Philadelphia County, PA (105 items)

  Established: March 10, 1682

  One of America’s great cities, Philadelphia is also its own county.

Philadelphia  1881 VERY BUSY registered cover to New York with markings front & back including a clear Philadelphia oval; poor 1881 duplex on cover, “Titus Bros. Carpet Dealers” corner, original contents; 1896 duplex on Postal Card; 1898 duplex on great cover, corner “George W. Jenkins, (P)ure Confections by Steam Power” and “Finest Pure Marsh Mallows” on back; 1900 machine cancel on cover 1905 Flag cancel on cover, “Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. corner, Cripple Creek, Colo. backstamp; 1916 machine slogan to buy bonds on Postal Card; 1932 duplex on cover, 9¢ stamp; 1937 machine FD of Issue 3¢ Constitution Sesquicentennial stamp on cover; 1940 machine slogan “Buy U.S. Savings Bonds  Ask Your Postmaster” on cover, “United Premium Supply Co.” corner; 1940 machine slogan “Air Mail Saves Time” on post card; 1970 machine cancel over Philadelphia meter on cover, “Victor Dye Works” corner; 1971 machine slogan “Always Use Zip Code” on cover 1973 FD of issue of 8¢ “Love” stamp on cover with a hole where a medallion should be; 1976 fancy cancel of Ben Franklin’s signature on cacheted cover, 200 years of postal service; 1991 machine cancel on cover

Carpenter’s Hall S 1974 cds on cover with a hole where a medallion should be

Fairhill Sta.  1909 Flag cancel on post card, also Kintersville PA Flag cancel

Mount Airy Sta.  1907 duplex on post card, also Hunters, Calif. (DPO) Doane as rec’d

Navy Yard Sta.  1935 machine cancel on cover with cachet “Navy Day 1935 U.S.S. Cassin and U.S.S. Shaw Launched”; 1941 duplex on cover with cachet “Mine Layer U.S.S. Terror Launched”

North Philadelphia Sta.  1968 round dater on cover-sized card, FD of postal status

William Penn Sta.  1947 duplex on cover

Station B  c.1880 cds on cover, original contents 

Station C  1908 Flag cancel on post card, nicks

Station H  1880 cds slightly off top on cover missing about a square inch of lower right corner

Station S  (1903-1937) 1914 Flag cancel on post card, piece of upper left corner missing

Station W  1890 duplex on cover

Sepad Philatelic Exhibition Sta.  1953 hand cancel on cacheted cover; 1967 hand cancel on post card, “The Mailomat” (A self-service postal machine; two photos and explanatory text

Unpostmarked Postage Paid cover with cachet showing 1946 U. of Pennsylvania football schedule, Elk Mills Md backstamp

Post cards:  “Broad Street North from Spruce” (B&W. corner damage; “Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust” art work [linen]; “Newspaper Building (B&W); “Bellevue Stratford Hotel” [2 views, 1906, c.1910]; Bookbinder’s Restaurant dining room [chrome]; Post office [linen]; City Hall [2views, 1916 and B&W];Wm. Penn statue atop City Hall [2 linen views]; Independence Hall [8 exterior views, 7 interior or thematic]; “Congress Hall” [linen]; “Public Library” [linen]; “Museum of Art” [3 views]; “Rodin Museum” [2 linen views]; “Drexel Institute of Technology” [linen]; Girard College” [3 early views]; “Cornwall Hall Temple University” [linen]; Temple University Hospital” [sepia]; Christ Church” [5 views]; “St. John’s Church” art [chrome]; “St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s Cathedral” [line ]; “Mouth of the Schuylkill River” [c.1910]; “Boat Houses, Schuylkill River” [c.1910]; “Elfreth’s Alley” [3 chrome views]; Betsy Ross