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Posted 08/13/2026   11:17 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add littleriverphil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Good morning, six for today.

Upper Mattole, This office was open for 72 years, opened Dec1 1871 and closed Apr 30 1943. California Town Postmarks 18850 - 1935 records this CDS as Hum-4910 used from Jul 24 1888 to Mar 26 1894. The strike below is 4 years and 11 months earlier! Posted 8/13/2015.



Ukiah & San Fran. RPO, Aug 86, 1895? The date is confusing. We'll check the back.


Here we are, Aug 13th.


Fruitland,



Blocksburg,



Grizzly Bluff, on a RPPC of the Pacidic Lumber Co. mill at Scotia.





and Fishrock,

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I collect most of California's Redwood Empire , Humboldt & Mendocino counties, including the RPOs that ran through them. Any town or city I mention is located in one or the other.
My primary sources are
California Town Postmarks 1850 - 1935 compiled by John H. Williams & the Western Cover Society
Mobil Post Office Society RPO Catalog, MPOS U. S. Route and Station Agent Catalog, and the MPOS RPO Directory and AGT Directory
California Postmaster Compensation compiled by Alan H. Patera
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Posted 08/14/2026   10:57 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add littleriverphil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Good morning, just two today.
In 2015, August was my busiest month, I posted 58 covers and cards. 14 days into August, these two entries bring my August total up to 80 covers or cards already posted.

Mendocino has 3 fancy postmarks, Men-2345 thru Men-2360.
Cataloged as Men-2350, this is Mendocino's 2nd octagon CDS.
Men-2340 has only one-use date listed, May 6 1875* In California Town Postmarks 1850 - 1935 the asterisk indicates an approximate date.
Men-2360 is their Town and County CDS.



Eureka, on a RPPC of Eureka's business section, according to the message. Looks like J. A. Meiser (the photographer) has trouble squaring his photo on the card.



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I collect most of California's Redwood Empire , Humboldt & Mendocino counties, including the RPOs that ran through them. Any town or city I mention is located in one or the other.
My primary sources are
California Town Postmarks 1850 - 1935 compiled by John H. Williams & the Western Cover Society
Mobil Post Office Society RPO Catalog, MPOS U. S. Route and Station Agent Catalog, and the MPOS RPO Directory and AGT Directory
California Postmaster Compensation compiled by Alan H. Patera
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Posted Yesterday   09:41 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add littleriverphil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Good morning, six for today.

Ukiah & San Fran. RPO, with a hand stamped corner card,



Willits,



Mendocino,



Albion,



Branscomb,



and Ferndale, the 55th Humboldt County Fair.

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I collect most of California's Redwood Empire , Humboldt & Mendocino counties, including the RPOs that ran through them. Any town or city I mention is located in one or the other.
My primary sources are
California Town Postmarks 1850 - 1935 compiled by John H. Williams & the Western Cover Society
Mobil Post Office Society RPO Catalog, MPOS U. S. Route and Station Agent Catalog, and the MPOS RPO Directory and AGT Directory
California Postmaster Compensation compiled by Alan H. Patera
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Posted Today  1 Hr 2 Min ago  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add littleriverphil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Good morning, six for today.

Iversen, Reg was posted 8/16/2015, front only but the back shows Santa Cruz SCR-1630 Aug18 1907 which is 2 years and 6 months earlier than the only other recorded use.
In a personal note, this town was named after my grandmother's great uncle.



SCR-1630 is a large Registered Clock, 2c 32 23.5 mm 10L. Although California Town Postmarks 1850 - 1935 only lists Feb 2 1910 as a use date, it is rated a 2 on their rarity scale. Quite ornate, but you'll have to turn your head to see it.



Eureka & Scotia RPO,



Fort Bragg, Having a problem with this file; it was scanned 7/11/21 but I lost scans from 7/1/2019 to 8/29/2019 when I transferred the scanned files to new computer.
It was posted twice on 12/7/2014 and 8/19/2015 but cropped both posts. Here's the crop.



Fortuna, posted 8/19/2015



Longvale,



and Willits.



Edit; changed a t for a n (that to than)
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I collect most of California's Redwood Empire , Humboldt & Mendocino counties, including the RPOs that ran through them. Any town or city I mention is located in one or the other.
My primary sources are
California Town Postmarks 1850 - 1935 compiled by John H. Williams & the Western Cover Society
Mobil Post Office Society RPO Catalog, MPOS U. S. Route and Station Agent Catalog, and the MPOS RPO Directory and AGT Directory
California Postmaster Compensation compiled by Alan H. Patera
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