"Government Buildings - Bloemfontain / Published by Sallo Epstein & Co., Durban" black & white with dark red caption on undivided back with yellowish paper, mailed there 1904 to Ladysmith Natal (1/2-d stamp tied by light cancel, bold arrival marking 2 days later), small spots of toning along top front edge, small scrapes in caption area, trace of cancel ink on front , a few tiny spots of light toning on the back. $7.00 o-o

    "Grey College / Bloemfontein O. R. C." color on undivided back, mailed there 23 DEC 08 (clear cancel ties 1/2-d King stamp) to Ladysmith Natal, 2 ink smear on back, lightly toned front, mild corner wear. $6.50 oc-o%

    "Dutch Reformed Church, Bethlehem, O. R. C. / Published by A. E. Lawson, Bethlehem" color on yellowish paper, mailed there 1907 (2 light cancels, one ties 1/2-d king stamp) to Ladysmith Natal, small ink smear on back, trace of cancel ink on front . $7.00 o-o NEW / NİR / NOU

    "Bloemfontein O. R. C.  General Post Office" color on undivided back with slight browning of the paper with age, mailed there 21 DEC 09 (gorgeous almost complete cancel on 1/2-d king stamp) to Lardysmith Natal, small corner crease, faint cancel ink on front, noticeable wear at one front corner, lightly toned front, lightly toned back, 2 ink smear on back in address. Publisher information is obscured on the back by a printed stripe. $6.25 op-o

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    27.8.69 FDC for complete Papua New Guinea 4-stamp orchids issue, cacheted & unaddressed, tiny corner bends, including the informative official multicolor 6-panel announcement of the issue. $3.75 po

6 JUN 1970 BELIZE CITY slogan cancel WE UNITE TO BUILD A NATION ties 22-c British Honduras orchids of Belize stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, nearly opened. $2.50 ob*

    1970 AIRMAIL cover, Johore Bahru to Colorado, 20-cent, 10-cent, two 2-cent, and 1-cent orchid stamps from same issue, paper bent at top. $2.00 jo*%

17 7 1975 BUJUMBURA cancel ties Burundi 15-f airmail red orchid stamp to #11 cover to Michigan, neatly opened, small corner creases away from stamp. $2.00 ob*%

circa 1975 indistinct BUJUMBURA cancel ties two 27-f airmail orchid stamps to #11 cover to Michigan, 2 paper bends away from stamps. $2.00 ob*%

circa 1975 indistinct GEORGETOWN cancels on Guyana 2-c & 3-c & pair of 15-c orchid stamps franking cover to Ohio. Attractive from front, a little wrinkling on the back due to sealing. $1.75 og**%

1.12.83 BANGKOK cancel on Thailand 3-baht orchid & 10-baht king stamps franking #10 airmail cover to Ohio, neatly opened, faint corner crease away from stamps. $1.25 ot*

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    JY 29 83 bold BAKING POT cancel ties Belize 50-c Encyclea cochleatum (black orchid) stamp franking #9 commercial cover from Central Farm Cayo District to Illinois, some wrinkling & minor toning at edge furthest from stamp, long paper bend affects stamp, envelope glue show-through on 2 short edges. Stamp unpriced new or used in 1995 Scott. $10.00 obf**

MAR 5 1984 Miami Florida FDC for US 20-c yellow lady's slipper orchid stamp, on unaddressed #6 cover with black & white line drawing cachet. $1.00 Same, but 20-c wild pink orchid stamp. $1.00 Same, but 20-c Pacific calypso orchid stamp. $1.00 Same, but spreading pogonia stamp. $1.00 All four discounted to $3.50 ou*%

20.8.84 CAAPSTAD / CAPE TOWN cancels on Tenth World Orchid Congress stamp & two others franking #10 cover to Ohio, forwarded there, backflap torn in opening. $1.25 os*%

30.9.93 DANGRICA (small town) cancel ties Belize 60-c orchid stamp to #6 cover to Illinois, neatly opened. $2.50 ob*

      29 February 1996 Greenland orchids issue: 4,25 "Isigammaasaaraq  Corallorhiza trifida / Koralrod" (shown right) & 7,50 "Asiarpak  Platanthera hyperborea / Grønlandsk gøgelilje" (at left). Pair of maximum cards: $7.75 go-go NEW / NİR / NOU

Uncertain date JALAN SULTAN PTG. JAYA cancels on two Selangor Malaysia 10-c orchid & block of four 50-c Malaysia animal stamps franking commercial #10 airmail cover to Ohio, opened neatly. $2.50 om*

