Allegheny County, PA (136 items)

  Established: September 24, 1788

Allegheny  1888 duplex on damaged cover; 1906 machine cancel on post card, view of Allegheny Carnegie Library

Post cards:  City Hall [B&W, 1907]; Allegheny Park [1908];

Arsenal  (1851-1868) Clear strike on battered cover

Bakerstown  1889 cds on cover, one stamp removed

Barking  (1921-1978) 1978 4-bar on LD cover

Beadling  (1890-1955) 1955 4-bar on LD Postal Card

Bellevue  1916 Flag cancel on post card

Belmar Sta.  c.1910 date-out duplex on post card

Boyce Station  (1891-1916) 1909 duplex on post card 

Brackenridge  1973 4-bar on cover

Braddock  1971 machine slogan “Pray for Peace” on cover.  

Post card:  Belle Ave. School [1910], postal smudges on front

Bridgeville  1914 duplex on post card, view of Church Bridge; 1950 duplex on Postal Card; 1964 machine cancel on cover

Bruceton  (1904-1956) 1956 4-bar on cover

Buena Vista  1909? 4-bar on post card

Carson Sta.  1942 machine cancel on post card, City-County Building [linen]

Central Highlands Br.  1962 round dater on cover-sized card

Clairton  1948 machine cancel on Postal Card

Dravosburg  1943 duplex on Postal Card

Duquesne  Post card:  Woody’s Drug Store, interior view [B&W]

East Liberty Sta.  1911 machine cancel, “D” in bars; 1913 machine cancel, “T” in bars; 1940 duplex on cover, also “Pittsburgh E.L.” in oval.  

Post card:  East Liberty Presbyterian Church [linen, 1941]

East Monongahela  (1925-1955) 1955 4-bar on LD cover

Floreffe  (1899-1979) 1979 4-bar on LD cover

Greenock  1972 4-bar on cover

Hickman  (1889-1954) 1954 4-bar on Postal Card

Holiday Park B  1965 round dater as backstamps on cover-sized card

Kennedy  Br. (McKees Rocks)  1965 round dater on 3x5 card, FD of facility

Laurel Gardens Br.  (Pittsburgh)  1965 round dater on 3x5 card

McKees Rocks  1907 Rec’d on post card from Niagara Falls

McKeesport  1910 Flag cancel on post card

Monongahela  1970 machine cancel on cover

Monroeville B (Turtle Creek)  (1954-1967 as Br.) 1954 duplex on FD Postal Card

Mount Oliver Sta.  1911? Flag cancel on post card; 1941 machine cancel on post card; 1973 machine cancel on cover.  

Post card:  Hill Top YMCA [c.1910]

North Braddock Br.  1964 4-bar on 3x5 card, round dater on back, FD of facility

North Diamond Sta.  1941 machine cancel on post card

Oakland Sta.  1941 machine cancel on post card, view of School for the Blind

Oakmont  1894 cds on cover

Observatory Sta.  1938 machine cancel on pink cover

Pittsburgh  1884 duplex on cover, Monongahela House (hotel) corner; 1894 machine canc4el on cover (front only), “Duff’s Refined N.O. Molasses” corner; 1900 straight-line machine cancel on cover; 1903 machine cancel, “2” and “D” in bars on battered cover; 1903 machine cancel, “1” and “D” in bars on cover, “Kemble and Mills” corner; 1906 machine cancel on Postal Card from the Andrew Carnegie Naturalists’ Club; 1907 machine cancel, “3” and “C” in bars on post card; 1924 machine cancel on Postal Card, a Weisbrod Company Credit Memorandum; 1932 machine slogan “Red Cross Roll Call Join” on cover, “Union Provision & Packing Co.” corner; 1940 machine cancel on post card of poems; 1941 machine slogan “Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Ask Your Postmaster” on post card; 1947 slogan “1847 Centenary Postage Stamps” on post card; 1950 machine cancel on cacheted cover for 75th anniversary of UPU; 1958 machine slogan “Pray for Peace” on post card; 1958 machine FD is issue of 4¢ Fort Duquesne stamp on cacheted cover; 1962 machine FD of issue 4¢ Christmas stamp on cacheted cover; 1964 machine cancel on cover; 1968 machine FD of 6¢ Historic Flag series cacheted with Independence Hall on cover; 1970 machine slogan “50th Anniversary of Broadcasting” on cover; 1970 machine cancel on co ver; 1973 machine FD of 8¢ Henry O. Tanner stamp on cacheted cover; worn Pittsbugh Gage & Supply Co. adv. cover, unused c.1900

Post cards:  “Greetings from” [linen, large letter]; Aerial view downtown [linen]; Skyline [2 views, 1907, postal smudges, 1917 damaged]; Incline curve, city [linen]; Koppers and Gulf Buildings [linen, postal smudges]; Farmers National Bank [1906]; ‘The Pittsburgher” (hotel) [chrome]; Hotel Webster Hall [sepia, c.1930]; Roosevelt Hotel [linen]; “Schenley Hotel and Apartments” [1928]; Red Haven Restaurant (interior view) [chrome]; Pittsburgh Hospital [linen]; Mercy Hospital [linen]; Montfiore Hospital [linen]; St. Francis Hospital [linen]; Western Pennsylvania Hospital [linen]; Allegheny County Airport [linen, 1941]; Carnegie Library [1907]; Carnegie Library and Tech School [3 early views, c.1920, linen], one has horse-drawn; Schenley High School [4 views, c.1925, three linen]; U. of Pittsburgh Chapel [linen]; Cathedral,of Learning at [4 views, B&W, sepia, two linen]; Carnegie Institute Women’s Dormitory [c.1930]; Foster Memorial [linen]; Pitt Stadium [aerial view, linen] Western Penna. School for the Blind [linen]; St. Paul’s Cathedral [sepia]; Observatory [linen, 1940]; Planetarium [2 views, one linen, one chrome]; Block House [4 views]; Highland Park [3 views]; Kennywood Park [2 views]; Schenley Park [4 views]; West View Park Roller Coaster [linen]; bridges [4 views]; South Side hillside houses [Continental]

Souvenir Folder:  18 different views [linen, 1944]

R.M.S. Union Sta.  1909 duplex on post card

Renton  (1918-1963) 1963 duplex on 3x5 card

Shadyside Sta.  1972 roller on cover

Sharpsburg  1909 Flag cancel on post card

Verona  Post card:  First National Bank [c.1910]

West Mifflin Br. (Homestead)  1957 three backstamps on Postal Card

West Mifflin  1964 duplex on cover-sized card on FD as Independent P.O., overstruck Pittsburgh

Wilkinsburg  1905 duplex on  post card.  

Post card:  “New High School Building” [horse-drawn vehicles, creased]