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BUTTERFLIES, CACTI
AND SUCCULENTS,
CALIFORNIA & REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON
COVERS, CANCELLATION COLLECTIONS,
POSTAL HISTORY & PHILATELIC LITERATURE
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BUTTERFLY
TOPICAL COVERS
Many more items can be offered--please inquire!
See also Butterfly & moth
postcards.
-9.10.66 clear Bozoum Centrafrique cancels, one ties 60-f papilio zalmoxis butterfly stamp
to small greeting-card size cover to Illinois, reduced very slightly in opening, small corner crease away
from stamp. Cover should be marked airmail because of rate paid, but it is not. Also, the
cover is not quite rectangular. $2.25 cb
2 DEC 1980 DAR ES SALAAM cancel ties 70-c & 2 / 50 official butterfly stamps franking #10 airmail ON TANZANIA GOVERNMENT SERVICE economy cover to Ohio, backflap end has wrinkled appearance from sealing. $2.75 tb 30 V 89 Manzini Swaziland cancel ties 50-c eyed pansy butterfly stamp & just misses 35-c veined swallowtail butterfly stamps franking #6 registered cover to Transvaal, 2 clear backstamps include Randburg. $3.75 sb 1988 12-30 light Piggs Peak Swaziland cancel ties 50-c & 25-c butterfly stamps franking #6 registered cover to Transvaal, 3 clear backstamps including a transit marking. $5.00 sb 28 II 89 Hlatikuli Swaziland cancels (one clear, one light) tie strip of three 25-c butterfly stamps franking #6 registered cover to Transvaal, 2 clear backstamps. $5.00 sb 21 III 89 light Nhlangano Swaziland cancels tie 3 25-c butterfly stamps franking #6 registered cover to Transvaal, 3 backstamps each a bit light. $5.00 sb 22 V 89 clear Siteri Swaziland cancel ties 25-c & 50-c butterfly stamps franking #6 registered cover to Transvaal, 2 clear backstamps. $5.00 sb 29 VI 89 clear Mhlosheni Swaziland cancel ties 50-c & 25-c butterfly stamps franking #6 registered cover to Transvaal, 3 clear backstamps. $5.00 sb 3 VII 89 clear Hluti Swaziland cancel ties 25-c & 50-c butterfly stamps franking #6 registered cover to Transvaal, 3 different backstamps include a Swazi transit marking, 25-c stamp bent over top edge, small corner crease in lower left front corner. $5.00 sb
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CABO JUBY POSTAL
HISTORY
Wanted to buy--please offer!
See also Cabo Juby stamps.
CABO VERDE COVERS
Please see Cape Verde postal history.
CACTI
& SUCCULENTS PHILATELIC LITERATURE
See also Cacti
& succulents on stamps
& Deserts & cacti
postcards.
Official announcement of the South West Africa 1-9-1973 issues of the second decimal definitive postage stamp series depicting succulents, full color illustrations. $1.00 s
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CALIFORNIA
CANCELLATION COLLECTION
See also California postcards.
| Collection of approximately 982 different
California
postmarks, on approximately 982 postcards, most cancelled in the late 1950's and early
1960's, including many DPO's or offices which have since changed status, and many very
small towns. All 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 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 several hundreds of hours. In progress of being listed--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. List of California cancels included:
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CALIFORNIA POSTAL HISTORY
CALIFORNIE / KALIFORNIEN / CALIFÓRNIA / CALIFORNIË
See also California
postcards.
 circa 1854 oval black "J. BAMBER & COs.
/ PAID / CONTRA COSTA EXPRESS" Express on 3-c Washington postal stationery
(Scott U10) also marked in octagonal "ANSWER BY / BAMBER & Cos EXPRESS / OFFICE DAVIS ST.
