Noteworthy Items with Flag CancelsBegun August 27, 2000Last Update: April 30, 2005

ALABAMAEutaw Sc732Evergreen 1c green Fran pse + 1c green FranFairfield Sc619Gadsden 2 Illus ccGadsden 3 on Reg Ret RcptGadsden 4 cc: odd hand-colored designGeneva on Bus ReplyGreenville 2 cachet w/C11

Cachet w/C12Huntsville 1 penalty envelope w/stamp: “U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,/FIFTH CIRCUIT./DAVID D. SHELBY, Circuit Judge,/New Orleans, La.”Linden Sc727Luverne 2x Sc705

Sc729Mobile 2 illus cc w/Sc295

Sdel w/E4Mobile 6 graphic cc w/matching letterheadMobile 8 Hotel ad, color, backMobile 9 3 x 1c green Wash to “Belize, B.H., Central America” mss “via New Orleans”Pell City Sc733

Color cc, 3x Sc552/632Selma Aux “address supplied. . .”

coke ad

ARIZONABisbee 1 on lacy valentineMiami sdel, aux h/s w/Sc562Phoenix 1 aux: “Held for Postage.” crossed outPhoenix 2 2c pc to GermanyPrescott gpc w/tax bill from collector

aux “unclaimed” and “return to writer”Tucson 1c pse to Finland

ARKANSASArkadelphia 3 purple h/s circ time recdBerryville 2 small flag decals address to Mary BishopCamden 1 2c red Jeff pc revalued to 1cDermott cachet: “Community Bicentennial Celebration” w/Sc717Fayetteville C14 U525Jonesboro 3 C3 on forwarded cover; May 23, 1918 flightLonoke Sc775Marvell bus rep envPrescott 1 2c red Jeff pc revalued to 1cStamps National Stamp Week cachet 1936

2 copies: last day cancel, Sc782cachet: state and flag for first day Sc782, but 3rd day (6-17-36)

Stephens Sc708Van Buren 2c red Jeff pc revalued to 1c, pvt recd mkgWaldo U481Wilson UY7 (PR4)

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CALIFORNIA Alhambra aux: finger “return to writer”Armona UY7 (PR4)Artesia Sc732Atwater Sc732Balboa Island Sc727

cachet ’38 Tourn of Lights, greenCachet ’39 Tourn of Lights, Sc654 and Sc705Last day cover, Sc861

Berkeley 6 Sc398/402Carmel C4 and C5 on 3-zone airmail to New Jersey w/RWB tagChino Sc644Culver City PO penalty envelope w/ COD markingDel Monte Sc397Dos Palos Sc740 w/PM signature

small flag decals w/Sc773 (Mary Bishop)El Segundo strange “4” in 4:30P in dial; made for different machineFairfax Sc740Fontana 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 ccaux: “General Delivery San Jose” circ h/s, red 1 in circ h/s

Garden Grove orange stripe w/Sc649Grass Valley 1 cc: Barker & Smith Real EstateGuerneville lower half of Sc751 *Huntington Beach blue “ATSF Coast Line Patton, Calif” h/sKnights Landing cachet Xth Olympiad w/Sc740 and Sc741La Canada UY7 (PR4)

Aux: “VIA AIR MAIL” w/2xSc732 and 2x1c green FranSc729

Lemoncove small flag decals (Mary Bishop)Lodi 3 Japanese cc: Miyajima Co. (and on back)Loma Linda C19Long Beach WP Sc397Long Beach 3 illus cc: Hotel VirginiaLynwood blue candy adManhattan Beach airmail UC2, aux purple “Via Air Mail”Monrovia 2 UO72 #10 envelope (postal savings pse)Newcastle Sc615Oakland 3 McKinley blotterOceanpark 2c to CanadaOceanside 3 x 2c red Wash to Germany (overpaid)Orange sdel w/E12 aux red “Fee Claimed by Office of First Address”Oroville Sc398

Sc548*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 ccPetaluma 1 aux: “POSTAGE DUE [1] CTS.” And 1c due over flagPorterville (3) aux: box w/finger “Returned to Writer” pointing to “REASON FOR NON-DELIVERY CHECKED” “unclaimed” checked

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Redlands 3 aux “Directory Service Given. . .”Rialto Sc732San 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 flagSan 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 repeaterSan Diego Sta A Sc549San Jose 2 UX16 to “Buitenzorg, Island Java” w/Java markingSan 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 Sc357San Jose WP 2 Q1

1+2+2pse to SwitzerlandSc398

San Jose Sta A WP unusual ppc w/Sc397* San Pedro 2c pc to JapanSanta 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 Sc729Sebastopol U481South Gate HGSta Sc729 favor cancelSo San Francisco perfin: “WM” [Western Meat]Stanford Univ 3c pur Wash + 2c Wash pse to Chile

UY9 unsevered, revalued, embossed initialStockton 1 3x1c green Fran + 2c pse to GermanyThree 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 signedVallejo aux: blue “PASSED BY CENSOR”Van Nuys 1c and 1c PSE coverWeaverville Sc773Yucaipa Sc773*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/Sc397aux: red “Returned for Better Address.”

LA: Hol Sta orange envelope w/witch labelLA: WLk 2c coil on ppcLA: WLk Sta WP UX22LA: Brentwood Hts airmail to Canada 1933 w/aux: pur “Via Air Mail.” and C17LA: 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/Sc783LA: Sta A color label as ccLA: Sta B airmail w/C7LA: Sta H Sc 732LA: Sta L Sc773 w/ Mary Bishop flag cachet

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SF: B14(1) 2 blue graphic cc: Bonestell and Co. Paper WarehouseSF: B14(1) 3 cc Hay and GrainSF: 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 ccSF: Sta B as recd on ppc from Amsterdam w/perfin Neth stamp (v.B.M.)SF: Sta C 1 to GermanySF: Sta C 2 aux: “Try Sta C” and RFD overstruckSF: Sta E UY1 (PM1)SF: Sta F cc illus Cooper Medical CollegeSF: Sta H 2c red Wash to Yokohama Japan

5c blue Lincoln to Yokohama Japan w/kon-ji

COLORADOBrush Sc614Colorado Springs1 1c pse to Berlin GermanyDelta 1c pse + Sc230Denver Cap Hill Q1Denver 5Pts Sta orange reg ret recptDenver Sden Sta illus ccFort Morgan 2 aux: “Missent to and Forwarded from Belmont, Ohio”Glenwood Springs1 aux: “forwarded.”Hotchkiss Sc729Lamar 1 1½c psePueblo 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 10-28-18Pueblo 9 to AEF w/British Term RPOSalida 1 aux: “forwarded.”Walsenburg on 1c pse #10 size

CONNECTICUTAnsonia 3 aux: “Do Your Bit. . .”Bridgeport 1 triangular blue cc: David Trubee & CoBridgeport 6 cream color w/ Baird machinery adBridgep ES Sta red fancy cc

EFO: miscut 2c red Wash imperfDerby 1 as recd on card from Italy w/Italian stampGreenwich 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 redirectedHartford StaA 2 yellow cc and illus over entire frontKent cachet: r/w/b flag 6/14/34

Sc772Meriden 4 Q2Middletown 3 illus cc

pc w/1c postage due stampMilford 4 mourning coverNew Haven 1 2 x 1c blue Fran to Kingston, Ontario, Canada (odd size env)

2c pse + 3c pur Jackson to England forwarded to Naples, Italy1c 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

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New Haven 3 SpAm flag cover*New Haven 4 LV red flag ccNew Haven Sta A 5c blue TR to Paris FranceNew London 3 hotel cc: 5c blue Lincoln to France forwarded to ViennaN Grosvenor Dale 3 x Sc740 and PM signature

illus “Masonvile Specialty Co” [stamps] cc w/Sc740 and 741Norwalk 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 recancelledStonington Sc651Suffield Sc772Torrington 1 PO notice of postage due card, penalty

1+2+2PSE to Reunion IslandSc399 (5c blue Pan Pac) to Germany

Waterbury 5 2c red pse + 3c pur Jackson to GermanyAuxs: pur “UNCLAIMED” and pur CDS “ADVERTISED,LONG BRANCH, N.J.” in

outer ring and date in dialSc329

Winsted 3 Sc398

DELAWAREDover 3 pc back: “United for Victory” w/colorful flags

Sc615Milford UY9 unsevered, both revalued to 1cNewark 3c PSE revalued to 2cSmyrna Sc615

FLORIDABonifay Sc773 w/Mary Bishop flag cachetDaytona 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/Sc773Jacksonville 1 green “shadow” carriage ad on frontManatee 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

GEORGIAAthens 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 stampAugusta 6 Odd shape—much longer than tall

pair Sc486 vertical coil on postcardflag cc Camp Hancock

Bainbridge 2 WX31Ball Ground 1c+2c stampsColumbus 3 perfin: CGCFLyons Sc686 1 ½cMarietta 3 text booster ad for Marietta on back*

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Macon 6 multicolor ad for Plantene (pail)Meigs Sc737Monroe 2 x 1c Green Wash coil pairMontezuma Sc614Newnan to Holland, multiple forwarding and aux markingsRome 2 perfin: “SO/Ry.” (Southern RR)Royston 1c green and 2c red Wash stampsSavannah 1 on U350-2 5c Columbian pse to Rouen France; Le Havre cancelSavannah 2 illus cc for DeSoto HotelSavannah 3 1c drop rate envelopeSavannah 7 Sc328Thomaston Minn J red borderUnion City 3c pse revalued to 2cWarrenton Sc732

IDAHOAshton Sc732Boise 1 1c red Fran + 2 x 2c red Wash to Switzerland forw to Germany w/Swiss postage due and T25 marking; busy coverBuhl 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 doaneCottonwood Sc732Driggs Sc732Moscow 2 odd purple circ cc h/s w/skullMullan Sc732Payette 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” checkedPocatello C2 intended for 1st NY-Chic airmail

on registered package receiptWendell on business reply envelope

ILLINOISArthur ½ c and 1 ½ c stampsAurora 3 wordy ccBatavia 2 5c pse to UruguayBelvidere 1 aux: “Forwarded from Belvidere, Ill.”Benld 2c and 1c stampBlandinsville Ford illus cc w/Sc729Bloomington 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 Sc732Bushnell 2 1c drop rate Cairo 3 oddly lowered 2c pse indiciaCentralia 4 on YMCA cover from AEFChampaign 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 outChicago Heights 2 illus cc for Kennicott Water Softener Co.Chicago Heights 5 1 c drop rateDecatur 6 sdel: E6 type w/purp aux: “FEE CLAIMED AT BLOMMINGTON, ILLINOIS.”*Dwight 1 1c drop rateEarlville on cover w/o postage and 2 3c dues

