc708
Clairton 2 Sc730 (single)
Clearfield aux: mss “gone away” and finger “Returned to Writer”
Small cover w/plate #
Clifton Heights color ad: Mione Hand Soap (black/yellow circle)
Columbia 1 Sc328
Columbia 3 color cc: Keeley Stove Co (shield and red C)
Sc615
Connellsville 3 aux: “INCORRECTLY ADDRESSED/RETURN TO WRITER” and “NOT IN 23RD ENGINEERS/NOV 1 – 1918” on cover to AEF
Crafton 2 Q1
Creighton 1 ½ c rate (stamp)
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Dillsburg unofficial first day for Sc707: 1/1/32
Sc732
Donora sdel w/E6 type
Downington w/WX38 (untied)
Erie 3 illus cc: Erie Steam Bending Works (factory)
Erie 9 illus cc: P. Felbinger Harnesses (horse’s head)
Franklin 2 as recd on French w/French stamp
Grampian Sc732
Hanover 1 aux: purple hand “Forwarded/RETURNED TO WRITER/Cannot be found by/LOS ANGELES, CAL./P.O./JAN/24/1905/I.O.”
Ad cover: H.W. Parr Sale and Exchange Stables (horse)
Hanover 2 2 x Sc397
Hawley Sc807 (prexie)
Hazleton 2 x 1c green Fran on pc to Hungary
photo cc: John Spohr, for pres of Firemen’s Assoc
Huntingdon 2 illus cc: JC Blair Manuf’g Stationers (factory)
Lancaster 4 allover orange shadow: Elmira Mechanics Society
Lancaster 7 illus cc: Knights of Malta (meeting w/crosses)
Lancaster 9 Q2
Illus cc: Piersol Carpet (bell)
Landisville Sc555
Lebanon 1 Sheridan PA Doane (2/3)
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Loganton NAMW: 5/19/38 orange cachet w/C23
Meadville 4 illus cc: Spirella (clip) and hs “Forwarded.” W/coil stamp
illus cc: The Lafayette (eagle and crest)
Meadville 5 2c pse to Brazil w/200 reis Brazil postage due stamp & mkgs
Monongahela 3 WX6 tied
Mount Carmel 2c red Wash stamp and 1c gn Fr pse
Mount Jewett 6 x 1c gn Fr and 2 x Sc730 (corner pair w/selvage)
Mount Oliver to Philippines, forwarded there, 2c pc
Muncy red illus cc/ad: French’s Crown Paint (paint can)
ms “Due 2” w/ 2x1c and 2c dues tied
Nesquehoning 6/14/33: r/w/b Betsy Ross cachet w/Sc729
New Albany Sc804 (1c prexie)
Newcastle 1 as recd on 1c Canada gpc
Newtown Sc651
Norristown 3 ad: red “Cook with a Gas Range” with reasons
Norristown 6 Schermack
Oxford 1 ½ c rate (pse) (U481 type)
Phoenixville 1 Sc299 (10c Pan-Am) on RFD registered
Phoenixville 4 odd shaped cover (1 ¾” high x 6 ½” long)
Pottsville 1 allover green shadow ad: Schmeltzer Ginger Ale
Pottsville 3 1c gn Wash stamp + 2c red Wash pse
Reading 1 fancy cc: Bright & Lerch
Reading 3 photo ad: Kissinger & Briner (store)
Ridgway 2 w/tied label: “Come to Ridgway, Pa./JULY. 4th & 5th/Mammoth Celebration”
Saltsburg Sc627
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Sharon 1 2c + Sc287 (4cTM) + Sc289 (8cTM) on registered (w/NY Reg Exchange tag) to Switzerland (overpaid 1c)
1c grn PSE + 2 x Sc324 to Zurich Switzerland (double flag)
Sharon 3 gpc cut down to ~4” w x 3 ¼” tall (meter reading/bill)
Slippery Rock Sc784
Spangler Sc775 on Mary Bishop flag cachet
State Sc775 on Mary Bishop flag cachet
Stroudsburg 2 large red/wh/blue flag sticker and aux: “This is the letter for which/you sent postage.”
