Cover Calendar For Month And Day -Pics

August 24


1951 - On a TPO travelling from Bergerac to Bordeaux to Oxford, England.





1898 - Domestic Post Card probably entering the mails at Bridgetown along the Halifax & Yarmouth MC with a destination of Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia.

Good morning, one from yesterday and five for today.

Glenblair, as hard as this RPPC was to find (and apparently still is) I am surprised I missed it! I have a bad history with postcards from this town. Won my first one in a Randy Stehle La Posta auction around Dec of 1999, put it my pigeon-holed shelf and have never seen it again!





Today we have Ukiah,



Willits & San Fran. RPO,



Willits, on a RPPC of the Ir(win)Mu(ir)l(umber)co Irmulco mill





Willits,



anf Ferndale's centennial.

August 25

1949 - Maseru, Basutoland to Chicago 47, Ill., USA



1899 - Labuan to London, England



1924 - Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands to Manchester, England


Registered letter using postage stamps and postal stationery.



1944 - Mogadiscio, under British Occupation to USA


In 1944, the British Military was occupying the former colony of Italian Somaliand. Today, Mogadiscio is part of Somallia.
A registered letter sent to Macon, Georgia and redirected to Elizabeth, NJ.

King George VI definitive stamps from Great Britain were overprinted with "E.A.F." for use by military postal services. The overprint stood for East Africa Forces.The overprints were first issued on January 15, 1943. They were primarily used in Italian Somalia (Somalia) and surrounding areas under the administration of the British East Africa military forces.

Good morning, two today.

Willits,



and Indianola, opened Aug 29 1900 and closed Aug 31 1915. This is the only Indianola postmark I have!

Thank you Randy!