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Edwardsville U468 Type 4 revalued to 2cElmhurst aux: “Fee Claimed. . .” w/E15Eureka 1 ½ c coverGalesburg 1 illus ccGalesburg 3 Sc286Greenfield Sc732Harvard Mortician cc to Frank Moses Janesville

illus ccHighland Park 5c blue Wash to FinlandHoopeston aux: “Missent to Hoopeston, Ill.” And crossed out: “No such Post Office in State Named.” Jacksonville 1 Sc210Jacksonville 2 aux: “MISSENT.”Jacksonville 3 Sc372Joliet 3 blue illus American Express cc (check)Joliet 4 Am Banknote Co pro-women’s suffrage labelKewanee 1 to Belgium*Lake Bluff U526Lockport Sc643Macon Sc702 to BrazilManteno Sc732Marissa Sc729

Sc773Maywood 2 x 2c red wash + 1c green Wash to Hong Kong w/ backstampMetropolis interesting cc for supt of schoolsMonmouth 1 Earlville RFD mkg; also blue illus ad for Milne Mfg CoMonticello 3 color ad for Pepsin Syrup CoMooseheart 2 on pc for “Mooseheart the School that Trains for Life”Mount Carmel Sc370Mundelein Sc729

Sc729Natl Stock Yds 1 bicolor ad Campbell and Reid Stables (horses and shoe) BobB giftNatl Stock Yds 3 perfin: S & Co (Swift and Company)Nauvoo Sc726No Crystal Lake Sc615Odell 1 ½ c pseOglesby Sc718Paris blue ad for BluJ Brooms—strange long flagPaxton 2 Sc627 w/pnc 18542Pekin 1 2c red pse to Basel, Switzerland w/ 30c Swiss due tied Pontiac 1 fancy cc for the Phoenix*Ravinia U526Rock Island 5 fruit basket ad

2c red Wash on ppc to Lima PeruRockford E R Sta aux: “Received in Bad Condition at Detroit, Mich.”Savanna U349Spring Valley 1 3c pse revalued to 2c w/embossed cc: “ROY CURRAN/SPRING VALLEY, ILL.”Sycamore 4 Sc618Tinley Park Mary Bishop flag cachet w/Sc773Washburn Sc705 and U525Washington Sc727Winnetka 1 aux: “NO SUCH NO.___P3812”

Extremely small coverZion City 2 1c green and 2c red Wash stampsZion non-postal h/s: “Actuary Dept.”

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CHICAGOLetters:1 on preprinted Grant reply card to Canada2 sdel: w/E4 type3 illus cc: H Wolf & Co (wolf)

graphic cc: US Brewing Coaux: hand “Return to Writer” and “unclaimed.”U330 + Sc270 (5c bn Grant)to Germany w/color label on backgraphic 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 Moraviagpc + 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 stamp20 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 Mexico41 illus cc: Wheeler & Thomas Roofing Co (globe)42 illus cc: E.G.Harz & Co (coal car)43 fancy cc: red logo for Falcon Iron & Nail44 bright pink envelope: G.M. Richardson Tinware55 graphic cc: US Brewing Co57 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 rate3 1c blue Fr stamp

5c brown Grant to Sweden 4 illus ad: Passow & Sons Saloon Fixtures (factory/office)

UX11 cut very small11 penalty env: P.O.Dept Chicago P.O.

5x1c green Fran to New Zealandsdel: w/E5 type on 2c grn pse

16 pink env: Richardson Tinware17 penalty env: Chicago PO Dept22 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

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28 Grant message card w/unsevered reply card30 illus cc: Dept of Public Works (Chicago city seal)36 sdel: w/E4 type and graphic cc: Stamsen & Blome Cement37 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 back51 gold cc: Sherwin-Williams Co.53 illus cc: W.M. Kimball Co. Pianos and Organs (medal)*55 color: lt blu cv w/red cc and purple address correction56 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 card66 2c stamp on patriotic card to Prague-Weinberge68 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 photo72 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 Sc28586 ad: red “little wonder” machinery87 graphic cc: Liquid Carbonic Acid Mfg Co (logo)

Sc286penalty env: MOB Chicago PO Substation 172 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

protector98 red/blue elaborate graphic cc: Foster-Munger Co., Sash, Doors, Blinds99 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*Ovates:11 illus cc: Spalding & Merrick (building)

5c blue Grant to Brussels Belgiumgraphic 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)

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A (F-dial) no stamp on covergraphic 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 coverF (B38-1) ad cover: blue Chas. M. Merker Sign WorksSYS (B38dd) illus cc: Ellsworth & McNair (horsehead)*22nd illus cc: blue Illinois Metal Ceiling (ceiling)M (B38) Sc399 on cover to Holstebro DenmarkEngle (B38) graphic cc: Benson & Rixon (block)

WX5 tiedO (B38) illus cc: on ovs “Catholic Order of Foresters” (cross logo)

penalty env: MOB Chicago PO Englewood StationS (B38 SCS 01-09) 5c blue Grant to London EnglandU (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 & WolffPilsen no stamp w/ 2c due placed over flag

5c blue Grant to Dresden GermanyRavenswood 2x1c imperf grn Fr line pair

2x1c imperf grn Fr line pair Sc383

INDIANAAlexandria 3 window envelopeAttica 4 h/s ccBicknell 1c red Wash and 2c green FranklinBerne 1 illus ccBryant 1c green Fr and 2c pseCorydon window envelope (1923)Crandall Sc732Elkhart 2 illus ad for Stimpson Computing ScaleEvansville 1 illus ad for Southern Stove WorksFarmland Sc732 and bagpipe stickerGosport Sc775 and leap day cachet*Jeffersonville 2 aux: h/s special delivery and E6Madison 5 Sc537Marion 2 1 color ad: Marion Iron & Brass Bed Co (Sanitaire banner)Milltown 1c drop rateMishawaka orange and black cc

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Muncie 3 ad for the Muncie Jobbing & Mfg Co; 1c drop rateMuncie 4 ad for the Enterprise Washer Co.New Albany 3 ad: Girard Cigars/Indiana Candy Co, (cigar)*Notre Dame aux: “Fee claimed at Syracuse, N.Y.; UND cc; E12

UND cc with report cardPeru 1 stamp with printed selvagePeru 3 1 c drop ratePortland 3 illus cc “Hull Brothers Evangelistic Company”Richmond 3 illus ccRockport Sc799

Sc852Rosedale Sc732Rushville 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 tiedWarsaw “21” as yeardateWabash 2 WX19 not tied

IOWAAlden 2 Sc729Ames 2 photo cc for poniesAnamosa illus cc of The Brown Hotel; aux: Estherville Gen Del mkgAtlantic aux: Atlantic, Iowa registered w/ Sc 338 (poor)Bellevue green illus cc; Sc643Boone 1 illus cc for Black Label Brand Gloves and Mittens; Sc372Burlington 1 1c blue Fran on mourning cover to GermanyCarroll 2 aux: multiple “Name Not in Dir” Address Supplied”Cedar Falls 1 illus cc for Fancy Calendar PadsCedar Rapids 1 illus cc for Nabisco

1c drop rateCedar Rapids 2 illus cc for King’s Crown PlasterCherokee on ppc: “Sometimes the girls kiss each other…”

Sc525 two shades on same coverDavenport 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 rateDubuque 2 ad red Star of David “Dubuque Star Brewing Co.”

graphic cc: Dubuque Fire & Marine Ins CoEarlville 1c green Fran and 2c pse Mt VernonGladbrook 1c Martha W reply cardGrinnell Q1Iowa 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.”*Keokuk 5 illus cc: K-B Co Gate CityLeMars 2 stamp edge turned back and gum cancelledMaquoketa 3 Sc627Marshalltown 1 large illus ad for Marshall Oil Co, shows C&NW and Iowa Central RR

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Marshalltown 2 1c drop rateMount Pleasant 2 Sc537Nashua Sc732Ottumwa 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 rateShenandoah 1 multicolor ad: Henry Field Seedsman (yellow env w/red and green)Shenandoah 2 Q1 130929Toledo ad pc for Goodrich Tires w/train

Sc838 2nd daySc838 plate block 2nd day

Wapello graphic cc for The RepublicanWaterloo 1 photo cc w/red: Waterloo Cement Machinery Co (small cement mixer) KANSASAbilene 3 pc to sailor on “USS Chester, Navy Yards, Boston”Bucklin 1 ½ c rateCawker City Kans ovpClaflin Sc660 (2c Kans ovpt) (2 examples)Council Grove Kans ovp (Sc660)Dighton 1c green Fran and 2c red Wash; Mary Bishop flag cachetFort Scott 1 ppc of Fort Scott post officeGarden 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 rateGlasco 1 ½ c rateGreat 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

Sc681Hutchinson 3 on Am Express tag w/grommet

1c green Wash and 2c red WashHutchinson slogan aux: Junction City KS Gen Del h/sIrving Sc772KC B38 Armour Sta 5c pse to GermanyKC SYS 1 aux: missent [h/s] to McKinley Me [mss]KC SYS 2 1c drop rate*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) 483,484,535Marion 2 Kans ovp on odd foldable turnable envelopeMarquette Sc732

Sc658 (1c KS ovpt)Marysville on reward card for stolen FordMoran Sc732Newton 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 stampOxford Sc737Oswego 1 1c drop rateOttawa 1 Sc294Quinter 1 ½ c rateRussell Kans ovp

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Saint Francis Kans ovpSaint Marys Airport Dedication and Sc663

