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New Castle County, DE (48 items)

New Castle County, DE (48 items)

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NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE
  48 items      $127
  Established: 1673      
  County seat: Wilmington
  1900 population: 109,697
  
Bear  1972 machine cancel on cover
Brandywine Springs  (1909-28) 1917 4-bar on post card, view of springs
Delaware City   Post cards: Gymnasium, 1910 
Granoque  (1890-1944) 1912 4-bar on post card, view of Washington Street Bridge
Hockessin  1971 machine cancel on cover, tear
New Castle   Post cards:  Motel de Ville [chrome, 1958, tape mark & smudge on front; General Wayne Motel [chrome, 1958]; Amstel House [B&W]; Newcastle & Frenchtown RR Co. ticket booth [chrome]; Old Academy and Immanuel Church [chrome]
Newark  1968 machine cancel on cover.  
Post cards: Four chrome University of Delaware: Agriculture Hall, Memorial Hall, Old College, Football Stadium with band
Saint George  1907 4-bar on worn mourning cover
Wilmington  Double circle cds on cover Aug 16, [no year date, c.1870-80], addressed to “Able Lincoln, The Rising Sun Posoffice [sic], [looks like Secal] Cecil County M.L. [Maryland]; c.1880 cds on cover; 1906 Rec’d strike on post card from Conn.; 1906 machine “c” on post card; 1936 Special Delivery cover with 12¢ postage, three Wilmington duplexes on front and four backstamps including R.P.O.; 1938 machine FD cover for “Landing of Swedes and Finns” stamp; 1946 machine cancel on post card; 1948 duplex “1” on Air Mail cover; 1958 slogan “Use Zone nos. for Better Mail Service” on post card, view of Admiral Perry Motel; 1960 “Pray for Peace” slogan on cover, “Laird & Co., Nemours Building” corner; 1968 machine cancel on cover
Post cards:  Kent Manor Inn & Motel swimming pool [chrome]; Hotel Rodney [c.1930?]; “Municipal Building and Court House” [linen]; “Garfield Monument & Church of New Jerusalem” [1915]; Historical Society bldg. [1918]; Washington St. bridge [linen, 1910]: Court House [1951], Delaware Hospital [1943], Du Pont High School [linen]; old water tower (2), Longwood Gardens, Carillon Tower, Old Swede church (3 chrome views); Hagley Museum [2 chrome views, one Continental]; Black Powder mills; Old Swedes church; Children’s Chapel; Delaware Memorial Bridge
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