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    APR 9 1890 light Bangor handstamp ties 2-c Washington to #6 cover from R. B Dunning & Company Agricultural Implements to Dover Maine (lightly backstamped). Glue spot affects right edge of stamp, ragged opening at left edge, contents include wonderful illustrated stationery picturing sulky being pulled by 2 horses & text advertising grass seeds, wooden ware, fertilizers, cement, lime & plaster. (Top part of stationery shown.) $6.50 ma

    17 JAN 55 somewhat indistinct FUMISUA Gold Coast hand cancel ties 60d cocoa farmer stamp to small cover to South Bend Indiana, crinkled appearance, envelope glue show-through on back. $1.25 ga!

    30 SEP 55 well-struck Koforidua cancels tie 3-d manganese mine & pair of 6-d cocoa farmer stamps franking #6 cover with Export Priority airmailed to Scotland, neatly addressed, neatly opened. Sold but back still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 ga

    18 11 1970 clear multiple NOUMEA hand cancels tie four 9-fr cattle raising stamps (two in pair) on greeting card size envelope airmailed from New Caledonia to France, small smudge at bottom front center & faint rubber band mark on back affect nothing important. $4.50 na

7 AUG 79 registered #10 cover from Air Headquarters Peshawar Pakistan to to the National Press Building in Washington DC, franked by ten 50-paisa tractor stamps (in 2 blocks) & three 20-p tractor stamps, clearly backstamped on arrival August 15th, neatly opened. $2.75 pa!

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Collection of more than 510 different Alabama postmarks, on 510 postcards, most cancelled in the late 1950's and early 1960's, including many DPO's or offices which have since changed status. (All 510 are listed below.)

The cancellation collector self-addressed postcards with images from all over the world and sent them under cover to the various postmasters to form this collection. He wrote vertically at the left edge of the message side so as to leave maximum room for cancels & auxiliary marks. He almost always used commemoratives, and those stamps which were rectangular were oriented vertically -- permitting the dial portion of the cancel to be easily read. Occasionally he would decorate the postcard with a seal, but not many got tied. While not all postmasters took special pains with their cancels, it is obvious that many did in response to the politeness of the request. (An example letter of request will be provided with the collection, in case you want to add to the collection yourself.) Almost always regular size postcards were used (avoiding the tendency of continentals to get bent). Some postcards got damaged in the mails, but most of them are quite presentable. Truly a labor of love that took hundreds of hours.

We list all cancels below--starting with 146 items of special interest (reasons in parens), then the others in alphabetical order. All population figures quoted in parens are from the 1950 census; we note those towns having 100 or less people throughout the listing. All items are on full size postcards, but illustrations are cropped to quicken viewing.

Price: $250.00 postpaid & insured to a US address.

List of special Alabama cancels:
Our illustrations only show the stamp and cancel
to conserve on bandwidth, but everything is on a full-size postcard mailed at the post office indicated.

Alden (2 different on same card)

Aldrich (DPO)

Annemanie (1956 Christmas seal tied--population 100)

Argo (DPO)

Arkadelphia (before it became a rural branch of Bremen)

Barlow Bend (DPO)

Bashi (DPO)

Battles Wharf (DPO, 2 different on same card)

Belk (1956 TB seal tied)

Belleville (DPO)

Bermuda (DPO)

Bexar (DPO)

Blossburg (DPO, with Postmaster's autograph)

Blue Mountain Branch of Anniston (2 different on same card)

Brownsboro (2 different on same card--population 100)

Burl (DPO--population 100)

Calcis (DPO)

Calhoun (DPO)

Capps (DPO)

Carlton (before it became
a rural branch of Jackson)

Carson (DPO)

Central (2 different on same card)

Centreville (with note about Eoline discontinuation)

Chance (with Postmaster's autograph)

Chase (DPO)

Chastang (DPO)

Chickasaw (inverted dial)

Choctaw (DPO)

Chrysler (DPO)

Clio (with Postmaster's note about their handling of Blue Springs mail)

