Cover Calendar For Month And Day -Pics

Shakespeare. Three gold balls: Pawn Shop.

Just got a WW2 FDC album on Memorial Day.

I think that is supposed to be PAWN Office, as Randy mentioned the three gold balls being the symbol of pawn shops everywhere.

Well after yesterday's lovely postmark bonanza, all I have for this date is a clearly struck Little River, Cal doane, Williams # Men 2140 and have to confess that I didn't scan the front. Couldn't tell why.. these scans are in a postmark file.

May, 29th, 2015. 48th Stamp and coins exhibition of the Barcelona water supply company. It shows a lamp-fountain on the Barcelona's old borough of Sant Andreu de Palomar.

GB Free Frank Front with Crown handstruck MY 29 1837. Signed by the 4th Earl of Orkney (Scotland) to Mr J. Blyth Painter in Darlington.

The first of June, and all I can show is two postcards. both from Mendocino county, one is the town of Mendocino and the other is from Melburne, about 11 miles inland along the old main road leading inland, the stage route. Sorry, but the Melburne cancel doesn't have a date, part of a number is all that shows.











corrected spelling

The last postmark is Melburne (not Melbourne), California. I believe the date is included in the CDS although very smeared. I suggest the date is probably June ?, 1904, as the Melburne post office was only in operation from 1901-1918.

Well, let's see what I can misspell today. Two postcards and a cover with today's postmark. One postcard from Humboldt county, and a card and a Wells Fargo cover that has been also stamped with the town's postmark. The postcards are from my postcard postmark file, and unless I found the front interesting, I didn't scan the fronts. My bad. But this thread is about postmarks! Enough rambling, on with the show!









This next item is a bit odd. It is a Wells Fargo franked entire, but has apparently been sent though the mails, as the cover bears a violet Punta Arenas's ornate double ring saw tooth CDS, Williams # Men 3300, and no Wells Fargo hand stamp. This device was in use two years according the Williams book, EKU Feb 2 1882 and LKU Feb 7 1884, This cover was four months later.

This thread is actually about covers but we're flexible!

Thankfully!

Today's postmark is on a postcard mailed from Calpella, just north of Ukiah. This office has been opened (and closed) three times.
Nov 23, 1860 to Jul 16, 1868..5 years, 8 months
Jan 17, 1872 to Feb 6, 1920...48 years
May 10, 1920 to Nov 12, 1971..50 years 6 months

Another postcard postmark, Today it is from Iaqua in Humboldt County, and is proof that anybody can have a bad day. Either this is the earlist postcard ever or the pm inserted the year date slug a bit haphazardly, and either the pm left the PM slug in from the day before or changed it and still didn't notice that the year date was a bit off, unless of course it was posted on Jun 5 1191. Naw, rough night!

Looks like the P and then the 1 and 8 (kind of a 1 ) were struck first and the the rest of the cancel second. Like a double strike somehow.

Bad Post Master, bad.

Well, given the event associated with this date:

Forgot to post a cover yesterday, from Point Arena in 1894 and have a postcard postmarked Melburne 1913 for today's date.