Sc732

KENTUCKYAshland 1 aux: “address supplied . . .”Benton Mary Bishop flag cachetBerea C14 aux: “advise correspondents or publishers of your… address”Bowling Green 1 graphic ccBowling Green 2 illus ccClay Sc774Crab Orchard Sc732Glasgow illus ccHenderson 3 graphic ccLexington 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/ Sc416Louisv Sta E 2 Sc230 and Sc294Marion color ad: Goodrich (used upside-down)

Sc494Mayfield 1 Sc328Mayfield 3 1c drop rateMayfield 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 ratePaducah 5 red graphic cc Jas. Soler Fine Portrait and FramesParis photo cc of horseRussellville Sc615Uniontown 3c purple Mt Vernon pseWinchester 1 1c circular rate

LOUISIANABogalusa sdel w/E6Cottonport Mary Bishop flag cachet w/tied WX76 1935Lake Charles 3 Calcasieu-Louisiana Fair Assn, 2nd Annual Fair 1911 cachetSaint Joseph Sc736Shreveport 2 illus ccShreveport 4 graphic ccWinnfield 1 blue cc Louisiana state sealWinnfield 2 3c pse revalued to 2c

MAINEAuburn 1 Q1 pays 1c drop rateBangor 1 ppc of Bangor post office

red h/s: “UNKNOWN. Name of addressee does not appear in citydirectory.” Bangor 2 yellow w/red fancy cc “The Great Lithgow Show”Bar Harbor 1 on 1c pc to FranceBath 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 ccDexter auxs: finger “rtw” and “unclaimed”East Boothbay Sc733

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Eastport 1 color graphic cc: Eastern Steamship Corporation (wheel and flag)Gardiner multicolor ad: Dutch Boy White Lead (orange/brown can)Lewiston 4 Sc397Portland 2 Q1

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Presque Isle 2 illus cc for Noyes and Nutter Mfg. Co.Rumford Falls to DenmarkRumford 2 illus cc: Mount Zircon Spring Water (mountain and stream)Saco Red ad: Saco Manufacturing (sample architectural column)

1c pse drop rateSouth West Harbor 1c green Franklin pse and 2c red Wash stampWaterville 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

MARYLANDBaltimore 7 1c circular rate; elaborate cc for Southern FancierCumberland 1 1c drop rate

pc w/Sc294Cumberland Sta A Sc705 and Sc707

NAMW; C23; first flight/NAMW cachetEdgewood does not tie stamp; no further markHagerstown 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 typePocomoke City 1 Sc627 MASSACHUSETTSAdams 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 8/12/30C11 w/cachet: US Army Air Maneuvers, 5/24/31

Andover 2 2xQ1 on coverAndover 3 2c red pse + 1c gn Wash to Mexico City

5c pse to Brazil5c 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 OX18Ashfield 2c red Wash pse and 1c green Franklin stampAthol 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 beBeverly 2 Sc304 to Japan

Pc to Bangalore IndiaBoulevard from France w/10c French stampBrockton 4 illus cc of Burt & Packard shoeBrockton 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 shoeBrookfield on bright orange coverBrookline Schermack

1c green Jeff card w/10 centime due marking and Swiss due affixedCambridge 1 5c blue Lincoln to London forwarded to Germany

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2 x 5c blue Wash to Paris forwarded to Holland5c blue pse to Buenos Aires Argentina1c green + 2 x 2c red Wash to Bangkok, Siam1c 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 markingsCambridge A 2 old stationery (U234?) to Ireland

Sc370 on pc to Swedenad: 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 uncachetedSc617 + Sc618 + Sc619

Danvers seems like odd stationery – look into5c blue Lincoln to Costa Rica

East Walpole small orange ad for Neponset Bird Products*Fall River 3 (e) 5c Licoln on cover to England (rough condition)Fall River 8 Q1Fall River 9 cancelled on BaBa’s birthday: 6/1/16Fall River 11 1c M Wash reply cardFitchburg 2 from Switzerland w/10 Swiss stampFitchburg 3 Sc324Foxboro 1c drop rate pseFramingham 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 GermanyGloucester 1 Sc297 to London England forwarded to Canterbury

1c grn Fr + 2c red Wash + 2c red Wash pse to Germany1c drop rate Ad: Slade Gorton Fish Foods

Gloucester 2 2c red Wash on ppc to Gohtenborg, Sweden2c stamp to Swedenad: Harvey C. Smith Fish DealerElaborate three-part Christmas card

Gloucester 4 illus ad: red “Silent Policeman” for traffic controlGloucester 5 color large cc: “Consumer’s Fish Co.” on 1c circ coverGardner 2 1c drop rate pseGreenfield 1 bicolor fancy cc: F.H. Brown & Co.

Sc324 on cover to Ontario CanadaHydepark 1 1c drop rate pse

Aux: “Please have your Mail Addressed/ to Lawrence, Mass.”Ipswich Sc618Lawrence 1 allover flag SpAm war: 1c gn Fran and 2c red Wash

allover flag SpAm war: 2c red Washmourning cover

Lawrence 4 aux: “Missent to Stock Yards Sta./Kansas City, Kans.”Lawrence 7 aux: “Unmailable. Returned to Writer.” To Germany 19181121

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Leominster 1c stamp with ms “Printed Matter” to Malacca, S[traits] SettlementsLexington Sc399 to England forwarded to France w/ stamp-like return add label

5c pse from Museum of Comparative Zoology to Boulder, COFDC: 2 x 617 4/4/25FDC: 618 4/4/25FDC: 617 + 618 + 619 4/4/25 w/ad on back (Civil War tie-in)FDC: 617 + 618airmail: 2c red Wash and C7 to California

Lowell 1 illus cc of G Wash for Washington Tavern2c green pse + Sc232 to Bournemouth, England

*Lowell 4 orange graphic ccLowell 6 2x Sc294 on coverLynn 1 1c blue Fran stamp and U348 1c Columbian pseLynn 3 illus cc (pail) for Brockway-Smith Corp.Lynn 5 UPU card to MexicoLynn 6 Sc295

Sc295 w/ illus cc: Lynn Blacking (dragon)Lynn East Lynn red graphic cc: Herrick Shoe in redLynn West Lynn 1 on pc w/2c stamp to “Papeete Tahiti Oceanie”Malden 4 5c blue Wash to Italy to Spain back to MaldenManchester 2 no stamp on pcMansfield 2 Sc550 to Reunion IslandMarblehead 1 Sc328Marion ½ Nathan Hale and 1 ½ pse

Sc784Medford 2 appears as origin but is recd on cover from India w/2 anna and ½ annaMelrose Highlands 2 x Sc548Methuen 3 graphic cc for Gay’s LaundryMilford 1 Sc372Milford 3 1c grn Wash stamp and 2c red Wash pseMillville Sc772Milton 1 1 grn wash and 2c red Wash stampMilton 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 outNew Bedford 2 ad N.P.Hayes cutlery w/ Sc286

Sc286New Bedford 3 Sc281 to London England forwarded to Rome ItalyNew Bedford 7 mourning coverNew Bedford 8 mourning coverNew 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 EgyptNew 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 addresseeNewburyport 2 2+2+1 stamps to Buenos Aires, ArgentinaNewton sdel: 2c pse + 5 x 2c red Wash and “Special Delivery” auxNewton Ctr NewtSt 2c stamp on 1906 postcard overpaidNewtonville 1 1c drop rateNewton Upper Falls 1c M Wash reply cardNorth 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)

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Northampton 2 U348 (Col Expo) + Sc294E5 on sdel coverh/s Mailed on Mt Holyoke; mentions Halley’s Comet

Northampton 5 multicolor ad for Prophylactic ToothbrushNorthampton 6 Q1*North Grafton Sc773Palmer illus address side of pcPittsfield 6 Sc343 imperforate on postcardPittsfield 8 illus cc for The KenneyPlainville 1c M Wash reply cardProvincetown 2 Sc397Quincy 1 2c stamp on pc to Riga, Russia

photo cc w/ 3 digit telephone number2c pse + 3c purp Wash to Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Rockport 1 aux: “MISSENT TO GRANTSBURG, WIS.” And Grantsburg cdsSc614

Salem 3 2c pse+1c(Sc300)+4c(Sc303)+8c(Sc306) to Raudnitz, AustriaSalem 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 rateSomerville 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 stampSpringfield 13 2 x Q1

Q1Q2 window env, graphic cc: New Eng T&T (bell)

Springfield 14 on penalty envelope w/cc of War Dept, Springfield Armoryw/bright multicolor “Springfield” label

Springfield 15 fancy cc for Hotel GratiaSpringfield 17 underpaid: 2c cover 11/14/1918 no due markingsSpringfield 21 Sc615 w/ plate #15769*Taunton 1 1c drop rate

Cc: A.J. BarkerTaunton 5 Sc398 on pcWaban 1 ½ c pseWakefield 1 WX? (1911) tiedWaltham 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 OHWebster 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-KalWellesly Hills WH Q1Westboro 1c drop rateWestfield 2 graphic cc Westfield Mfg makers of Pope MotorcyclesWest Somerville aux: “MISSENT TO/NORTH WILMINGTON, MASS.”Whitman 2 2c gpc revalued to 1cWinchester 1 2 x Sc294

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5c Lincoln to “Officer SS Mississippi Bremerhaven, Germany” then forwarded to BrooklynWinchester 2 UY4 Sheridan reply card

Q1Winter Hill Sc398Woburn deep red small coverWollaston 1 3c stamp on pcWorcester 3 1c drop rateWorcester 7 patriotic: large US flag (rwb) in upper left corner ad: black Coates Clipper Manufg CoWorcester 8 Sc286Worcester 12 illus cc Worcester Lodge No. 56 AOUWWorcester 13 color/graphic cc Hundum – Crystolon Grinding Wheels

BOSTONB14? Sdel: 2 x Sc330 (5c Pocahontas) and 2x1c green FranklinInvolute 5 1/25/97 cover addressed to “McKinley Esq/President Elect/Canton/Ohio”Involute 7 2 x 2c stampsInvolute 8 illus cc: Geo. C. Goodwin (bottle and shield)Slogan BN2LL 1 graphic cc Natl Lead Co (paint) and red logoSlogan BN2LL 9 perfin: NS/BK?Slogan FW 2 graphic cc Natl Lead Co (paint) and red logoSlogan 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”*ovates:1 blue illus cc Barry, Beale & Co Stationers