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    1914 - 1954, TWIN ROCKS (TILLAMOOK COUNTY). "POST OFFICE STORE - TWIN ROCKS, OREGON" discontinued post office with groceries & candy & tobacco being sold in the same building, unused Ekc real photo with good focus & contrast, fresh appearance. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 op-o

    December 1927-January 1928 FORWARDED by hand at Killdeer North Dakota to Eugene Oregon, which in turn applied its auxiliary mark RETURN TO WRITER twice to front of #6 cover from West Union Iowa, franked by 2-c Saratoga commemorative, backstamps at Killdeer & Eugene. Nice. $10.00

JAN 6 1945 Portland Army Air Base Red Cross $10 cover to Michigan with 3-c win the war tied by clear Portland 3 Oregon cancel. $2.00

    "W7HGJ" QSL postcard mailed there 22 APR 1963 by operator William L. Mason, Portland machine cancelled 3 times in 3 different parts of the card--lower front & lower back at 4:30 pm, finally hitting the stamp at 6:00 pm! $2.50 o-o NEW / NİR / NOU

"W7SR" Portland QSL postcard mailed APR 14 1972 (went through unstamped, giving clear STRIKE BACK AT CANCER slogan cancel at USPS 970), trace of cancel ink on front, tiny bend at one corner. $1.25 o-o

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OREGON DPO CANCEL SCANS FROM POSTCARDS
To facilitate philatelic research & scholarly study,
we offer the following scans in .jpg format at full size.
Price is $1.50 per scan. Populations are from the 1950 census.

    Brownsmead SEP 18 1958 (DPO)

Cherry Grove JAN 27 1958 (DPO)

    Nashville FEB 5 1959 (DPO--population 25)

    Paquina FEB 17 1958 (DPO)

Wilderville (before it became a rural branch of Grants Pass)

Winchester Bay, 1957 (DPO)

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Bold USS TUETTT (DE-1095) JUL 10 1974 ties 10-c Gainsborough letter-writing stamp franking #6 envelope to OH, violet ship's double-ring NYC cancel also stuck boldly on front, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.25 np

-9-10 74 complete set of two FDC's for Burundi International Letter Writing Week, 6 stamps & one souvenir sheet all with various paintings--Rembrandt, David, Holbein, etc.--unaddressed, uncacheted. $5.50 bp

28-4 75 Finland FDC for its 2-stamp Europa / CEPT issue depicting Finnish paintings, neatly addressed & airmailed to the US. $3.00 efp

-8 -8 77 Swaziland FDC for 3-stamp rock paintings issue, cacheted & unaddressed. $1.50 sp%

JAN 20 1979 clear Honolulu cancel on US 13-c eagle with shield & 13-c Capt. James Cook ship stamp franking unaddressed cover cacheted with Norman Rockwell's "Master of the Seas". $1.25 cp

OCT 31 1979 Holywood California cancel on 13-c US Eagle & 3-c motion pictures stamp franking cacheted cover bearing Normal Rockwell's painting "Faraway Places" (boy by dog peers into stereo viewer), marking the 35th anniversary of the stamp issued there, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $1.25 cp

16.12.1980 two cacheted Jugoslavia FDC bearing complete set of five painting stamps, airmailed to US, nearly addressed, numerous small US markings on the back, one bearing an additional 4,90 stamp on the back to make up the rate. Very attractive. $2.75 jp

25 JAN 1981 Carriacou Grenada first day cancel on Grenada Grenadines $3.00 stamp bearing Washington's portrait by Stuart, multicolor cachet depicting Stuart painting that portrait, from the International Council of Museums, unaddressed. $1.25 wpg

29.12.1981 two cacheted Jugoslavia FDC bearing complete set of 5 painting stamps, airmailed to US, stiffeners used. $2.25 jp

28 NO 82 airmail greeting card cover from Khaledeyah Kuwait (very small) to Worthington Ohio, franked by 80-fils children's painting stamp tied by clear cancel, backflap wrinkling on closing. $5.00 kp

3 DE 82 Roseau GPO cancel ties two 90-c Raphael Holy Family painting stamps to #6 registered cover to Illinois, neatly opened, five backstamps all legible, lightly toned front. Christmas topical. $2.75 dcp%

"BARBADOS, WEST INDIES / Bridgetown, Careenage (Old Docks)" including a donkey cart passing by some sailing ships, chrome mailed by Jean Plummer from Venezuela (light cancel on 0.60 La Taberna painting stamp) to Florida. $1.75 b-p