Tamaqua cc: USRA/Philadelphia and Reading RR
Titusville as recd on card from Tasmania, 1c Tasmania stamp, aux: “U.S. CHARGE/TO COLLECT/2 CENTS”
Tremont Sc732
Washington 2 1c McKinley w/1c green Franklin to Berlin, Germany
Wayne 1c gn Wash and 2c red Wash stamps
Waynesboro 2 Sc328
Waynesboro 3 Sc300 on pc; auxs: “Called” and “Not R.F.D. [mss 1 2 3]”
Weatherly cachet: Sc703 w/red/blue 1933 Flag Day (Betsy Ross)
Weissport (2 copies) Weissport Keystone cachet (1/17/33) w/3 1c gn Fr
Flag Day cachet (5/10/33) w/red/blue Betsy Ross w/Sc706
Valley Forge cachet (1/17/34) on 1 ½ pse
Williamsport 3 Sc295
York 1 ad: keystone Farm Machine Co (plow?)
as recd on double viewcard from Germany w/German stamp, 5c US due stamp and “New York Due 5 Cents marking”
York 7 2c + 1c + 2c pse to Antafogasta Chile
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Pittsburgh:
Sta A 1 cc overprinted: T.J. Donahue/Receiver in Bankruptcy
Sta D Sc295
Arsenal Sta 2 Q1
Ewalt Sta 4 Q1
Kilbuck Sta 2 w/ South Africa dues, many aux mkgs, well-travelled
Squirrel Hill Sta Sc548
Uptown Sta 1 2/12/09: centennial of Lincoln’s birth
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Philadelphia:
Illegible station 2c red pse w/10c green Canada spec del stamp to Hamilton Ont
Damaged aux: pur “Received in bad order,/Station [?], Philadelphia, Pa.”
NE Slogan 1 aux: black finger “Returned to Writer”
7 illus cc: Pennsylvania Fire Ins Co (Quaker—Penn?)
8 allover shadow ad: Pure Ice Cream Lippincott-Huber Co.
11 5c blue Grant to Austria: Austrian dues, mkgs
12 illus cc: Vacuum Soap Co
C, G, or O 5c blue Grant to Germany fwd Spain fwd to Granada
A ovate illus cc: Land Title & Trust (bldg)
Allover pink ad: American Baptist Publication Society(bldg)
2+1+2 stamps to Bizanos-Tau, Basses Pyrenees, France
A F37 NE2 on very small envelope size of flag
B 3 SpAm allover flag patriotic
D 1 Sc373 (imperf) on cover to Canada
G NE 5c blue Grant to Dresden Germany
J 1 Treasury Dept penalty envelope (blue)
J 4 2c red Wash coil
Address on flap side: A.F. Bornot Bro C. (illus of factory) fills usual front of envelope (like hotel covers)
O 2 ad: Riehle Bros Testing Machine Co (red)
O 4 no stamp: 1c due applied over flag
Damaged pc: white paper fixes tear, h/s aux: “Received in bad order./ Station O, Philadelphia, Pa.”
1c grn Fr to England w/10 centime due marking
O 5 1c pc to Germany w/aux: “PRINTED MATTER”
O 6 SC412 (1c grn Wash coil w/line) on envelope
Q NE illegal use of cut square
R shadow ad: Hard-Shell Enameling (turtle)
S 7 mourning cover w/Sc286
S 8 fancy cc: P.F. Campbell, practical millwright (wheel)
S 10 ad: Rech Morbaker wagonmaker (factory) w/Sc370
S 11 Sc 397 + 2 x 2c red Wash stmps to Steiermark Austria
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Broad St sdel w/E4 type
Broad St 3 sdel w/E6 type
Broad St 4 2 x 1c stamp pc to Holland forwarded to Paris w/aux “A 66” in box
Fairhill 1 dialless on 1c circular w/illus ad (fireplace)
Fairhill 4 1c blu McKinley gpc + 1c gn Fr to Dresden Germany
Frankford 2 ad: Floor-Olea (factory w/train in foreground)
Germantown 1 1c due stamp
Mount Airy Sc368 (Lincoln imperf) top row
N Phil as recd on 1p gpc from England fan letter 1912: asking film star Florence Laurence’s photo and autograph
Sc 370
N Phil 1 2c on pc to Shanghai China
Paschall Q1
Penn Square sdel w/E6 type, aux: “Not in Directory,/ Searcher No. 2/ Station H N.Y.P.O.” and backstamp aux offered at address and not found
on U350 to Italy
5c blue Wash to Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Point Breeze Sta 2c red Wash coil on ad cover w/red and blue type for Atlantic Automobile Gasoline
Reading Term 2 fancy cc: Wolf & Co Advertising Specialties
Southwark 2 fancy cc: A.B. Kirschbaum “The House with the All-Wool Policy”
W Market illus cc: Modern Vulcanizing (tire)
3x2c red Wash (attached and w/selvage) to Germany
West Park 3 Sc398
West Phil 1 1 auxs: circ h/s Phil Inquiry Station and h/s: “This letter was held at the Phila-/delphia, Pa. P.O. because the necessary/postage was not placed on it before/mailing, and is forwarded upon receipt/of postage which was received from/you in response to “Held for Postage”/Notice sent you.”