Sc2315 Sc207 type: 3c banknote7 5c Lincoln to Ireland8 blue illus cc Suffolk Silk Co10 blue illus cc (star) and back15 ad: Howard W. Spurr Coffee (red rt)

as rec on Newfoundland UPU card16 allover shadow ad: Pettingill&Co Newspaper Advertising Agency

reg ret recpt19 orange fancy cc CocaCola and 2 x Sc28520 Sc280 4c brown Lincoln on cover22 2c pse + Sc302 to Vienna Austria

Spirit of ’76 cachet and Langford backstampOn 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 deliveree29 1c drop rate

fancy cc Carter Rice & Co Paper31 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)

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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 ad45 illus cc Loyal protective Assoc (bldg)

as rect on French pc w/Fr stamp47 as rect on Hungarian gpc w/Hung stamp added49 Sc286 1/1/1900!54 illus cc L.C.Chase & Co (horses’ heads)

reg ret recpt55 Sc29557 fancy cc Carter Rice & Co Paper

5c brown Grant to France then Geneva then Rolleon small envelope for tickets

61 multicolor ad Bower & Bartlett Co (tea tins)*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 Austria23 pink cover w/illus cc: Smith & Thayer (Winchester heater)25 2c red Wash on ppc to France forwarded within France28 4c brn Wash + 1c grn Fran to Paris France29 3c pur Wash + 2c red Wash pse to Venezuela30 2 5c blue Wash on cover Boston to Brooklyn

5c Columbian stationery2c Columbian stationery

31 small graphic cc: New England Telephone (bell) and Schermack35 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 dial40 Q141 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 7/16/1352 1c drop rate, redirected from Boston to “Co. A./Cadet Camp/Hingham, Mass.” and hand-drawn pointing hand54 illus cc H.B.Stevens Co (sheet music)

graphic cc: blue Stone & Forsyth Paper & Twine58 illus cc: R.B.McKim (saw blade)60 aux: Craigville, Mass Doane (3/2)*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

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1c gn Fr pse + 2c red wash stamp13 illus cc: Lamson & Hubbard mfrs of Silk Stiff- Soft and Straw Hats Knights Templar Regalia and Ladies’ Furs (bldg)

Sc28614 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 Bellevueillus 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 ratefancy cc: Raymond Grocery Co TEASaux: boxed “forwarded” prob. From Bristol NH

31 return address overprinted with new addressrecancelled 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 Sc223/25545 buff illus cc: Leavitt, Sanborn & Co Hay (rake and cradle)48 illus cc: Security Mutual Life (bridge)50 1c drop rate53 1c drop rate55 aux: forwarded (Westboro to Conway Mass.)*NDS:11 with 1c Gibraltar stamp14 5c stamp to doctor on USS Montana c/o PM NYC16 green illus cc: American Tube Works (eagle and shield)20 Q2 and illus cc: Noyes Bros Outfitters23 1c drop rate27 on ret reg recpt*Stations:A 1 2c gn Wash pse and Sc221/253 to Constantinople TurkeyA 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 FirmA 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”

Sc286A 11 2c stamp on pc to Finland

2 x 1c stamp w/label redirecting to Geneva, SwitzerlandA 13 1c drop rate

as rec from Ceylon w/6c Ceylon stampA 14 1c drop rateA 17 Q1B ? Sc326 to Liverpool EnglandB 11 4c rate

Fancy cc: The ArenaB 12 5c blue Lincoln to Liverpool EnglandB 13 mourning coverB 14 illus cc: Chester Kent (Vinol box- made with cod livers)

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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, EnglandB 20 2c red Wash on pc to Hamilton, Bermuda

5c blue Linc to Italy w/Italian censor tape and markings B 24 1c drop rateB 25 5c Lincoln to Switzerland forwarded w/pasted label to LondonB 26 auxs: “1616” “L 1620” “4337” “NOT THERE 162”D 2 Sc223/255 to London EnglandE 1 on ad card for Linene Reversible Collar Co.

2c green pse + 3c pur Jackson to Bremen, GermanyE 5 aux: “Missent to Haverhill, Mass.”

4c brn Lincoln + 1c grn Fran to England*Charlestown 1 allover SpAm flag w/Sc286Dorchester 2 mourningDorchester 3 (K) illus cc: Sturtevant Mill Co (mill stones)East Boston 3 odd orientation. Flag along left side ties stampEverett 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 cancelRoxbury Sta 3 Q1Roxbury Sta 6 as rec from Switzerland w/10 Swiss stamp

as rec from Germany w/10c German stampRoxbury Sta 7 UX11Roxbury Sta 8 to foreign destination (unclear)

dial-less: 1c green Fran pseRoxb Xg 2 as recd on ppc to Germany w/”unbekannt” label and “retour” box h/sSouth Boston 4 5c brn Grant to Ireland w/hand “Return to the Writer” and Dungarvan wax seal and circ Dead Letter Office, F.DSouth Boston 5 never a stamp and no dueSouth Boston 6 blue card w/illus cc: Hersey Mfg. Co (pump?) *Essex St ? aux: pur “Address all mail to COMPANY/and REGIMENT” to Camp DevenEssex St 1 illus ad: Rodday & Co (cylindrical object)

2 x 1c stamp on pc to Glasgow Scotlandto 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 HosieryEssex 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” perfinAux: “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 rate2c red Wash to Oxford MA then 2c red Wash + 1c green Fran added and

forwarded to London England 5c blue Wash stamp to Budapest Hungaryaux: “POSTAGE DUE” w/1c J (pc during WWI rate w/1c stamp)

Malden 1 1c drop rateN Postal 1 2c stamp on pc to Riga Russia [Latvia]

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N Postal 2 4c brn Grant (Sc303) + 1c grn Fr (Sc300) to Paris, FranceSc323

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 BulgariaIllus 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 markingW 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 markingW Roxbury 3 1c drop rate

MICHIGANAdrian 1 w/Doane 2/2 from Lambertville, MichiganBattle Creek 1 illus cc Battle Creek Sanatarium (bldg)Battle Creek 2 1c drop rate; ad for Union Steam Pump Co (some color)

1c drop rateBattle Creek 3 1c drop rateBoyne City 1 1c green Wash on ppc w/plate no 10799Cadillac 1 short post cardCenterville Sc720Coldwater 2 Sc370; on foldout view pcColdwater 4 on odd-shaped envelope 3x wide as highDetroit 1 UX13 to GermanyDetroit 3 1c McKinley w/1c grn Fran to England

1c rateGrand Rapids 1 Sc288 to London EnglandGrand Rapids 4 illus cc: Brown & Sehler (bldg)*Jackson 1 green and red ad for Jaxon Wagon

1c blue Fr + 2c red wash + 2c grn Wash pse to HondurasJackson 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 HondurasLeslie 2c pse with Sc705Mackinaw Sc705 on ppc of Fort MackinacManistique Sc627Marquette 1 illus ad: Hotel Marquette (Pere Marquette statue)Marshall draft board penalty envelope w/draft cardMenominee 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 typead cover for Colonial Hotel, multicolor on back, address side on flap

Niles 3 aux: “MISSENT TO/CAMPBELL, N.Y.”

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Owosso 3 fancy cc: red Nabisco logoPort Huron 2 illus cc: Knights of the Modern Maccabees (tent and globe)Quincy Sc739Republic 1c green Fr + ½ c HaleRoscommon 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 Sc680cachet: Durant airport ded w/ 4 x Sc681cachet: Durant airport ded w/Sc711 (6c Wash) + 2c redcachet: Durant airport ded w/Sc713cachet: Durant airport ded w/Sc717 + Sc729 + Sc727cachet: airded no label w/Sc717 and 2 x 3c Wash and “Via Air Mail.” h/scachet: Durant airport ded w/C17, aux: Return to Writer Unclaimed,

Milwaukee, Wis.” And “Cased by No. 10” on backSaginaw 1 Sc286

illus cc: Lufkin Rule Co (factory)Saginaw W Side 1 Sc297

Sc295Saginaw W Side 4 ppc of Saginaw post officeSault St Marie 1 illus cc Hotel Iroquois (hotel, ship, locks)

w/Boston, Ohio doane 3/2Sault St Marie 2 sdel w/E4 type stamp (E2?)

red 2c Wash bisect on pc; aux: “Due 1 Cent.”Sawyer 1 ½ c rateTraverse City 1 from Canada w/1c Canada stampTraverse City 2 Sc372Ypsilanti 3 2c cover to England MINNESOTAArlington ad: red-rimmed Minneapolis JournalBlooming Prairie Sc708Bovey ad: red-rimmed Minneapolis Journal

Sc775 w/ rwb flag cachet to L.E. NiemannBrainerd Sc549Crookston 2 2x1c gn Wash w/2c red wash over them

penalty pc: Dept. Interior, US Land OfficeFairfax ad: red-rimmed Minneapolis JournalFairmont 2 pse 3c revalued to 2cFaribault pse 3c revalued to 2cGaylord Sc737Henning 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 U522Mapleton Sc725McIntosh U526Menahga Sc737

aux: “Postage due 3 cents.” but no duesMinneota 1c pse revalued to 1 ½ c (U515) and 1 ½ c stamp*Minneapolis 4 U293 (letter sheet)Minneapolis 9 aux: hand “Return to Writer” and “Incorrect Address”Richmond selvage and gutter lineRochester 1 aux: red “NOT SIX”Russell Sc803 + Sc804 + Sc805

Sc800Sc800 w/ God Bless America label

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Sc800 w/flag label and crude cachetSc801 w/flag and God Bless America labelsSc801 w/flag label

Saint Cloud 1 aux: “LEFT THE CITY” applied at MinneapolisQ1

Saint Louis Park 1c green Fr + Sc690Sleepy Eye 3 Santa label Springfield 3c pse revalued to 2cWaconia Lake Waconia diamond jubilee cachet on U525+Sc705+Sc717 8/24/32

Lake Waconia cachet on UC2 7/4/32Lake 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 JournalWillmar 2 cc: Willing Worker’s Bands for Sudan w/map of Africa

WX24Fancy 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.”

