To form this collection, the cancellation collector self-addressed postcards with images from all over the world and sent them under cover to the various postmasters to be mailed. 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. He wrote vertically at the left edge of the message side so as to leave maximum room for cancels & auxiliary marks. 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 larger 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 them all--starting with 75 items of special interest (reasons in parens), then the others in alphabetical order. All cancels in this collection are on full-size (3.5" x 5.5" or a very few 4" x 6") postcards that have been mailed. Our illustrations show just the cancel and stamp to conserve memory & quicken downloads; all are on full size postcards. All population figures quoted in parens are from the 1950 census; we note those that are 100 or less throughout the listing.

PRICE: $162.50 postpaid & insured to a US address. Quotes to non-US locations on request.

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.

List of special SOUTH CAROLINA cancels:

Adamsburg (DPO, shown)

Allendale
(2 different on same card)

Alvin (2 different on same card,
tied 1957 Christmas seal)

Angelus (DPO--population 50)

Appleton (DPO)

Arlington Rural Station of Greer (before it became a rural branch there)

Ashepoo (DPO)

Baldwin Rural Station of Chester (DPO)

Beach Rural Station of Hilton Head Island (DPO)

Beech Island (before it became a rural branch of North Augusta)

Blaney (DPO)

Boykin (DPO--population 13, shown)

Brunson (DPO)

Carolina Mills Rural Station of Dillon (2 different on same card, tied 1965 Christmas seal)

Chappells (2 different on same card)

Charleston Heights (tied 1966 Christmas seal)

Cherry Grove Beach (before it became a branch of North Myrtle Beach)

Conestee (DPO)

Cowpens (2 different on same card)

Crescent Beach (before it became a station of North Myrtle Beach)

Crocketville (before it became a rural branch of Hampton)

Dacusville (DPO--population 95)

Dovesville (before it became a rural branch of Darlington)

Due West (2 different on same card)

Effingham (2 different on same card)

Elloree (2 different on same card)

Fairfax (2 different on same card)

Fairmont (DPO)

Filbert (DPO, 2 different on same card, tied 1952 Christmas seal)

Foreston (DPO)

Fork (2 different on same card, tied 1956 TB seal)

Garden City Beach Rural Station of Myrtle Beach (before it became a rural branch of Murrells Inlet)

Govan (DPO)

Hagood (DPO--population 4)

Hemlock Rural Station of Chester (DPO)

Hickory Grove (2 different on same card)

Hilda Rural Station of Barnwell (before it became a rural branch there)

Homeland Park Station of Anderson (DPO)

Jenkinsville (2 different on same card)

Kelton (DPO--population 90)

Kershaw (2 different on same card, tied 1962 Boys Town seal)

Kline Rural Station of Barnwell (before it became a rural branch there)

Lanford (DPO, shown)

Lykesland (DPO)

Lynchburg (with
Postmaster's autographed note about Atkins mail)

Marietta (with Postmaster's autograph & handstamp)

Marine Corps Air Station Branch of Beaufort (2 different on same card)

Millett (DPO)

Monticello (before it became a rural branch of Jenkinsville--population 100)

Mount Pleasant (2 different on same card)

Newberry (2 different on same card)

Nimmons (DPO)

Ocean Drive Beach (DPO, with note on how they handle Wampee mail)

Orr Station of Anderson (DPO)

Owings (DPO)

Pacolet Mills (2 different on same card)

Peedee (tied 1957 Easter seal)

Pineland (2 different on same card)

Plantersville (before it became a rural branch of Georgetown)

Princeton (before it became a rural branch of Hones Path)

Rawley's Island (DPO)

Salley (2 different on same card)

Scotia (before it became a rural branch of Estill)

Shelton (DPO--population 50)

Swansea (2 different on same card)

Switzerland (DPO, 2 different on same card--population 74)

Tamassee (2 different on same card)

Toxaway Station of Anderson (DPO)

Ulmers (with autographed note from Postmistress)

Wesleyan Rural Station of Central (DPO)

White Hall (DPO)

White Pond (DPO)

Whitney (DPO, shown)

Windy Hill Beach (DPO)

Woodford (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.

Other SOUTH CAROLINA postmarks in the collection:
(1950 populations 100 or less noted in parens)

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 almost always used commemoratives, and those stamps which were rectangular were oriented vertically -- permitting the dial portion of the cancel to be easily read. He wrote vertically at the left edge of the message side so as to leave maximum room for cancels & auxiliary marks. 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 larger 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 them all--noting a few (but not all) of the items of special interest (reasons in parens). All population figures quoted in parens are from the 1950 census; we note those that are 100 or less throughout the listing.

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.

List of South Dakota cancels included:
(each cell in the table represents a post card)

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

Price for the collection:
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Quotes to non-US locations on request.