West Phil 1 2 Sc328
West Phil 1 3 bureau printing on selvage
1c ppc to France, aux: “SURTAXED”; 10 centime Fr postage due
RHODE ISLAND
Newport 3 5c blue Lincoln to Drags Mark, Sweden
Pawtucket 3 5c blue Grant to Jena Germany (forwarded back to NYC)
Pawtucket 4 2c pse and 3c purple Jackson to Switz, vert flag ties lower 3c stamp, also has regular (typical) horizontal flag cancelling indicia
Pc w/aux: “Due [1] Cents” and 1c due, for one letter written into address side
Pawtucket 6 Q2
graphic cc: Potter & Johnston Machine Co (black and red)
Providence 3 Sc330 (5c Jamestown)
Providence 7 auxs: red “HELD FOR POSTAGE” and black “This is the [MAIL/LETTER/PACKAGE] for/ which you sent postage”
Q1: 7/31/13
Providence 8 sdel w/E4 type
Providence 13 Q1: 8/3/13
Graphic cc: Schwarzschild & Sulzberger (S&S logo as in rr car)
on window envelope w/aux: “REFUSED./(N.Y.-I.D.)” and
“(REFUSE)/REFUSED/NEW YORK, N.Y./FEB 18 1914”
Prov Sta B 2c pse + 3c Jackson (253?) to Nord France
Prov East Side 2 Q1: 8/6/13
Prov Elmwood Sta UX16 to Hamburg, Germany
Valley Falls red last day cover cachet w/Sc896 (9-30-40)
Warren 2c stamp added to business reply envelope
Westerly 2 green fancy cc: The Rhode Island
Woonsocket 2 2 x 1c green Fran on forwarded cover
SOUTH CAROLINA
Blackville Sc732
Charleston 1 5c blue Grant to Luzerne Switzerland
Illus cc: G.W. Williams Banking House (bldg)
Columbia on leather postcard
Conway aux: “Conway, S.C. Gateway to the Horry Strand”
Darlington sdel: E6 type
Greenville 1 graphic cc: Traxler-Taylor (as rr crossbucks) also includes “Phone 863” in ad (3-digit phone number)
Sumter 2 aux: purple hand “Returned to Writer Unclaimed”
York 1 WX31 tied to cover
SOUTH DAKOTA
Aberdeen 2 illus cc: The Dakota Farmer (bldg)
Bridgewater Sc732
Custer RP: Observation Bend on Needle Road (shows car)
Deadwood 3 illus cc: Geo.V. Ayres & Co Hardware (bldg)
Lead 2 photo cc: Lassich Bros Grocers (mine, town)
Lennox Sioux Falls RPO mkg
Milbank sdel (E6 type)
5c airmail pse
ad: red-rimmed Minneapolis Journal
Ree Heights ad: red-rimmed Minneapolis Journal
Sc800
Wagner real photo pc of downtown Wagner
TENNESSEE
Butler 1c M Wash reply card
Chat St Elmo 3c pse revalued to 2c
Clarksville 1 aux: red “Address supplied by/ Direct. Sect./ Central Sta. No. 3/ Chicago, Ill., P.O.