MISSISSIPPIEdwards Sc774 w/ Mary Bishop flag cachetGulfport 1c pse and 1c gr Fr stampMendenhall 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 mkgMorton 1c green Fran on U525New Albany 3c pse revalued to 2cSummit 2 x 2c gr Fr + Sc728Utica Sc732West Sc774 w/ Mary Bishop flag cachet

MISSOURICarrollton 3 3 x 1c gr FrCarthage 3 on odd-shaped cover: 6 ½” w x 2 ¾” tall (2-5-16 cover)Columbia 1 5c stamp (blue Grant) to Paris FranceEldorado Springs sdel: E12 and aux: “FEE CLAIMED AT/KANSAS CITY, MO.”

Sc732ad: 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 mailJoplin 3 illus cc: Keystone Hotel (hotel)

Treasury Dept, Office of Custodian penalty envelopeKC Sta A 1 on comic leather postcardKC 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)*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

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Neosho leap year 2/29/1916Pleasant Hill airmail w/C11; multicolor cc for Standard Poultry Journal (ovs)Queen City Sc732Saint Charles Sc398St Louis 2-5-9 all on same corr: from 4th Natl Bank StL to Am Natl Bank Ft Smith ArkSt 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 GermanySt Louis Annex 1 color steamship labelWarrensburg 2 stamp pieced together to form wholeWebb 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

MONTANAButte 1 Sc286Cut 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 gpcGreat Falls 2 aux: pur “Missent to Cowgill, Mo.”Lewiston 2 1c gr Wash and 2c red Wash stamps

NEBRASKAAlbion sdel w/E12Callaway Sc774Crofton 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 Sc708Greeley Sc732Hemingford Sc732Herman illus cc: Lincoln National Life Insurance (Lincoln bust)*Humphrey 2-5-36Kearney 6 2-5-12Omaha SY Sta red graphic cc: “Livestock National Bank South Omaha”Peru Sc671 (Nebr ovpt)Red Cloud Sc671 (Nebr ovpt)

Airport ded cachet w/C12Airport ded cachet on UC2

Seward tied seal: “Merry Christmas 1925 Happy New Year 1926 Lutheran Sanitarium Wheat Ridge Colorado” Spalding Sc742Tekamah 1c green Fran stationery w/1c grn Fran Nebr ovp (Sc669)

NEVADABattle Mountain airmail: 3c pse + C19Tonopah 4 R234 tied (10c revenue) on proxy postcard to pay proxy tax

NEW HAMPSHIREConcord 1 on penalty envelope: “CONCORD, N.H./U.S. PENSION AGENCY,/Department of the Interior./OFFICIAL BUSINESS./---/Penalty for private use, $300.”

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cc: United States SenateConcord 5 Ad: Holt Bros Mfg (factory)

birch bark postcard w/1c postage duecc: United States Senate on blue envelope

Dover 1 sdel: E4 typeKeene 1 double postcard aux: pur “Due 1 ct.” and 2nd 1c green Fran applied over flag cancel

1c gn Fr stamp + 1c gn Fr pseLaconia aux: “Returned for Postage”Lisbon SH Sta illus cc: photo of “Old Sugar Maple Place” houseManchester 6 2 x cc: City of Manchester Tax Bill 1908 window envelopesPlymouth Q2 on cover: possibly July 1

sdel: 6 x 2c red Wash stampPortsmouth 1 Sc286Portsmouth 3 sdel w/E6 and circ stamp “Received for Special Delivery/Boston, Mass. P.O.” NEW JERSEYAbsecon sdel w/E12Arlington 1 mourning cover from Switzerland w/Swiss stamp; as recdAtlantic City 1 fancy blue embossed cc: Hotel LurayAtlantic City 2 5c blue Grant to London England w/ Brighton Casino ccAtlantic City 4 fancy blue cc: Marlborough-BlenheimAvon by the Sea Sc627Bernardsville 1 ½ c rate (stamp)Bradley Beach Sc267 plate number single 318

Sc231Branchville Sc740Bridgeton 2 x 2c red Wash horiz coilCamden 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, Germany1 ½ c rate (stamp) and odd cc

Dover 1 as recd on Mexican postcard w/Mexican stampEast Orange 1 no stamp and 2c postage due

U222 (5c Garfield) to London, EnglandEast Orange 2 Sc212 type + Sc231Elizabeth 2 illus cc: Peter Breidt Brewery (logo)Elizabeth 5 color cachet: flag and patriotic sloganHaddonfield Sc615 w/illus cc: William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh (hotel)Hamburg 3x1c green Fran coils to GermanyHawthorne Sc732Keyport 3c pse revalued to 2cJersey City 2 multicolor ad: NJ Car Springs & Rubber Co (red&green) NickLakehurst zep cover w/C14 and various markingsLittle Silver 1 ½ c rate (stamp)Maplewood Sc610*Medford Sc732Metuchen aux: via airmail via dirigible “Los Angeles” to BermudaNetcong Sc737Ocean 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

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Orange 5 Sc372 w/margin printing and partial plate numberPassaic 2 on 5c blue Linc pse to Berlin Germany “per S.S. Deutschland”Paterson 1 mourning cover

Sc288 to Germany w/handwritten “Preisrtsel” (ship?)Penns Grove 1 Sc618

Sc620Plainfield 8c Sherman and 2c red Wash to Buenos Aires, Argentina double weight

as recd on German card w/German stampRahway as recd on Chile card w/Chile stampsRidgefield Park 5c blue Wash on domestic cover (?)Ridgewood mourning coverSomerville 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 Sc737Washington 1 fancy cc: Cornish Co.

NEW MEXICOColumbus purple aux “Soldier’s Mail O.K. [sig] Chaplain 13th Cavalry”

Cc: Army and Navy Dept, Intl Cmte of the YMCADeming WWI-era r/w/b/flag cachet; typed docketing “Nothing herein for publication.” And mss “Dates of allotments dates”

purple h/s circ time recdEast Las Vegas perfin “BIG 4”Tyrone 4c rate, pair 2c from booklet pane

NEW YORKArdsley-on-Hudson 1 ½ cent rate (Harding stamp)Auburn 1 ad: red map of Finger Lakes and on backBath 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 cardElmira 4 Illus cc: Eclipse Bicycle Co (arrow and moon)

fancy cc: FM Howell cigar box labels (script) w/Sc286Sc288 to Belgiumallover 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 labelNAMW cachet w/C23color cc/ad: Golden Gate Bridge: “Be a Guest of the West in ‘39”

w/Sc852Gasport Sc643 on pc*Greene Sc646

Sc647Hammondsport 7/18/30 cachet for NYS Av Cmsn visit w/C11Hornellsville Sc324Jeffersonville Sc792Lacona M Wash reply cardLily Dale Sc732Medina 1 flag crooked, missed stamp, cds used to cancel stampMineola w/rwb flag cachet/cc New Brighton as recd from Venice w/Italian stamp

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New Hyde Park M Wash reply cardNewman Sc708New Rochelle 1 as rec on pc from Italy, no postage, aux: “COLLECT POSTAGE 4 CENTS” w/3c and 1c US dues tiedNew Rochelle 3 5c blue Wash to Germany w/German censor tape and German aux: pur “Geprűft./Zur Beförderung zugelaffen/O.P.D. Speyer.”*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 stationeryNiagara 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 Franceon 2c pc to Belgium w/Cooks/Brussels aux markpc w/o postage

Niagara Bridge St ad cover like hotels: red sweaters on backNiagara Falls Sta auxs: “HELD FOR POSTAGE.” And “This is the MAIL|LETTER|PACKAGE for/which you sent postage” with second illegible flagOgdensburg ad: red Wise King FlourOlean on 2c pc to Yenangyong Upper Burma India w/Indian cdsOyster Bay 1 2c red Wash arrow line to France w/ Fr due mkg

mourning coverPittsford 1c gn Fr stamp and 1c gr Fr pse (U420)

Sc705Pleasantville Sc615Rochester 3 on mourning coverRochester CharSta U522

date as 12 23 with 12 instead of DecRochester EASta red graphic cc: Gleason (cog)

Q2Sacket Harbor Sc627Saratoga Springs 1c gr Wash stamp and 2c red Wash stamp

2 x 5c blue Wash to BrazilSaranac Lake 1c green Wash coilSaugerties 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 Sc702Schen Crane St St 1 ½ c rate (stamp)Schuylerville FDC: Sc644 (8/3/27) (Burgoyne) (has Granville NY flag on back)*Scotia cc: Schenectady Airport, w/ red/blue stripes “use airmail”

Sc774 w/cachet for 277th anniversary of townSidney graphic illus cc: Van Brunt Seeing Machines, Horicon, WI (seeder)

1924 in dial strange, nonstandard, too dark and wrong fontSidney Center Sc903

Sc899 and Sc900Sc898 w/multicolor cachet “Let’s Put our Hands To the Plow Protect

America” w/man, oxen, and plowcachet: “THE U.S. THANK GOD/RIGHT OR WRONG.OUR COUNTRY” w/Sc836same w/Sc901

Spring Valley on QSL ham radio cardStapleton 1 5c blue Lincoln to domestic addressStaten Stapleton registered: 1c gn Wash and 12c brown Fr (Sc417)

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Staten Port Rich 2x2 + 1c to FinlandSyracuse 6 multicolor cc: Great Northern Milling w/Sc286Syr 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 tiedTroy 1 fancy cc: Emigh & LobdellTroy 2 U222 type (5c Garfield) to GermanyTroy 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 WX38Utica 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/Sc295Waterloo 2c red gpc revalued to 1cWatertown 1 dial invertedWatertown 2 5c blue Grant to France forwarded to Rome and Florence; Rome, Florence, and American Express (Paris) markingsWatervliet 1 Doane from Dresden Station NYWatervliet 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 28Yonkers 1 Sc372

NEW YORK CITYMain 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

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#70 UX8#72 blue w/illus cc: Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co (locomotive)*Stations:A 1 5c brn Grant (Sc270) to Munich GermanyA 2 ad: Durkee salad dressing (bottle)D 1 mourning coverD 5 s del w/E4

