Cover Calendar For Month And Day -Pics

Good morning, five for today.

Iaqua, posted 6/19/2015



Willits,



Eureka,



Mendocino,



and Ukiah

June 20

1901 - Belize, British Honduras to London, England

A registered letter with two directives: "Via New Orleans" then "Via New York".

The address is High Road / Milburn / London NW.




The stamps on the letter were issued (2-cents postage & postage) in 1891 and (5-cents postage & revenue) in 1899. They are respectively numbers 32 & 44 in the Stamp World online catalogue.

and

1922 - Georgetown, Grand Cayman to Matanzas, Cuba



Postage was paid using a postal stationery envelope with a 2½ penny floral indicium.
I checked out Hugo Ziegler in google only to find one reference in a 1923 Cuban philatelic pamphlet stating that he was a subscriber.
I also wondered about the route the letter may have taken getting to its destination. Pure speculation on my part but below the map shows a guess.




1. Georgetown, Cayman Islands to Kingston, Jamaica by sea
2. Kingston. Jamaica to Havana, Cuba by sea
3. Havana to Matanzas overland.

I will watch for a registered letter from that period to see what the routing really was back then.

and finally


1959 - St. Pierre & Miquelon to Toronto, Canada



Hotel Robert answers a client's inquiry as the tourist season warms up. The hotel built in the 1920's famously had Al Capone as a guest. The hotel still exists today.

The 20-franc stamp was issued in 1947. (SW.C # 366)
The pair of 3-franc stamps issued in 1955 shows a refrigeration plant. (SW.C #377)

Good morning, two today.

Upper Matole, although this office was opened Dec 1, 1871 and closed 72 years later on Apr 30, 1943, it was never a really busy office. Patera's Postmaster Compensation only lists reports up until 1911 when the office reported it's highest earnings of $140.00. Compensation reports were filed in "odd" numbered years, so 1883 was $50.29 and 1885 was $56.68
This is Upper Matole's 3rd (of 9) postmark, their 2nd "fancy"(double ring, serifed lettering) postmark. California Town Postmarks 1850 - 1935 records it's usage from Jul 24, 1888 to Mar 26, 1894. Coming up in Aug, I'll show an 1883 strike of this postmark.



Willits & San Fran. RPO,