Crossville airport ded: cachet w/ 2+3+3 Wash stamps (7/1/34)
airport ded: cachet w/ C17
airport ded: cachet w/3c Wash + 5c Sc734
Dyer 2c red pse + Sc705
Knoxville 2-color cc: Hotel Imperial (crest and script name)
Memphis Dutro mourning cover
McMinnville ovs red/black ad for McMinnville Mfg Co
Milan no postage; on business reply envelope
TEXAS
Alvord Sc773
Archer City 2 Sc649
Austin 5 Sc329 (2 examples)
Sc549
Bowie 2 aux: “Postage Due 2” w/2c due tied
Brownwood 1 eagle cachet w/Langford backstamp
Brownwood 2 Spirit of ’76 cachet w/Langford backstamp
Clifton Sc644
Clyde 3 x Sc657, red/blue label “VIA/AIR MAIL”
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Corsicana 1 Sc210 type
Dalhart 2 plain cover w/Sc510 (10c yellow Franklin)
Dumas Sc649 w/rwb diagonal and Texas Centennial/Davis Mountain National Park multicolor label
C19; aux :VIA AIR MAIL” and red/wh/blu arrow label
El Paso 3 color ad: Hotel Sheldon allover color back; flap side is front
El Paso Slogan ID 2 x 1c green Wash on r/w/b cachet WWI-era cover
Forney Sc807 (prexie)
Ft Worth SY2 flag misse dstamp, hand-cancelled
Frankston Gladys Adler teddy bear
red and gold star label: Texas Centennial 1836-1936 longhorn
Galveston 8 5c blue Wash to Baden, Switzerland w/cc Swiss Consulate, Galveston, Texas
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Harlingen 1 as recd on German stamp
Jacksonville 1 graphic cc: American Legion (star-in-shield)
Longview 2 aux: “This is the mail for which/you sent postage.”
Memphis 1 illus cc: Memphis Lodge IOOF (symbols)
Meridian Sc732
Mesquite Sc551 and Sc728
O’Donnell Sc726 w/rwb diagonal and Stephen Austin Texas centennial label
Omaha Sc790
on bus reply env w/ 2x2c dues tied
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Paris 2 graphic cc w/swastika for arts and craft movement (in sheet protector)
Pharr enclosure: Xmas card from 3rd Tenn Infy, NGUS
Port Arthur 5c blue Wash to Aba, Finland
Raymondville Sc645
3 airport ded: 1 w/5c pse, 3 w/C12 (11/7/30) all w/cachet
San Antonio 5 cc: “Officer’s Club, Fort Sam Houston, Texas”
Sherman Sc370
Slaton 15c airmail w/566
Sweetwater red cc: Hubbards Clothing (in diamond)
Temple 2 on American Express tag
Terrell 2 sdel w/E6 type; aux: “Fee Claimed by Office of 1st Address”
Turkey 1 ½ rate (stamp)
Waxahachie on ballot for election for Southern Philatelic Assn
Weatherford 1 aux: “Returned to Office By Carrier for/Lack of Time to Deliver.”
White Deer Sc775 w/Mary Bishop flag cachet
Wich Falls Monr Sc807 (prexie)
Illus ad for barber shop (shows haircut and manicure)
UTAH
Ogden 2 on 2c UPU card to St. Louis
Payson C19
Roosevelt 5c TR stamp (557 type)
VERMONT
Bellow Falls 1 illus cc: Vermont Farm Machine Co (factory)
Bradford Sc643
Brattleboro 1 Sc324
2c cut square used for postage on postcard
Burlington 2 illus cc: Northern Supply Co (boy w/bread)
Red illus cc: Northern Supply Co (Indian in canoe)
Chester Sc732
Lyndon Sc736
Lyndonville graphic cc: Kreamy Ice Cream and Sc643
Middlebury 2 Sc627
Montpelier 2 illus cc: VT House of Representatives w/Sc324
North Bennington Sc643
Plymouth 8/3/33: cachet for 10th anniv of Coolidge oath
8/3/33: same w/Sc728 and Sc682
7/4/34: cachet for Coolidge’s 62nd birthday w/ 2 x 1 ½ stamp
7/4/35: cachet for Coolidge’s 63rd birthday w/ 2 x 1 ½ stamp
7/4/35: cachet for Coolidge’s 63rd birthday w/Sc772
7/4/37: cachet for Coolidge’s 65th birthday w/1 ½ stamp
bisect Sc791: w/ mss “no 1c stamp available F.D.C. P.M.”
8/3/37: cachet for 14th anniv of Coolidge oath w/ 1 ½ stamp
Rutland 1 red/black illus cc: A.F. Davis Feed Co (barrel)
Rutland 3 pink allover ad: Tuttle Company Printers
to Netherlands w/ 80 centimes due and 15c Neth dues light orange allover ad: Tuttle Company Printers (diff)
South Royalton Sc727 (2 exmaples)
VIRGINIA
Abingdon 2 pc from draft board reporting candidate disqualified for service as result of physical examination
Appomattox cachet: 4/9/34 cut of surrender w/Sc732 (2 copies)
Cachet: 4/9/35 flag and bugler w/ ½ c Hale and 1c Fr
Buena Vista w/WX36 untied
Cape Charles 2 Sc627
Charlottesville 1 5c blue Grant to Constantinople, Turkey
Charlottesville 2 spec del: E6 and purple aux: “Fee claimed at office of first/Address. Philadelphia, Pa.”