UPU card to SwedenD 6 allover flag SpAm war patrioticD 9 Sc295E 4 U349E 8 5c brn Grant to Paris FranceF Illus cc: P.C. Lorenz (surgical instruments)

fancy cc: Seiters and Kappes LithographersH 3 green graphic cc: The Windsor (deers head and crest)H 8 ad on blue: T. Shriver Iron FoundryI 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, busyO 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 ConventionP 5 special delivery (E4 type)P 6 5c brn Grant to British Guiana forw to NY to BostonP 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, GermanyU 1 5c blue Gr stamp to Leipzig Germany forw to DresdenU 2 NYC to Cleve w/1c gn Fr on Salvadoran pseW 1 1+2+2 to London EnglandY 1 U377 to Germany

1c green Fran pse to GermanyMad Sq T14 Illus cc: B Cohen & Sons (boot)

fancy cc: National Humane AlliancePenn 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 perfinPenn 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 SaxonySta C pc w/2 x 1c grn Fran to Toronto CanadaSta S Sc297

pc w/2c red Wash to Vienna Austria

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Sta V 2 WX5 tied

Buffalo:B46 Slogan Sc294C14 Hertel Sta 1 purple aux: “DUE 1 CENT” 1925 pc w/1c postageA38 Station A illus ad: Dold hams and perfin

NORTH CAROLINAAsheville 1 illus cc: Dickson-Mason Lumber (clouds)

5c blue Grant to England forwarded (Cook label) to ItalyAsheville 2 plate number 1556Asheville 5 reg ret recptAsheville 6 unusual notation about stampsAyden Sc732Blowing 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!” markingsFayetteville 1 pc has ribbon wrapped attachmentHenderson 2 orange-bordered Order CardJefferson Sc732Kings Mountain cachet: 10/7/30 blue text w/brown soldier and C12*Lexington 1 Sc398Morganton photo cc: Burkemont Hotel

1/2c Nathan Hale + 1c pseReidsville ad: Nine O’Clock Washington Tea (product box)Tabor Sc732Wilson on reg ret recpt

NORTH DAKOTAAshley Sc732Bismarck 2 as recd from England w/2p postage and forwarded w/in NDBowbells ad: red-rimmed Minneapolis Journal

Sc732Edinburg Sc732Fairmount Sc732Fargo 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 overpaidReal photo of Hillsboro, ND

Glen Ullin Sc732Grand 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 domesticLidgerwood Sc718Minot 2 perfin and plate number 5182Minot 4 Leland Hotel & The Parker (hotels)

2c horiz coilNew England ad: red-rimmed Minneapolis JournalPage Sc732Stanley odd size cover: very short compared to lengthWashburn Sc706 (1 1/2c bicen Wash)Wilton Sc732

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OHIOApple Creek Sc731a w/edge printingAshland 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” perfinAshtabula pc in glassine w/add postage aux: “This is the mail for which you sent postage”

Q1Athens 1 Q1

Q1Athens 2 stamp in 5 pieces as postageBellefontaine 1 WX6 tiedBellevue 2 color ad: The Ohio Cultivator

Illus cc: Jacob Neufer, organizer OOO (owls)Bryan 1 Sc370 on Bryan Plow Co 2-color ccCambridge 1 red ad: Metallic Bread Board w/Sc323Canton 3 Ad: Bucher & Gibbs Plows (farmers and plow)

as recd on England w/illus cc and 2 ½p revenue stampCanton 5 red and black ad: Dueber Hampden Watches

Illus cc: The Courtland (bldg)Canton 6 mourning coverCanton 7 label on ppc: Stark Co Centannial&Industrial Expo”*Canton 9 1c stamp with border printingCanton 10 Sc230 + Sc323Canton 11 perfin: BMC (Berger Manufg Co)Canton 13 reg ret recptCardington Sc741Chillicothe 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 stampGraphic cc: Ernest Urchs pianos

Cincinnati 2 ad: Cincinnati Bung-Bush CoCincinnati 3 illus cc: Stndard Printing Ink Co (design)Cincinnati 7 illus cc: Grand Hotel (hotel) more on back

color ad: Snider’s Soup and CatsupCincinnati 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 Germanyad: 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 SwitzerlandCincinnati 17 illus cc: Cincinnati Regalia Co (flag)Cincinnati 19 2c pse + 3c purple Jackson to St Gall Switzerland

#10 Trasury Dept penalty envelopeCinci Sta D as recd from Jerusalem w/revalued German stampCinci Sta E mourning cover

As recd on postcard from Russia w/Russian stamp

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Cinci Sta F ad: orange/blk Buckeye BuggyCinci Sta H 4c brn Grant (Sc303?); US Playing Card Co ccCinci Sta I 1 w/Haynes OH Doane 2/1Cinci Sta N 1 illus cc: Cinci Bung-Bush Co (bung and bush)Cinci Sta N 2 large cc: Hinckley Yellow Pine CincinnatiCinci Sta P no stamp: no sign of postage dueCinci Evanston odd envelope: purple w/repeating design*Circleville War Dept penalty pc: order to appear for examination

War Dept penalty pc (very small): draft classificationCleveland 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.”

Q1Collinwood aux: “UNMAILABLE” because of glitterColumbiana 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 AfricaCoshocton 1 Sc328 and aux: “Missent to Yellowstone Park, Wyo.”

Plate number 2756; Balt RPO handstampDefiance 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 Q1East 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*Fort Recovery 2c red pse + Sc705Georgetown Sc729Gettysburg Sc727Granville PO Dept COD penalty envelope

Sc798Sc784 on 8/4/37 po dedication w/cachet

Hamilton 1 text ad on back: Frechtling Wholesale GroceryHamilton 2 on glassine envelopeHiram Sc690Ironton 1 2c pc to Paris FranceIronton 2 odd-shaped envelope: 7” long x 2 ¾” highLancaster 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 otherLebanon 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.”

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No stamp w/Aux: “Held for Postage.”Malta 1c pse w/ printed “SEC. (562 P.L.&R.)” above indiciaMansfield 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/stampIllus cc: BPOE (elk) and finger aux: “RETURNED/TO/WRITER”

Marietta 2 5c blue Wash to London back to Missouri1c red and 5c blue Washs and 1c gn Fr to Kobe Japan

Massillon 2 5c blue Lincoln to Switzerland5c blue Lincoln to Paris France2c pse + 3c Jackson (Sc302) to Paris France2c pse + 3c Jackson (Sc253) to Paris Franceaux: “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 FranceMillersburg 1 ½ c pse

Color cc: Allies Flags (flags in red/wh/blue)*Newark illus cc: Styron, Beggs & Co (great seal)

No stamp: no sign of postage dueNew Carlisle Sc708Newcomerstown illus cc: Continental Insurance (soldier)New Concord Sc688Norwood Q1

Mourning coverOberlin 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 Q1Saint Bernard aux: “address Correction/Dec 27 1920/[?] Ohio”Salem 3 illus cc: blue LP logoSandusky SloganPV pc with ad for Roy H. Williams as candidate for Common Pleas Judge with biographySandusky Ced Pt purple cachet: Philatelic Exhibition 1933 (2 copies)

Blue cachet w/Sc707 and Sc728Sherwood Sc804 and Sc806 (prexies)Sidney 2 multicolor ad: Monarch Machine Tool Co. (lion)*Steubenville as recd on pc from England w/stamp

Reg ret recptIllus cc: The Imperial (hotel)Auxs: “Returned for Postage” and “Due 1 Cent” for felt flag

on cardTiffin 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 FrWarren 1 as recd on English pc w/London mc and stampWarren 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”

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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 TERRITORYAnadarko w/2c stamp over Dept Int US Indian Service penalty envApache Sc740 + Sc741Checota 1941 dateless w/airmail cachet and C23Hydro 2c pse + Sc705*Nowata 2 2c pse + 1c + mss “3c due” and 3c due stampOklahoma 1 Sc324Oklahoma 2 illus cc: IWW

1909 WX tiedAux: “Address Supplied by Oklahoma PO Directory”

Pawnee aux: pur box “REASON FOR/NON-DELIVERY/CHECKED” with mss check at “UNCLAIMED”Salina Sc736Shawnee 1 on 1c gpc w/SheridanSouth McAlester IT large hand “Returned to Writer” from Kansas CitySpiro 1c M Wash reply cardVinita 1c M Wash reply card

OREGONAlbany 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 selvageGrants Pass 2 5c blue Wash to Switzerland 1917 w/censor markings and tape Gresham Sc704 and Sc706Independence 1 cachet: Oregon 1934 Banner Year w/Sc736

Cachet: Oregon 1934 Banner YearIndependence 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/sNAMW 5/19/38: C23, rwb cachet w/flag, signed by PM and brochureSc807

Lebanon 1 cc: Oregon Rural Letter Carriers’ AssociationMarshfield 2 ad on back for Coos Bay RailroadMcMinnville 1 aux: “Not in City Directory/Searcher No. 3” and SLC handstampNewberg airmail: to Lindbergh w/C10Portland 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, GermanyRoseburg on #10 penalty envelope for “Department of the Interior/United States Indian Service/[typed]Roseburg, Oregon.”