Cochrane (DPO)

Cooper (DPO, 2 different on same card)

Cottage Grove (DPO)

Cromwell (with 1957 TB seal tied)

Cullomburg (DPO)

Dancy (DPO)

Danville (DPO)

Drewry (DPO)

Duke (DPO)

Easonville (DPO)

Eden Station of Pell City (DPO,
2 different on same card)

Eight Mile (before it became a branch of Mobile)

Elba (with auxiliary marking correctly used)

Eoline (DPO)

Fairfax (DPO)

Fairford (DPO, with Postmistress's autograph)

Finchburg (DPO)

Flat Creek (DPO)

Flat Rock (2 different on same card)

Flatwood (DPO--population 50)

Forkland (with Postmistress's autograph)

Fort McClelland (2 different on same card)

Fyffe (2 different on same card)

Gadsden (2 different on same card)

Gantts Quarry (DPO)

Garland (DPO)

Gastonbury (DPO)

Geiger (DPO)

Gilbertown (2 different on same card)

Gold Hill (DPO)

Gorgas (DPO)

Gregville (DPO--population 50)

Haleburg (DPO--population 93)

Halsell (DPO)

Hardaway (DPO)

Hayneville (2 different
on same card)

Hokes Bluff Rural Station of Gadsden (before it became a rural branch there)

Hollywood (2 different on same card)

Hopewell (DPO--population 95)

Hurricane (DPO)

Jamestown (DPO)

Joe Wheeler Dam (DPO)

Johns (DPO)

Jordan (DPO)

Josephine (DPO--population 75)

Kent (2 different on same card)

Kimbrough (DPO)

Krafton (DPO)

Lamison (with Postmistress's autograph)

Landersville (DPO--
population 45)

Lanett (2 different on same card)

Latham (DPO)

Leeds (with a note how they handle Dunavant mail)

Lester (2 different on same card)

Liberty (DPO)

Livingston (2 different on same card)

Logan (with Postmistress's autograph)

Lovick (DPO, 2 different on same card)

Madison (2 different on same card)

Magnolia (with note that they handle Surginer mail)

Malcom (2 different on same card)

Manila (DPO)

McShan (with Postmistress's autograph)

Millport (2 different on same card)

Milstead (DPO)

Moores Bridge (DPO)

Morgan City Rural Station
of Laceys Spring (DPO)

Mount Sterling (DPO)

Nadawah (DPO--population 42)

Napier Rural Station of Dothan (DPO)

Natchez (DPO)

Oxford (2 different on same card)

Patsburg (DPO)

Peachburg (DPO)

Pell City (2 different on same card)

Perdido Beach (DPO)

Pickensville (DPO with 1957 Easter seal tied)

Pigeon Creek (DPO)

Pollard (DPO)

Pope (DPO)

Portersville (DPO)

Prestwick (DPO)

Prospect (DPO)

Purdue Hill (DPO)

Rabun (DPO--population 50)

Redstone Park Rural Station of Huntsville (DPO)

Riderwood (DPO)

Roanoke (with Postmaster's note about Abana)

Robinwood Rural Station of Birmingham (DPO)

Saco (DPO)

Saint Bernard (DPO)

Saint Clair Springs (DPO)

Sanford (DPO)

Saragossa (DPO)

Sayreton (DPO)

Seabord (DPO--population 56)

Service (DPO)

Shady Grove (DPO)

Shorter (with Postmaster's autograph)

Siluria (before they became a station of Alabaster)

Sims Chapel (DPO)

Stroud (DPO--population 79)

Summit (DPO)

Sweet Water (2 different on same card)

Talladega (2 different on same card)


Tensaw Rural Station of Bay Minette (DPO, 2 different on same card, with autograph & handstamp of clerk-in-charge)

Three Notch (DPO)

Tunnel Springs (DPO)

Waugh (DPO)

Wayne (DPO)

Wheeler (DPO)

White Hall (DPO)

Whitfield (DPO)

Whitney (DPO, with Postmaster's autograph)

Woodville (with Postmaster's note about how they handle Lim Rock mail)

Woodward (DPO)

Our illustrations only show the stamp and cancel
to conserve on bandwidth, but everything is on a full-size postcard mailed at the post office indicated.