Danville 3 pc w/ad for YMCA, red logo
East Falls Church 2c red Wash pse + stamp domestic (1935-double rate or overpay?)
Fairfax Sc705
Front Royal allover back photo of Harpers Ferry
Greenway Sc732 w/John Tyler cachet 3/29/34 (144th birthday)
Sc772 w/ John Tyler cachet 3/29/36 (146th birthday)
Hot Springs 2c pse + 1c gr Fr + Sc370 to Berne Switzerland
Lynchburg 2 graphic cc: Robert Portner Brewing (Tivoli mark)
Lynchburg 5 2c red Wash coil on Barker Jennings Hardware ad cover
Lynchburg 6 QSL radio card
Newport News 3 Sc370
Newport News 4 on souvenir postcard booklet of Newport News
no stamp: typed “Soldier’s Mail/Mail Censor/U.S. Army Base”
Onley Sc739
Petersburg 2 cc: Knights of Columbus War Activities
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Richmond Sta A as recd on French pc w/Fr stamp
Vienna Sc719 to Switzerland w/mss “Please post on a fast boat”
Warsaw Sc777 and illus cc: Tidewater Radio Service (radio towers)
Williamsburg 2c stamp torn in two and applied
WASHINGTON DC
D13(1) pen env: Smithsonian, Bureau of Am Ethnology
Sc230
pen env: Dept Int, Bureau of Pensions
B14(1) penalty: GPO, Office of Supt of Documents
B14(2) no stamp: on Treasury Dept, Aud for the War Dept penalty c
No stamp: on Dept of Justice penalty card
D13(3) Sc232
Sc230
B14(3) free frank: US Senate M A Hanna
B14(blank) ’98 5c blue pse to England forw to Florence
no stamp: on Treas Dept, Aud for P.O.Dept penalty card
B14(blank) ‘98-00 no stamp: PO Dept, 1st Asst PMG, Money Order System penalty
NDS13 on Treasury Dept #6 penalty envelope
Sta A 1 Sc295
Sta B E4 on 2c Grant lettersheet w/3c pur Jack (Sc221 type) to Vienna Austria
1c gpc + Sc230 to Manchester England
Sta B E14 US Senate: free frank w/stamp because not for official business
Sta B S14(1) illus cc: Nine O’Clock Tea box w/2 x Sc285
U239-type
Sta B B38 Cc: “COMMITTEE ON TERRITORIES,/UNITED STATES SENATE.”
2+2+1 stamps to New South Wales, Australia
Pc to British Guiana forwarded to Trinidad
Sta B A38 pc to Germany forw
Sta F pc to Peru
Sta G 1 Sc294
* in dial 3c pse revalued to 2c
A14NDS unlisted on Treasury Dept pc
WASHINGTON STATE
Burlington 1 ½ c rate (coil stamp)
Centralia 1 aux: “Not on RFD No 2, Snohomish, Wash.”
Deer Park 3c Mt Vernon stationery
Everett 1 1c green Fran pse (Philippines) and 1c green Fran stamp Philippines overprint; domestic but cc changed from PI to Everett WA
Everett 2 as recd on pc from Canada w/ stamp
Ferndale C23 on commercial cover
last day: 3/31/40 PM sign w/Sc866
Goldendale 6 airport ded w/C11 and various cachets
Kennewick aux: “Via Air Mail.” w/C7
Mount Vernon multicolor ad: Mount Vernon Evaporated Milk (can)
North Yakima 1 pc w/o stamp; 2c due tied
Olympia 2 very small window envelope w/ 3c purple Wash coil
Pullman 1 OX seal; aux: finger “RETURNED TO WRITER/UNCLAIMED./From Hillyard, Wash” and “MAIL DELAYED FOR WANT/ OF PROPER ADDRESS”
Spokane 1 Sc286
Spokane 3 PO official business penalty w/stamp over fine warning
Small label printed “Imitation Postage” caught, assessed 4c due, paid w/ 2 x 2c dues
Spokane Sta B 1 2 x 1c green Fran on double pc w/real photo inside of Lower Falls at Spokane
Tacoma 1 aux: large hand “Returned to Writer, Unclaimed from Tacoma, Wash. Sep. 6, 1898”
Tacoma 2 Sc286
Tacoma 3 ad: for Tacoma Elk’s Carnival w/Sc295
Walla Walla 1c green Fran and aux: “Held for Postage.” Then 2nd 1c Fran, 2nd flag cancel (first July 18, second July 28) and aux: “This is the article for which/you sent postage.”