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    "A woman polishing her brass by rubbing sand on" caption from interesting message on back, showing a seated woman whose face is well covered, real photo mailed 8 June 1953 from Karachi to Indiana (clear POST EARLY slogan cancel ties 2-a & 6-a stamps). Minor corner & edge wear, 2 tiny spots in front border. Exceptionally interesting both sides. $6.00 p-p%

25 DEC 54 first day cover for the 2-as stamp issued for the conquest of K2 (Annapurna) peak, unaddressed, purple & green cachet. $0.75 pm%

14 AUG 56 first day cover for the stamp commemorating the 9th anniversary of Pakistani independence, unaddressed, dark blue cachet, brownish ribbed paper. $0.50 p%

10-12-58 Metro first day cover for the 1-1/2-as & 14-as stamps issued for the 10th anniversary of the Human Rights Declaration, blue red & gray cachet, unaddressed, very light toning both sides. $1.25 p%

17-5-65 official first day cover for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU / UIT) 15-paisa stamp, #6 size envelope with information about the stamp printed in blue on the back, unaddressed. $1.50 pc%

15-5-69 official first day cover for the 15-paisa & 50-paisa stamps honoring the 50th anniversary of the ILO, unaddressed, blue & black cachet. $0.75 pl%

"Village barber and customer, tribal area of / the Northwest Frontier of Pakistan between / Peshawar and Kohat." chrome from Prince Lithographic Company, mailed Mar 23 1966 (with fairly clear APO cancel on 8-c US plane by dome stamp) to New York. APO number will yield to magnification. $5.00 pb-a

18-4-73 official first day cover for the 1.25-rs stamp publicizing Pakistani prisoners of war in Indian camps, unaddressed, dark red & black cachet. $1.25 p%

10-1-76 official first day cover for the 15-paisa stamp marking the fight to eradicate of TB (tuberculosis), unaddressed, dark red & olive cachet. $0.50 pm%

    22 JUN 1978. Two 2 Dh & two 15 fils stamps frank registered #10 cover from Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 12 to Washington DC., sealed with a tied label from the Embassy of Pakistan commemorating the Iqbal centenary, 2 clear backstamps. $7.50 (upa)*

7 AUG 79 registered #10 cover from Air Headquarters Peshawar 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 NEW / NİR / NOU

26 FEB 83 registered letter stationery with Rs-2 indicia (70-Paisa stationery charges) & strip of three Rs-2 mosque stamps (one damaged by bends) from Bannu post office to Worthington Ohio, where it arrived MAR 7 1983 (clear backstamp), corner tear on opening most noticeable from back. As is. $1.25 p NEW / NİR / NOU

10 MAY 83 registered #10 airmail cover from Amer Sidhu Lhr. to Ohio, franked by Rs-5 mosque & Rs-3 Hijra & 50-p butterfly & 10-p tractor stamps, neatly opened. $3.75 p%

02.03.87 Worthington Ohio forwarding labels (to Dublin Ohio) on official O.P.S.S. (On Pakistan State Service) envelope despatched in Islamabad & franked by pair of Rs-3 mosque stamps, various small US routing marks on back, neatly opened. (2 available) $1.50 each. po%

Interesting group of four registered #10 covers in the 1987 - 1992 time period all bearing Experimental Post Office markings, to 3 different US recipients (2 colleges, 1 professional association). All neatly opened, all using stamps only for franking. $20.00 p& NEW / NİR / NOU

1990 Rs-5 letter sheet commemorating the golden jubilee of the Pakistan Resolution, used from Satellite Town Rawalpindi (light cancel) to Connecticut, neatly opened. Lengthy quote & portrait of Quaid-i-Azam on front, back with 3 scenes in color portraying historic moments in the passage of the resolution. $2.50 p& NEW / NİR / NOU

-9.2.92 registered #10 airmail cover from Lahore Cantt GPO to ,New Haven Connecticut, ranked by 7.00-rupees meter & pair of Rs-3 leader stamps, neatly addressed, neatly opened, on University admissions business. $2.25 pe%

31 OCT 93 #10 cover from Gulpur to Los Angeles California franked by Rs-10 stamp & strip of 3 Rs-2 leader stamps, on immigration business, a little wrinkling along one short edge affects nothing philatelic. $1.00 p%

18 JAN 94 registered #10 cover from Dinga Mandi Bahauddin to Los Angeles on immigration business, franked by pair Rs-10 surgical instruments (tiny corner gone on one) & Rs-4 leader & pair 50-p Hyderabad Fort stamps lightly cancelled, no arrival markings so possibly not treated as registered within the US. Return address is Village Punjan Shahana, P.O. Amran Klan, Tehsil Kharian. $2.75 p%

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