WELCOME! Collecting Places offers small collections of paper history grouped by U.S. County. These county Lots typically consist of postal history, postcards, and photographs, but also may include old stock certificates, invoices, letterhead stationery, maps, matchbooks, brochures, and books.

Glossary of Terms

To make the listings more concise, certain abbreviations have been used. If you don’t understand a description, please contact us!

B: Postal Branch

c.: Circa (approximate date)

cds: Circular Date Stamp - the postmark

csc Cover-sized card

FD: First day of post office, or of the stamp

Flag: Flag Cancel

LD: Last day of post office

PC: Postcard

PM: Postmaster

RB: Rural branch post office

Rec.: Receiving postal marking

Reg.: Registered

Sta. or S: Postal Station