Perfin: Cudahy as “CUD/AHY”
Washougal Sc732; auxs: pur “Advise correspondents or publish-/ers of your correct address.”; pur “USE NEW NUMBER/Do Not Fail to Have Mail Addre[ssed to?]/NORTH EAST”; aux machine finger Portland Ore Return to Wrier Unclaimed
Wenatchee 3 multicolor ad: Lindenwood Fruit Farm (red/green apple)
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston 2 2c pse + 1c + 2c to Paris France
Clarksburg red aux: “To avoid delay in delivery, have your/mail addressed [illegible] No., P.O./Box, Gen’l Delivery, or R.F.D. No. ___”
Glen Dale Sc732
Harpers Ferry cachet: J Brown 75th anniv 10/16/34
cachet: J Brown 75th anniv 10/18/34 green w/Lincoln stamp
1 ½ c rate stamp
Logan 1c green Fran pse + 1c green Fran stamp w/graphic cc: Moore Combination Stores
Morgantown 1 mourning cover
Sistersville 1 1c blue gpc + 1c green Wash (war rate)
Wheeling 3 bicolor cc: Phoenix Line Vance Shoe Co (phoenix rising from fire)
White SS Sta A green cachet: 21st annual convention of the Investment Bankers Assoc of Am Washington Bicentennial Year (domed building)
WISCONSIN
Appleton 2 1c drop rate pse w/mss “forwd” and 1c due stamp (J38)
Ashland color ad: Chase’s Whisky (red shield)
Baraboo Q1
Reg ret recpt
Beaver Dam 1909 Wis Anti TB Assn stamp (tied)
Cc: Roswell mfg co manufacturer of TIGER drills and seeders
Berlin Q1
Blue River 1 ½ c rate (stamp)
Brodhead Sc635
Auxs: “Directory Service/Given at Chicago, Ill./Main P.O. No. 31” and “No Such Number No. 44”
Clinton Sc739
Sdel w/Sc732 + E12/E15 and “Fee Claimed…1st Address”
Clintonville illus cc: VFW (medal)
Cudahy 3c pse revalued to 2c, embossed cc
Eau Claire 2 red aux: circular DEFICIENCY OF ADDRESS SUPPLIED BY SAINT PAUL, MINN., P.O.
Elkhorn 1 illus cc: NECarter Curios (Indian Head)
Fond du Lac 5 aux: “This is the mail for which you sent postage.” in violet; 2c red Wash (1912) put on over flag and FdL CDS applied (double due???)
1909 WX tied
Green Bay Sta A 2 2c pse + 1c + 2c to Antwerp Belgium
*
Hayward sdel: w/E12 type stamp and 2 x 2c red Wash stamps
Iola 1c gn Fr + Sc717
Janesville 1 1911 WX tied
Addressed to Woodburn IA aux “Missent to Woodbine, Ia.”
Kenosha Sc370
2c red Wash on ppc to Budapest Hungary then forwarded in Hungary
LaCrosse 1 homemade SpAm patriotic: small sunburst sticker w/ rwb Am flag inside, tied
LaCrosse 2 photo ad: A.O. Sletten, dealers in furniture, stoves, ranges, undertaking & embalming (scenes of LaCrosse)
LaCrosse 3 aux: h/s purple oval“Steamer St. Paul/3 UP Trip/1909/W.B. Bowman, Clerk”
sdel: w/E6 type
Madison 1 2 x Sc288 to London England (to Louise Phelps Kellogg)
Madison 2 odd perforated envelope
Madison 3 as recd on German pc w/German stamp
aux: “MISSENT TO STA. E”
5c blue Lincoln to Paris France
cc: University Club/Madison, Wisconsin
Mayville seal: Lutheran Sanitarium Wheat Ridge Colo. (untied)
Medford seal: “A Bright Christmas” (tied)
Menomonie Q2: 8/10/13
Milw Sta A 2 Sc281 to Baiern Deutschland
Milw Sta A 3 color cc: Sterling Motor Truck Co
Overpaid: 2c + 1c on 1918 postcard
Milw W Allis 2 cachet: “An Old Timer” w/bicycle
Monroe 1 2c red Wash pse +1c gn Wash + 2c red Wash to Switzerland
Muscoda Sc736
Oconto 4 x Sc551
Oshkosh Sc304 (5c blue Lincoln) to Innsbruck Austria
Pc aux: “HELD FOR POSTAGE” and “This is the mail for which/you sent postage.” And 1c green Franklin over flag
*
Platteville Q1
Plymouth 1922 WX tied
Portage 1 Tusa Peak Mining Co (full enclosure in sheet protector)
Prairie du Chien pc w/stamp collar
2c red pse to Munich Germany; aux pur “Returned for Postage.” And 3c pur Wash over flag; cancelled with PdC duplex
Ripon 2 1c M Wash reply card
Ripon 3 pc w/WX31 tied and aux: “Delivery delayed on account/of incomplete address.”
