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Posted 01/29/2026   06:20 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rainrainbow to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
January 29

FAAA-CENTRE
*
29-1
1999
ILE-DE-TAHITI





StampWorld.com # 724
1996 Stamp Day - The 40th Anniversary of the Death of Henri Lemasso, Photographer and Stamp Designer
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Posted 01/29/2026   10:24 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add littleriverphil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Three for today.

Fort Bragg,



Falk,



and Melburne.

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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 01/30/2026   07:40 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rainrainbow to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
January 30
French Oceania to Paris, France
ATUONA
*
30 -1
1958
ILE HIVA OA




SWC number 236. 1955 13-franc airmail - Mt.Pahia, Bora-Bora
Today this island is part of the postal administration of French Polynesia.
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Posted 01/30/2026   11:06 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add littleriverphil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Good morning. Seven postmarks for today, one is not recorded in Williams' California Town Postmarks 1850 - 1935.

Below are the nine Willits postmarks pictured in the Williams book.



This Willits fancy double circle, seriefed letters postmarks was not recorded.
Its measurements are 2C 28 26.5 9L.
The usage dates of Men-4090 (Feb 12 1878 -Feb 18 1889) and Men-4100 (Apr 16 1883 - Jun 5 1884) suggest Men-4095 as the Williams number for this postmark.

Willits,



Mendicino, in-coming



Fort Bragg,



Willits,



Eureka & Scotia RPO,



Fort Bragg,



and Branscomb.



Edit to add usage dates.
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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
Edited by littleriverphil - 01/30/2026 11:13 am
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Posted 01/31/2026   10:26 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add littleriverphil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Only three postmarks today.

Eureka,



Eureka,



and Willits.

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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 01/31/2026   9:47 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rainrainbow to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
February 1
Honolulu to Kentville, Nova Scotia 1866




USA SW.C #39 1869 Baldwin Locomotive 4-4-0 - Grill about 9˝ x 9mm 3-cent
Hawaii SW.C #18 1866 King Kamehameha V, 1830-1872 5-cent
Hawaii SW.C #13 1864 King Kamehameha IV, 1834-1863 2-cent bisected

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Posted 02/01/2026   10:42 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add littleriverphil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Three today.

Fishrock,



Ukiah,



and Mendocino.

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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 02/03/2026   04:54 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rainrainbow to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
February 3

Morne Rouge, Martinique to Montserrat (via/MISSENT) St. Lucia.

972 MORNE ROUGE
18 H
3-2
1975
MARTINIQUE





FRANCE 1974 Marianne. New Value: 80-centimes (SW.C) #1882. I have seen numerous covers going to Montserrat from various islands that were missent or directed to St. Lucia. The map below shows the two-step route.

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Posted 02/04/2026   10:41 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add littleriverphil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
After two days of nothing to post, I have five for today,

The second of my 3 Clov. & San Fran. AGT, the first was posted Jan 18th, here;

https://goscf.com/t/11887&whichpage=147#845176



Dyerville



Redwine,



Little River's doane cancel



and Weott.

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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 02/05/2026   07:00 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rainrainbow to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
February 5

Fort de France, Martinique to Syracuse N.Y., U.S.A.

FORT-DE-FRANCE
12 *
5 2
1949
MARTINIQUE





This combination cover contains France # 793 (Six-franc Marianne issued in 1947) and two Martinique Airmails # 237 (five-franc) and (twenty-five-franc) both showing WWII victories. The catalogue number are from the online stamp catalogue, StampWorld.com.
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Posted 02/05/2026   07:26 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rainrainbow to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Later the same day - February 5

1904 Registered letter from Auckland NZ to Bogota, Colombia, via NYC.

AUCKLAND N.Z.
5 FE
04
REGISTERED





The stamp numbers provided here are from the StampWorld.com online catalogue. The one-penny and a half stamp commemorating the participation in the Boer War, was issue in 1900 and it pays the postage to Colombia (#99).
The four-penny 1902 pictorial showing Lake Taupo & Mount Ruapehu (110) pays the registration fee.
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Posted 02/06/2026   01:41 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rainrainbow to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
February 6

1844 stampless cover from Manila to Rio Janeiro





The cover appears to be dispatched FE 06 when the fee was PAID; it also appears to have been returned to Manila in October 1844.
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Posted 02/06/2026   10:44 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add littleriverphil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Three this morning,

Ukiah & San Fran. RPO,



Mendocino,



and Covelo.
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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 02/06/2026   11:04 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stallzer to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Old Stamp dealer


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Posted 02/07/2026   07:15 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rainrainbow to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
February 7

Registered cover using Leeward Islands stamps - Tortola, Virgin Islands to Liverpool

TORTOLA
FE 7
03




LEEWARD ISLANDS #17-19, first issued in 1902 were overprinted on Leeward Islands #4-6. All numbers from StampWorld.com online catalogue.
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