The other ALABAMA postmarks in the collection:
(1950 populations 100 or less noted in parens)

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JUL 5 1937 Troy cancels tie 3-c Sherman / Grant / Sheridan stamp added to 3-c Washington #10 postal stationery sent from the Baptist Orphanage to Ohio at airmail rate, opened neatly. $1.50 a

OCT 21 1937 clear Tuscumbia cancel ties 3-c Hawaii statue stamp to #10 cover to Ohio, opened neatly, envelope glue show-through both sides. $0.50 a

MAR 23 1940 Scottsboro cancel ties strip of three 1-c author Longfellow stamps to #10 cover to Ohio, penalty markings of US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Adjustment Administration crossed off by sender, backflap torn. $1.25 aa

APR 8 1940 two Lim Rock (DPO) cancels tie 1-c Horace Mann & 2-c Mark Hopkins stamps to #10 cover to Ohio, penalty markings of US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Adjustment Administration crossed off by sender, small smudge on front, paper bend along one short edge. $4.00 a

JUN 12 1940 clear Lim Rock (DPO) cancel ties 1-c Washington & 2-c Crawford Long stamps to #10 cover to Ohio, penalty markings of US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Adjustment Administration crossed off by sender, lightly toned back, backflap has long tear. $3.50 a

SEP 21 1940 Scottsboro cancel ties 3-c painter Saint Gaudins stamp to #10 cover with penalty markings of the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Adjustment Administration markings crossed off, corner crease & a little wrinkling near the edges. $1.00 a

APR 23 1942 Montgomery cancel on free business cover from Gunter Field to Pennsylvania, 2 small corner creases, small toned area at one edge. $0.75 a

NOV 21 1944 clear Phenix City cancel on free #6 cover from a serviceman to Indiana, lightly toned front. $2.00 a

SEPT 9 TRIP 1 1946 Union Mississippi & Mobile Alabama first trip highway post office cover, bold cancel, neatly addressed to Ohio, envelope glue show-through. $2.50 ham

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OC 15 1961 MOBILE / 250th / ANNIVERSARY slogan cancel on 4-c credo stomp franking #6 cover with 2-color cachet, skillful address label removal. $1.00 a

OCT 25 1974 large & fancy Twentieth Annual / Greater Gulf State Fair (Mobile) cancel ties 10-c Jefferson Memorial coil to #6 cover to Ohio, neatly addressed, never sealed. $1.00 a

MAR 14 1980 clear Mobile circular date stamp ties 15-c flag to cacheted cover commemorating the Spanish capture of Mobile in 1780, Fleetwood Bicentennial series. $1.00 ab

NOV 12 1991 clear Sterrett handstamp of business reply card to Webster City Iowa under first class permit no. 156. $0.50 a

    1993 mostly clear GMF BAY COL... cancel ties Official 4-c stamp added to 25-c official mail #10 cover to Columbus Ohio from Defense Contract Management District South at Ozark, opened neatly, address labels taped by sender, fresh appearance. $5.00 au

NOV 18 1994 Mailer's Postmark Permit #1 Jacksonville cancel ties 29-c music star Elvis stamp to #10 cover to Ohio, neatly opened. $1.00 am

circa 1994 partly indistinct Mailer's Postmark Permit #1 Jacksonville cancel ties 20-c Christopher Columbus voyage stamp to #10 cover to Ohio, neatly opened, corner crease. $0.50 a

JAN 31 1995 four clear Killen hand cancels in red tie 2-c Mary Lyon & three 10-c Red Cloud stamps to #10 cover with fancy corner card from Blackburn & Blackburn Ltd., neatly opened & attractive. $1.00 a

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    1.3.1995 FDC for sailing ships issue in block of four different 2.30 stamps, multicolor cachet, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $5.00 as

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