Superior 2 on War Dept penalty pc: draft classification
Washburn Sc732
Sc729
Watertown 1912 WX tied
West De Pere 1 ½ c rate (stamp)
Whitewater 1 graphic cc: Century Pen (nibs as sunflower)
WYOMING
Cheyenne 1c green old Fran on pc to Mexico
1c green Fran plate number [star]5313
Greybull 3c pse revalued to 2c
Rawlins 1 2 x 2 red Wash and untied 1911 Federation of Wyoming Women’s Clubs Christmas seal
Sheridan 2 auxs: “Not for Carrier” and multi-line aux that includes “to insure PROMPT delivery”
Sundance Sc703
Sc732
EXPOSITIONS
USPS Paris Expo on 10s French gpc
on 10s stamped pc
Buffalo Pan Am Sc295 to Germany
“ (involute) Sc294
MILITARY STATIONS
Montgomery AL SB rwb flag cc (8 copies, varying conditions)
Augusta GA HanB aux: “Due __ cts” and 1c postage due
Fort Riley KS Knights of Columbus War Activities (graphic cc)
Alexandria LA BB rwb flag cc
Ayer MA DB V14 Sc702
Ayer MA FDB A38 Sc725
Fort Harrison MT Sc866 on hand-painted cover (leaves motif)
Sc871
last day pony express cachet w/Sc894 7-4-1940
red flag cc: Last Day cover w/Sc895
Hempstead NY MB red/blue graphic cc: “War Camp Community Service”
N Rochelle NY FSB rwb flag cc
On RPPC of soldiers at Fort Slocum
Greenville SvB 2+2+1 stamps w/”Due 1 Cent.” aux and 1c postage due stamp
Spartansburg WB rwb flag cc
Chatt TN FB red and blue cc: YMCA “with the colors”
Chatt TN GB sdel: 3c pur Wash + 10c yellow Fran
Chatt TN MB1 registered w/ 10c yellow-orange Frank stamp
on rp card of soldiers “In Line for Mess”
Newpt News VA HB on ret reg recpt
severely dropped dial (2 copies)
Fort Warren WY 1 ½c rate (1c Fran + ½c Hale)
on M Wash reply card
NAVAL STATIONS
Grt Lks IL GLRS 3c and C2 (16c) to Ellsworth PA
NY Pelham Nav Sta Q5 on YMCA cover to France
MILITARY POST OFFICES
Vera Cruz mixed franking: 5c Mexican + 2c red Wash stamps)
on 5c Mexican “tarjeta carta”
USAPO(2) censor mark (1 red circle[officer’s mail], 1 purple circle[soldier mail active service])
USAPO(701) purple circle censor mark[officers mail]
white env w/ red/blue flag cc blue censor mark
purple circ censor mark w/cc: 416th Railroad Telegraph Battalion, S.C.N.A. AEF
USAPO( ) blue circle censor mark
USAPO(702up) purple circle and black square base censor mark[soldiers mail]
USAPO(702down) black square base censor mark; tobacco thanks (2 copies)
pinkish circle censor mark[soldiers mail]
USAPO(705 down) purple circle censor mark[red printed “SOLDIERS MAIL”] (2 copies)
USAPO(717) purple circle censor mark[typed “Soldier’s Mail.”]
NAVAL SHIP P.O.