R196 (1c documentary stamp) used to pay war rateSalem 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 TOWRITER”/”UNCLAIMED./Marshalltown, Iowa”

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2c red pse + 3c pur Lincoln (Sc555) to Birsfelden, Switzerland

PENNSYLVANIAAltoona 2 spec del: E8 and red aux:“Fee claimed at office of first/Address. Philadelphia, Pa.”Ashland U522Beaver Falls 1 pc w/2c stamp to “Larnaca, Island of Cyprus” w/Cyp h/sBedford 1 Sc549Bellefonte 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 PABurgettstown B&O perfinBurnham 1 ½ c rate (stamp)Carlisle 2 illus cc: Shearer Bros (tires)Central City Sc708Clairton 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 Sc328Columbia 3 color cc: Keeley Stove Co (shield and red C)

Sc615Connellsville 3 aux: “INCORRECTLY ADDRESSED/RETURN TO WRITER” and “NOT IN 23RD ENGINEERS/NOV 1 – 1918” on cover to AEFCrafton 2 Q1Creighton 1 ½ c rate (stamp)*Dillsburg unofficial first day for Sc707: 1/1/32

Sc732Donora sdel w/E6 typeDownington 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 stampGrampian Sc732Hanover 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 Sc397Hawley Sc807 (prexie)Hazleton 2 x 1c green Fran on pc to Hungary

photo cc: John Spohr, for pres of Firemen’s AssocHuntingdon 2 illus cc: JC Blair Manuf’g Stationers (factory)Lancaster 4 allover orange shadow: Elmira Mechanics SocietyLancaster 7 illus cc: Knights of Malta (meeting w/crosses)Lancaster 9 Q2

Illus cc: Piersol Carpet (bell)Landisville Sc555Lebanon 1 Sheridan PA Doane (2/3)*Loganton NAMW: 5/19/38 orange cachet w/C23Meadville 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 & mkgsMonongahela 3 WX6 tied

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Mount Carmel 2c red Wash stamp and 1c gn Fr pseMount Jewett 6 x 1c gn Fr and 2 x Sc730 (corner pair w/selvage)Mount Oliver to Philippines, forwarded there, 2c pcMuncy 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/Sc729New Albany Sc804 (1c prexie)Newcastle 1 as recd on 1c Canada gpcNewtown Sc651Norristown 3 ad: red “Cook with a Gas Range” with reasonsNorristown 6 SchermackOxford 1 ½ c rate (pse) (U481 type)Phoenixville 1 Sc299 (10c Pan-Am) on RFD registeredPhoenixville 4 odd shaped cover (1 ¾” high x 6 ½” long)Pottsville 1 allover green shadow ad: Schmeltzer Ginger AlePottsville 3 1c gn Wash stamp + 2c red Wash pseReading 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*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 Sc784Spangler Sc775 on Mary Bishop flag cachetState Sc775 on Mary Bishop flag cachetStroudsburg 2 large red/wh/blue flag sticker and aux: “This is the letter for which/you sent postage.”Tamaqua cc: USRA/Philadelphia and Reading RRTitusville as recd on card from Tasmania, 1c Tasmania stamp, aux: “U.S. CHARGE/TO COLLECT/2 CENTS”Tremont Sc732Washington 2 1c McKinley w/1c green Franklin to Berlin, GermanyWayne 1c gn Wash and 2c red Wash stampsWaynesboro 2 Sc328Waynesboro 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/Sc706Valley Forge cachet (1/17/34) on 1 ½ pse

Williamsport 3 Sc295York 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*Pittsburgh:Sta A 1 cc overprinted: T.J. Donahue/Receiver in BankruptcySta D Sc295Arsenal Sta 2 Q1Ewalt Sta 4 Q1Kilbuck Sta 2 w/ South Africa dues, many aux mkgs, well-travelledSquirrel Hill Sta Sc548Uptown 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 GranadaA 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 flagB 3 SpAm allover flag patrioticD 1 Sc373 (imperf) on cover to CanadaG NE 5c blue Grant to Dresden GermanyJ 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 markingO 5 1c pc to Germany w/aux: “PRINTED MATTER”O 6 SC412 (1c grn Wash coil w/line) on envelopeQ NE illegal use of cut squareR shadow ad: Hard-Shell Enameling (turtle)S 7 mourning cover w/Sc286S 8 fancy cc: P.F. Campbell, practical millwright (wheel)S 10 ad: Rech Morbaker wagonmaker (factory) w/Sc370S 11 Sc 397 + 2 x 2c red Wash stmps to Steiermark Austria*Broad St sdel w/E4 typeBroad St 3 sdel w/E6 typeBroad St 4 2 x 1c stamp pc to Holland forwarded to Paris w/aux “A 66” in boxFairhill 1 dialless on 1c circular w/illus ad (fireplace)Fairhill 4 1c blu McKinley gpc + 1c gn Fr to Dresden GermanyFrankford 2 ad: Floor-Olea (factory w/train in foreground)Germantown 1 1c due stampMount Airy Sc368 (Lincoln imperf) top rowN Phil as recd on 1p gpc from England fan letter 1912: asking film star Florence Laurence’s photo and autograph

Sc 370N Phil 1 2c on pc to Shanghai ChinaPaschall Q1Penn 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 Italy5c 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 GasolineReading Term 2 fancy cc: Wolf & Co Advertising SpecialtiesSouthwark 2 fancy cc: A.B. Kirschbaum “The House with the All-Wool Policy”

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W Market illus cc: Modern Vulcanizing (tire)3x2c red Wash (attached and w/selvage) to Germany

West Park 3 Sc398West 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 Sc328West Phil 1 3 bureau printing on selvage

1c ppc to France, aux: “SURTAXED”; 10 centime Fr postage due

RHODE ISLANDNewport 3 5c blue Lincoln to Drags Mark, SwedenPawtucket 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 sidePawtucket 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: 7/31/13Providence 8 sdel w/E4 typeProvidence 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 FranceProv East Side 2 Q1: 8/6/13Prov Elmwood Sta UX16 to Hamburg, GermanyValley Falls red last day cover cachet w/Sc896 (9-30-40)Warren 2c stamp added to business reply envelopeWesterly 2 green fancy cc: The Rhode IslandWoonsocket 2 2 x 1c green Fran on forwarded cover

SOUTH CAROLINABlackville Sc732Charleston 1 5c blue Grant to Luzerne Switzerland

Illus cc: G.W. Williams Banking House (bldg)Columbia on leather postcardConway aux: “Conway, S.C. Gateway to the Horry Strand”Darlington sdel: E6 typeGreenville 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 DAKOTAAberdeen 2 illus cc: The Dakota Farmer (bldg)Bridgewater Sc732Custer 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 mkgMilbank sdel (E6 type)

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5c airmail psead: red-rimmed Minneapolis Journal

Ree Heights ad: red-rimmed Minneapolis JournalSc800

Wagner real photo pc of downtown Wagner

TENNESSEEButler 1c M Wash reply cardChat St Elmo 3c pse revalued to 2cClarksville 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/ C17airport ded: cachet w/3c Wash + 5c Sc734

Dyer 2c red pse + Sc705Knoxville 2-color cc: Hotel Imperial (crest and script name)Memphis Dutro mourning coverMcMinnville ovs red/black ad for McMinnville Mfg CoMilan no postage; on business reply envelope

TEXASAlvord Sc773Archer City 2 Sc649Austin 5 Sc329 (2 examples)

Sc549Bowie 2 aux: “Postage Due 2” w/2c due tiedBrownwood 1 eagle cachet w/Langford backstampBrownwood 2 Spirit of ’76 cachet w/Langford backstampClifton Sc644Clyde 3 x Sc657, red/blue label “VIA/AIR MAIL” *Corsicana 1 Sc210 typeDalhart 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 labelEl Paso 3 color ad: Hotel Sheldon allover color back; flap side is frontEl Paso Slogan ID 2 x 1c green Wash on r/w/b cachet WWI-era coverForney Sc807 (prexie)Ft Worth SY2 flag misse dstamp, hand-cancelledFrankston Gladys Adler teddy bear

red and gold star label: Texas Centennial 1836-1936 longhornGalveston 8 5c blue Wash to Baden, Switzerland w/cc Swiss Consulate, Galveston, Texas*Harlingen 1 as recd on German stampJacksonville 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 Sc732Mesquite Sc551 and Sc728 O’Donnell Sc726 w/rwb diagonal and Stephen Austin Texas centennial labelOmaha Sc790

on bus reply env w/ 2x2c dues tied*Paris 2 graphic cc w/swastika for arts and craft movement (in sheet protector)

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Pharr enclosure: Xmas card from 3rd Tenn Infy, NGUSPort Arthur 5c blue Wash to Aba, FinlandRaymondville Sc645

3 airport ded: 1 w/5c pse, 3 w/C12 (11/7/30) all w/cachetSan Antonio 5 cc: “Officer’s Club, Fort Sam Houston, Texas”Sherman Sc370Slaton 15c airmail w/566Sweetwater red cc: Hubbards Clothing (in diamond)Temple 2 on American Express tagTerrell 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 AssnWeatherford 1 aux: “Returned to Office By Carrier for/Lack of Time to Deliver.”White Deer Sc775 w/Mary Bishop flag cachetWich Falls Monr Sc807 (prexie)

Illus ad for barber shop (shows haircut and manicure)

UTAHOgden 2 on 2c UPU card to St. LouisPayson C19Roosevelt 5c TR stamp (557 type)

VERMONTBellow Falls 1 illus cc: Vermont Farm Machine Co (factory)Bradford Sc643Brattleboro 1 Sc324

2c cut square used for postage on postcardBurlington 2 illus cc: Northern Supply Co (boy w/bread)

Red illus cc: Northern Supply Co (Indian in canoe)Chester Sc732Lyndon Sc736Lyndonville graphic cc: Kreamy Ice Cream and Sc643Middlebury 2 Sc627Montpelier 2 illus cc: VT House of Representatives w/Sc324North Bennington Sc643Plymouth 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 stamp7/4/35: cachet for Coolidge’s 63rd birthday w/ 2 x 1 ½ stamp7/4/35: cachet for Coolidge’s 63rd birthday w/Sc7727/4/37: cachet for Coolidge’s 65th birthday w/1 ½ stampbisect 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 dueslight orange allover ad: Tuttle Company Printers (diff)

South Royalton Sc727 (2 exmaples)

VIRGINIAAbingdon 2 pc from draft board reporting candidate disqualified for service as result of physical examinationAppomattox cachet: 4/9/34 cut of surrender w/Sc732 (2 copies)

Cachet: 4/9/35 flag and bugler w/ ½ c Hale and 1c FrBuena Vista w/WX36 untiedCape Charles 2 Sc627

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Charlottesville 1 5c blue Grant to Constantinople, TurkeyCharlottesville 2 spec del: E6 and purple aux: “Fee claimed at office of first/Address. Philadelphia, Pa.”Danville 3 pc w/ad for YMCA, red logoEast Falls Church 2c red Wash pse + stamp domestic (1935-double rate or overpay?)Fairfax Sc705Front Royal allover back photo of Harpers FerryGreenway 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 SwitzerlandLynchburg 2 graphic cc: Robert Portner Brewing (Tivoli mark)Lynchburg 5 2c red Wash coil on Barker Jennings Hardware ad coverLynchburg 6 QSL radio cardNewport News 3 Sc370Newport News 4 on souvenir postcard booklet of Newport News

no stamp: typed “Soldier’s Mail/Mail Censor/U.S. Army Base”Onley Sc739Petersburg 2 cc: Knights of Columbus War Activities*Richmond Sta A as recd on French pc w/Fr stampVienna 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 DCD13(1) pen env: Smithsonian, Bureau of Am Ethnology