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    "Yankton Mar. 25 -05" postcard with caption from writing on front, sepia-tone RP, mailed there, non-transferable Cooperative Association premium label attached (denominated 10), toned back from album contact. $10.00 s-s

    "TAXCO GRO.  INT. HOTEL TAXQUEÑO 619" sepia-tone real photo postcard with good depth-of-field & contrast, mailed MAR 7 1970 from Oacoma South Dakota (2 different cancels there), slight oxidation, a little curl to the paper, trivial corner & edge wear. $3.00 m(g)-s NEW / NOUVEAU / NEU

Wanted to buy--postcards used in Ottumwa (Haakon County). Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

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SOUTH-WEST AFRICAN COVERS

12 5 37 first day cover for the 4 high-value se-tenant pairs of the coronation issue on registered #6 cover airmailed from Windhoek to Quebec Canada, neatly addressed, 4 backstamps (3 different). $4.00 s

   12 5 37 first day cover for the complete 8 se-tenant pairs of the coronation issue on registered #10 cover airmailed to London England, backstamped. $6.00 s%

   Partial 28 FEB 38 Gobabis hand cancels (Putzel #1b) on 3 different low-value coronation stamps franking greeting-card size cover to Germany, reduced slightly at top in opening but not affecting the stamps or cancels. $4.50 s

Circa 1974 lot of 3 miscellaneous commercial airmail covers from Okahandja to Johannesburg, using succulent stamps exclusively. One has date not clear & small corner crease. Another a handsome franking with a strip of five 1-c & legible date. The other with a 4-c (tiny corner pull) & 1-c franking, Two different companies involved. Two with slight reductions on opening. All three for $4.75. s

Somewhat indistinct 2 III b75 Okahandja cancel ties pair of 2-c succulent stmaps franking commercial (M. S. D. Pty. Ltd.) #10 cover airmailed to Johannesburg. $1.50 s

    29 3 77 cacheted first day cover for the complete 4-stamp deserts issue, unaddressed, attractive. $3.25 s

    1978-04-14 cacheted first day cover for the complete 4-stamp bushmen issue, unaddressed, with multilingual explanatory insert, attractive. (2 available) $2.00 each. s

Crisp 1978-06-09 TO 18 CAPEX 78 TORONTO CANADA cancel on 15-c bushmen stamp franking cacheted unaddressed continental-size souvenir postcard. $1.00 s

    1978-06-16 cacheted first day cover for the 4-stamp churches issue, unaddressed, with mutilingual explanatory insert, attractive. $3.00 sr

Clear -8.XIa84 Windhoek cancel ties 45-c ship, 30-c sign, 25-c occupation & 8-c flag stamps franking registered #6 cover airmailed to Colorado, FILATELIE ITEM / PHILATELIC ITEM handstamped in black at lower left front, two backstamps and a receiving claim check on the back, vertical crease through cover affects the 45-c & 25-c stamps (sigh). $2.00 s

Clear 26 V a90 OMARURU hand cancel ties 18-c boltwoodite mineral & R1 panthera pardus stamps franking #10 cover to Windhoek, 5 bakcstamps (2 different), corner of high value stamp missing before being affixed (sigh). $2.50 s

Almost complete 19 Xa90 Khorixas hand cancel ties 2-c Lycson pictus & 16-c warthog stamps franking #6 cover to Windhoek, light wrinkling along lower edge. $2.00 sa

Light 31.10.90 Swapkomund company-slogan meter cancel franks greeting-card size cover to Department of Finances in Windhoek, neatly opened at top, small corner crease. $1.00 s

    Clear -1.XIc90 Othwarongo cancel on AMPTELIK--OFFICIAL #10 brown cover with printed penalty notice, sent to Windhoek, well-inked bilingual Department of National Education handstamp in upper right front corner, neatly opened. $5.00 se

Circa 1990 AMPTELIK-OFFICIAL #12 brown cover with printed penalty notice, sent registered to Windhoek, fairly clear bilingual Department of Civic Affairs and Manpower red handstamp at left front center, opened neatly, vertical crease through center. $3.75 s

SOUTH WEST AFRICA PHILATELIC LITERATURE

28-4-73 multilingual official announcement of the 5-stamp Adolph Jentsch landscape painting issue. $1.00 sp

Official announcement of the 1-9-1973 issues of the second decimal definitive postage stamp series depicting succulents, full color illustrations. $1.00 s-s

    Official announcement of the 1 November 1978 universal suffrage overprints of their succulent stamps. Two adjacent panels shown. $1.00 s-s

1979-11-26 multilingual color official announcement of the 4-stamp issue for Gemstones of South West Africa (their Bulletin 21). Interesting. $1.00 js-s

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SWA CROSS-REFERENCES

See also South West Africa postcards.

    See also South-West Africa stamps. Shown is a rare 1923 invert.

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