USS Chicago 3 x Sc740, 10/27/1934 green Navy Day cachet, red/blue anchor border
green cc: The Men of the Navy/wish you one and all/ A Happy New Year/ in 1935” 12/28/34
USS Florida first day Sc683 despite Langford
unsevered UY6, flag on both parts
airmail w/C12
USS Melville Sc618 w/blue cachet: “U.S. Navy Second to None”
Sc732
Sc688 on multicolor flag 6/14/1934 Flag Day cachet
Sc737 on multicolor flag 6/14/1934 “Our Flag Our Navy” “’Teddy’ Roosevelt Chapter” (same as USS Texas)
Airmail w/C12
USS Pennsylvania Sc718, gold ink in flag cancel, cachet “U.S.S. PENNSYLVANIA/FLAGSHIP U.S. FLEET/1932/PARTICIPATING XTH OLYMPIAD” and ship design
USS Penn at Sea Sc702
USS San Francisco Sc732
Photo cachet: 1934 cover; photo is from 1935 so applied later
Pony Express cachet 4/13/1935: rider arriving design and “Arrived at SANFRANCISCO, CAL./at about 6 P M Apr.13/Distance 2095 Miles/Time consumed 239 hrs.”
USS Texas 10/27/31: Navy Day orange cowboy in star logo, blue and red plane, ship, and balloon logos, Sc557 (5c blue TR)
orange cachet: 9/28/32 San Francisco Harbor Day
pink cachet: 9/28/32 San Francisco Harbor Day w/Sc718
11/11/32: Armistice Day cachet w/Sc706 (1 1/2c bicen Wash)
7/7/33: blue cowboy and July 4th star logo, Sc727, h/s: “RECEIVED TOO LATE/FOR PRINTED CACHET AND/CANCELLATION”
Sc555 type 3c Lincoln, 2/12/1934 cachet: Lincoln bust and ship and “Lincoln’s/Birthday/U.S.S./TEXAS”
cachet: “U.S.S.Kearsarge/a Federal Corvette/which was sent to European/waters, under the command/of Capt. John A. Winslow,/to watch Confederate pri-/vateers she caught/the ALABAMA in the/harbor of Cherbourg,/ France, and sank her in the/English Channel/JUNE 15, 1864”
Sc736 6/14/1934 Flag Day cachet: rwb flag and “OUR FLAG/OUR NAVY ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt Chapter” (same as USS Melville)
USS Wh Scout Flt Sc685 (4c Taft) w/photo cachet of Taft and “FIRST DAY ISSUE” crossed out
USS Whitmey Via Air Mail chcet w/ red airplane and Sc713 (8c Wash bicen)
Dest Squad No3 bottom half Sc751 (1c NP sheet)
Sc736
Sc740 and Sc741
STREETCAR RPOs
Boston Circuit 2 on postcard w/2c bisected stamp
Tuttle cover w/1c War dept (O114 type)
Boston Circuit 3 to “Elmore Plantation, Porto Rico”
On UY4
Phil & Wphil 5c blue Grant to England forw to Germany
Pittsburg B38 graphic cc: Felt & Tarrant Mfg Co Comptometer
Pittsburgh A38 WX13 not tied
Rochester WS 1c blue Fran + 1c blue Fran pse to Ontario
St Louis 1 1c Jeff gpc + 1c green Fran to Dresden, Germany
RMS and TERMINAL RPOS
Kansas City TRPO rwb flag cachet with “LONG MAY SHE WAVE”
Hoboken NJ TRPO Sc737
Jersey City CTRPO 3c Wash over RAILROAD BUSINESS indicia
Albany NY TRPO Sc705 (2 copies)
NYNY TOGCSta Sc649
Phil Brd St TRPO UC1
SEAPOST
No2 San Lorenzo Sc682
Sc683
2c red Wash + 3c pur Linc to Salusso, Italy
TERRITORIES
Nome H14 real ppc: photo of Jerome Hunter in Alaska
Nome A14 1c pse + 1c green Fran w/ typed “Fairbanks Airplane Corporation,/AIR MAIL.” Fairbanks backstamp
Honolulu B14 to New Zealand w/5c Lincoln
aux: h/s “PACKET BOAT”
ovs pc w/SS Mongolia Orchestra Program
Honolulu H14 3c to Egypt, Cook’s Post Office Markings, forwarded
5c pse to Berlin, Germany
Sherman postal reply card
Honolulu A14 2c pc to Punjab India w/ Indian censor marking
Pago Pago 1 imperf 2c red Wash, aux: hand w/ “RETURNED TO WRITER UNCLAIMED”
Pago Pago 2 backstamp on Tonga tin can mail
Christiansted 6 x 2c red Wash coil (Sc?) and “Par Avion/By Air Mail” label
airmail w/Sc650
Manati PR 2c red Wash + 2 x Sc629 and aux: “Received without contents/G.P.O.N.Y.”
San Juan ovate mourning cover
Manila 2 8c + 2c Phil stamp to Zurich, Switzerland
Manila EL PI244-type (Magellan); passed by censor marking
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