Sc230pen env: Dept Int, Bureau of Pensions

B14(1) penalty: GPO, Office of Supt of DocumentsB14(2) no stamp: on Treasury Dept, Aud for the War Dept penalty c

No stamp: on Dept of Justice penalty card D13(3) Sc232

Sc230B14(3) free frank: US Senate M A HannaB14(blank) ’98 5c blue pse to England forw to Florence

no stamp: on Treas Dept, Aud for P.O.Dept penalty cardB14(blank) ‘98-00 no stamp: PO Dept, 1st Asst PMG, Money Order System penalty NDS13 on Treasury Dept #6 penalty envelopeSta A 1 Sc295Sta B E4 on 2c Grant lettersheet w/3c pur Jack (Sc221 type) to Vienna Austria

1c gpc + Sc230 to Manchester EnglandSta B E14 US Senate: free frank w/stamp because not for official businessSta B S14(1) illus cc: Nine O’Clock Tea box w/2 x Sc285

U239-typeSta B B38 Cc: “COMMITTEE ON TERRITORIES,/UNITED STATES SENATE.”

2+2+1 stamps to New South Wales, AustraliaPc to British Guiana forwarded to Trinidad

Sta B A38 pc to Germany forwSta F pc to PeruSta G 1 Sc294* in dial 3c pse revalued to 2cA14NDS unlisted on Treasury Dept pc

WASHINGTON STATEBurlington 1 ½ c rate (coil stamp)Centralia 1 aux: “Not on RFD No 2, Snohomish, Wash.”

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Deer Park 3c Mt Vernon stationeryEverett 1 1c green Fran pse (Philippines) and 1c green Fran stamp Philippines overprint; domestic but cc changed from PI to Everett WAEverett 2 as recd on pc from Canada w/ stampFerndale C23 on commercial cover

last day: 3/31/40 PM sign w/Sc866Goldendale 6 airport ded w/C11 and various cachetsKennewick aux: “Via Air Mail.” w/C7Mount Vernon multicolor ad: Mount Vernon Evaporated Milk (can)North Yakima 1 pc w/o stamp; 2c due tiedOlympia 2 very small window envelope w/ 3c purple Wash coilPullman 1 OX seal; aux: finger “RETURNED TO WRITER/UNCLAIMED./From Hillyard, Wash” and “MAIL DELAYED FOR WANT/ OF PROPER ADDRESS”Spokane 1 Sc286Spokane 3 PO official business penalty w/stamp over fine warning

Small label printed “Imitation Postage” caught, assessed 4c due, paid w/ 2 x 2c duesSpokane Sta B 1 2 x 1c green Fran on double pc w/real photo inside of Lower Falls at SpokaneTacoma 1 aux: large hand “Returned to Writer, Unclaimed from Tacoma, Wash. Sep. 6, 1898”Tacoma 2 Sc286Tacoma 3 ad: for Tacoma Elk’s Carnival w/Sc295Walla 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 UnclaimedWenatchee 3 multicolor ad: Lindenwood Fruit Farm (red/green apple)

WEST VIRGINIACharleston 2 2c pse + 1c + 2c to Paris FranceClarksburg 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 Sc732Harpers Ferry cachet: J Brown 75th anniv 10/16/34

cachet: J Brown 75th anniv 10/18/34 green w/Lincoln stamp1 ½ c rate stamp

Logan 1c green Fran pse + 1c green Fran stamp w/graphic cc: Moore Combination StoresMorgantown 1 mourning coverSistersville 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)

WISCONSINAppleton 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 recptBeaver Dam 1909 Wis Anti TB Assn stamp (tied)

Cc: Roswell mfg co manufacturer of TIGER drills and seedersBerlin Q1Blue River 1 ½ c rate (stamp)

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Brodhead Sc635Auxs: “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 ccEau 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 tiedGreen Bay Sta A 2 2c pse + 1c + 2c to Antwerp Belgium*Hayward sdel: w/E12 type stamp and 2 x 2c red Wash stampsIola 1c gn Fr + Sc717Janesville 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 HungaryLaCrosse 1 homemade SpAm patriotic: small sunburst sticker w/ rwb Am flag inside, tiedLaCrosse 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 typeMadison 1 2 x Sc288 to London England (to Louise Phelps Kellogg)Madison 2 odd perforated envelopeMadison 3 as recd on German pc w/German stamp

aux: “MISSENT TO STA. E”5c blue Lincoln to Paris Francecc: University Club/Madison, Wisconsin

Mayville seal: Lutheran Sanitarium Wheat Ridge Colo. (untied)Medford seal: “A Bright Christmas” (tied)Menomonie Q2: 8/10/13Milw Sta A 2 Sc281 to Baiern DeutschlandMilw Sta A 3 color cc: Sterling Motor Truck Co

Overpaid: 2c + 1c on 1918 postcardMilw W Allis 2 cachet: “An Old Timer” w/bicycleMonroe 1 2c red Wash pse +1c gn Wash + 2c red Wash to SwitzerlandMuscoda Sc736Oconto 4 x Sc551Oshkosh 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 Q1Plymouth 1922 WX tiedPortage 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 duplexRipon 2 1c M Wash reply cardRipon 3 pc w/WX31 tied and aux: “Delivery delayed on account/of incomplete address.”

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Superior 2 on War Dept penalty pc: draft classificationWashburn Sc732

Sc729Watertown 1912 WX tiedWest De Pere 1 ½ c rate (stamp)Whitewater 1 graphic cc: Century Pen (nibs as sunflower) WYOMINGCheyenne 1c green old Fran on pc to Mexico

1c green Fran plate number [star]5313 Greybull 3c pse revalued to 2cRawlins 1 2 x 2 red Wash and untied 1911 Federation of Wyoming Women’s Clubs Christmas sealSheridan 2 auxs: “Not for Carrier” and multi-line aux that includes “to insure PROMPT delivery” Sundance Sc703

Sc732

EXPOSITIONSUSPS Paris Expo on 10s French gpc

on 10s stamped pcBuffalo Pan Am Sc295 to Germany“ (involute) Sc294

MILITARY STATIONSMontgomery AL SB rwb flag cc (8 copies, varying conditions)Augusta GA HanB aux: “Due __ cts” and 1c postage dueFort Riley KS Knights of Columbus War Activities (graphic cc)Alexandria LA BB rwb flag ccAyer MA DB V14 Sc702Ayer MA FDB A38 Sc725 Fort Harrison MT Sc866 on hand-painted cover (leaves motif)

Sc871last day pony express cachet w/Sc894 7-4-1940red 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 SlocumGreenville SvB 2+2+1 stamps w/”Due 1 Cent.” aux and 1c postage due stampSpartansburg WB rwb flag ccChatt TN FB red and blue cc: YMCA “with the colors”Chatt TN GB sdel: 3c pur Wash + 10c yellow FranChatt 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 STATIONSGrt Lks IL GLRS 3c and C2 (16c) to Ellsworth PANY Pelham Nav Sta Q5 on YMCA cover to France MILITARY POST OFFICESVera Cruz mixed franking: 5c Mexican + 2c red Wash stamps)

on 5c Mexican “tarjeta carta”

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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 markpurple circ censor mark w/cc: 416th Railroad Telegraph Battalion,

S.C.N.A. AEFUSAPO( ) blue circle censor markUSAPO(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” 12/28/34USS Florida first day Sc683 despite Langford

unsevered UY6, flag on both partsairmail w/C12

USS Melville Sc618 w/blue cachet: “U.S. Navy Second to None” Sc732Sc688 on multicolor flag 6/14/1934 Flag Day cachetSc737 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 designUSS Penn at Sea Sc702USS San Francisco Sc732

Photo cachet: 1934 cover; photo is from 1935 so applied laterPony 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 Daypink cachet: 9/28/32 San Francisco Harbor Day w/Sc71811/11/32: 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 outUSS Whitmey Via Air Mail chcet w/ red airplane and Sc713 (8c Wash bicen) Dest Squad No3 bottom half Sc751 (1c NP sheet)

Sc736Sc740 and Sc741

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STREETCAR RPOsBoston 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 UY4Phil & Wphil 5c blue Grant to England forw to GermanyPittsburg B38 graphic cc: Felt & Tarrant Mfg Co ComptometerPittsburgh A38 WX13 not tiedRochester 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 RPOSKansas City TRPO rwb flag cachet with “LONG MAY SHE WAVE”Hoboken NJ TRPO Sc737Jersey City CTRPO 3c Wash over RAILROAD BUSINESS indiciaAlbany NY TRPO Sc705 (2 copies)NYNY TOGCSta Sc649Phil Brd St TRPO UC1

SEAPOSTNo2 San Lorenzo Sc682

Sc6832c red Wash + 3c pur Linc to Salusso, Italy

TERRITORIESNome H14 real ppc: photo of Jerome Hunter in AlaskaNome A14 1c pse + 1c green Fran w/ typed “Fairbanks Airplane Corporation,/AIR MAIL.” Fairbanks backstampHonolulu 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, forwarded5c pse to Berlin, GermanySherman postal reply card

Honolulu A14 2c pc to Punjab India w/ Indian censor markingPago Pago 1 imperf 2c red Wash, aux: hand w/ “RETURNED TO WRITER UNCLAIMED”Pago Pago 2 backstamp on Tonga tin can mailChristiansted 6 x 2c red Wash coil (Sc?) and “Par Avion/By Air Mail” label

airmail w/Sc650Manati PR 2c red Wash + 2 x Sc629 and aux: “Received without contents/G.P.O.N.Y.”San Juan ovate mourning coverManila 2 8c + 2c Phil stamp to Zurich, SwitzerlandManila EL PI244-type (Magellan); passed by censor marking

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