/ BETWEEN BROADWAY
& VALLEJO with pointing finger, both clearly struck, some expert edge area
restoration, seldom offered. Addressed to "N. C. Fassett" who is Noah Chittenden
Fassett, one of the Fassett's who left Licking County Ohio in March of 1852 for the Gold
Rush. Cover sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif
format. $1.50 u(p)c
Clear violet 1932 APR 26 USS DORSEY hand cancel with MARE ISLAND / CALIF in killer bars ties 2-c Washington bicentennial stamp franking #6 cover to Missouri, neatly addressed, cover glue show-through both sides, paper bends at both corners furthest from the stamp. $3.75 nc 75% complete NOV 2 1933 US FRIGATE CONSTITUTION cancel with SAN PEDRO, / CALIF. in killer bars ties 1-c Washington Bicentennial added to 2-c Mount Vernon postal stationery with cachet to Mankato Kansas. Dark red BON VOYAGE cachet over drawing of ship & lighthouse. Neatly addressed, backstamped clearly at San Pedro. 1-c stamp has a tear that is hard to detect. $3.75 nc
Clear JAN 1 1934 US FRIGATE CONSTITUTION cancel with SAN DIEGO, / CALIF. in killer bars ties pair of 1-c Century of Progress stamps franking cacheted cover to San Pedro California. Cachet is two lines of green text for New Years over violet line drawing of ship within oval. Large violet FORTY FIFTH ANNUAL / TOURNAMENT OF ROSES / PASADENA, CALIFORNIA cachet tied by Pasadena cancel. Neatly addressed, neatly opened. $5.00 nc Clear FEB 12 1934 US FRIGATE CONSTITUTION cancel with SAN DIEGO, / CALIF. in killer bars ties pair of 1-c Century of Progress stamps franking cacheted cover to San Pedro California. Cachet is dark blue line drawing of ship & small plane over 'OLD IRONSIDES' / LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY". Never sealed, neatly addressed. $4.00 nc
Almost complete USS RELIEF SEP 6 1936 cancel with SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA in killer bards ties 3-c Susan B. Anthony stamp franking #6 cover to California, nonphilatelic, short edge near stamp a little ragged from opening. $3.25 nc USS BAINBRIDGE (DD-246) at San Diego California FEB 9 1937, 3-c Susan B. Anthony, black cachet, commissioning, slight smudges on cover. $3.75 nc 
USS TRACY at San Diego California 2 / 12
/ 37, Lincoln
cachet $4.25 (ncl)+
USS THRUSH clear MAR 17 1937 cancel with SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA in killer bars on two Jones / Barry 1-c stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois. John Paul Jones cachet in brown, St. Patrick's Day handstamp in green below, decorative blue anchor border, slight browning of the paper with age, neatly addressed. $4.00 nc Bold MAY 29 1937 USS ORTOLAN hand cancel with SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA in the killer bars ties 1-c Jones / Barry & 2-c Decatur / Macdonough stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois, blue-anchors border all around, neatly addressed, 2 small creases at one bottom corner. Typed cachet identifies the ship as ASR-5, a submarine rescue vessel. $3.50 ncClear JUN 10 1937 USS FARRAGUT hand cancel with DAN DIEGO / CALIF in killer bars ties 1-c Jones / Barry & 2-c Decatur / Macdonough stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois, generic brown ship cachet & attractive all-around anchor border, neatly addressed, never sealed. SOLD RECENTLY nc Install this webpage as a Favorite now Clear JUL 6 1937 USS BREESE hand cancel with SAN DIEGO / CALIF. in killer bars ties 1-c Jones/Barry & 2-c Washington stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois, blue multiple-anchor border around front, neatly addressed, never sealed. $3.75 nc NEW / NOVA / NUEVO USS ZANE. Somewhat light AUG 19 1937 hand cancel with SAN DIEGO / CALIF. in killer bars ties 3-c Ordnance of 1787 stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, neatly addressed, never sealed, decorative blue-anchor border all around. SOLD RECENTLY nc Light but complete AUG 19 1937 USS FARRAGUT hand cancel with MARE ISLAND / CALIF in killer bars ties 3-c Ordnance of 1787 stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, typed cachet for the destroyer, neatly addressed, never sealed, slight cover glue show-through on back. $3.50 nc USS HULL. Clear AUG 24 1937 cancel with SAN / DIEGO in killer bars ties 3-c Ordinance of 1787 stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, neatly addressed, typed information in cachet area, envelope glue show-through on back, slight browning of paper. $3.25 nc Clear AUG 25 1937 USS STURTEVANT at SAN DIEGO / CALIF. ties Ordnance of 1787 stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, blue multiple anchor border all arou |
SE 17 70 Fond St. Jean Dominica cancel ties two 5-c swallowtail
butterfly stamps underfranking a #6 airmail cover to Chicago, black boxed auxiliary
markings on front & back read INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR / TRANSMISSION BY AIRMAIL, opened
neatly. $7.50 db NEW / NOVA / NUEVO
1970 SURFACE RATE #8
cover, Beyrouth Lebanon to District of Columbia, 45-p. butterfly stamp, opened neatly.
$1.00 lb
18 NO 92 neat G.P.O.
ROSEAU Dominica circular date stamp ties 20-c the mimic butterfly stamp franking #6 airmail cover to
Illinois, neatly opened, US Z2 & BC markings on back. $2.00 db
25 FE 94 registered #10
airmail cover from City Square (Nairobi Kenya) to Michigan, franked by two 40
/ butterfly
stamps, neatly addressed, four backstamps (two different), opening a little rough at one
corner which shows on back. a little ink smear on front. $3.00 kb
Official announcement of the South-West Africa 1 November
1978 universal suffrage overprints of their succulent stamps. Two adjacent panels shown.
$1.00 s
1866 Wells Fargo & Co. Frank on 3-c pink entire (U59,
Haller #WF-E), used to Scalmanini & Frapolli in San Francisco, showing bold black
WELLS FARGO & Co. / MAY 30 / Coulterville" handstamp, fairly fresh. The Wells Fargo
building there was built in 1856, handling considerable gold rush business; their stages
promptly became a favorite hold-up target for outlaws. The name Coulterville was not
adopted for their post office there until 1872, although it was proposed much earlier, as
this entire attests. Cover sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in
.jpg or .tif format. $1.50 u(p)c
USS AYLWIN clear OCT 28 1935 cancel with NAVY DAY / CALIF in killer bars
ties 1-1/2-c Harding franking cover to Connecticut, multicolor cachet for
the launching of the USS CASSIN. $4.25 n(a)c