Worcester County, MA (89 items)

Ashburnham  1970s 4-bar on cover

Athol  1911 Flag cancel on post card

Auburn  1910 4-bar on post card, real photo  of Rufus Putnam house, Rutland, Mass.  

Post card: Rocket Engine park

Barre  1847 stampless cover, 3¢ rate and stamped “PAID”

Berlin  1910 Doane on post card

Boylston  1960 4-bar on FD [of postal status] cover, PM autograph; 1970 machine cancel on cover

Boylston Center  (1850-1960) 1960 double circle [no “-ter”] on LD cover, PM autograph

Carlton  1927 4-bar on post card, view of Charlton Masonic Home

Devens  1930 date-out duplex on post card

Devens B  1917 machine cancel on post card

Dudley   Post card:  Nichols College and Campus [linen]

East Douglas  Indistinct 1932 duplex on cover, “Hayward Woolen Co.” corner; 1971 machine cancel on cover

Farnumsville  (1831-1960) 1960 duplex on LD cover, PM autograph

Fisherville  (1882-1960) 1960 double circle on LD cover, PM autograph

Fitchburg  1914 Flag cancel on post card.  

Post cards: B.F. Brown School [c.1930]; Monument Square [1910]

Furnace  (1875-1956) 1956 1956 4-bar on LD Postal Card

Gardner   Post cards:  City Hall [linen, 1940s]; Balanced Rock, Mt. Wachusett [c.1910]

Gardner Sta. A  1964 double circle on LD cover-sized card

Gilbertville  1911 duplex on post card; 1976 4-bar on cover

Girdletree1910 Doane on post card

Grafton  1894 cds & cork killer on cover

Hubbardsville   Post card:  St. Paul’s Cathedral Farm [B&W, 1936]

Leominster  1909 Flag cancel on post card, “The Old Abbey”; 1966 FD of issue of 5¢ Johnny Appleseed sramp on cover 1970 machine cancel on cover

Milford  Post cards: Memorial Hall [1925]; “Congregational church” [bluish B&W]

Millbury  1870s cds on cover

North Dana  (1854-1938) 1908 4-bar on post card

Petersham  1840s cds, handwritten “3” and stamped “Paid” stampless cover

Saundersville  (1851-1960) 1960 4-bar on LD cover, PM autograph

South Ashburnham  1984 machine cancel on cover

South Grafton  1960 4-bar on FD [of postal status] cover, PM autograph

Southbridge  1970 machine cancel on cover

Spencer   Post card:  David Prouty High School, church [c.1910]

Sterling Junction  1906 Doane on post card - all letters are nicely struck, except there is no “G” - an error?; 1938 4-bar on post card

Sturbridge  c.1910 4-bar on post card; 1958 machine cancel on post card; 1979 machine cancel on cover.  Post cards: Village Motel [chrome]; Treadway Inn [B&W]; Meetinghouse [chrome]; Richardson Salt-box House interior [chrome]

Templeton  c.1877 cds & cork killer on cover

Upton  light 1970 machine cancel on cover

Waterville  1905 duplex on illustrated cover “M.H. Parks & Company” corner and picture of factory.   Reverse has Palmer, Mass, Rec’s, Montpelier Vt. Rec’s and North Calais, Me. Doane as Rec’d at destination.

Webster  c. 1872 double circle on cover; 1910 Flag cancel on post card.

           Post card: “Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg” [chrome]

West Berlin  (1868-1956) 1956 4-bar on LD Postal Card

West Boylston  light c.1870s cds on Postal Card

West Upton   Post card: “Main Street” [hand colored]

Westboro  Post card: “Red Barn Theater” [chrome]

Westminster  1909 cds & fancy killer on post card

Whitinsville  1895 cds on cover

Winchendon  1870s cds & cork killer on small cover; 1922 date-out duplex on cover, “First National Bank” corner.   

Post cards:  Toy Town Tavern [c.1910]; Day House (1752, oldest house) [c.1910]; Miller’s River Valley [c.1910]

Worcester  1888 duplex with “W” in circle in bars; 1880s no pmk. but “W.P. Daniels [L]umber Dealer” corner [cover trimmed left]; 1898 Flag cancel on cover; 1907 machine cancel on post card, “Fire Department Building”; 1913 machine cancel on Postal Card of Ridgely Protective Association; 1932 machine cancel on cover; 1935 machine cancel (”2” in dial) on Postal Card; 1940 machine slogan “Buy U.S. Savings Bonds” on linen post card of “Telephone Building.”  

Post Cards: “Worcester from the State Mutual Bldg.” [c.1910 view, pmkd. 1961, postal blemish on view side]; Hahnemann Hospital [linen, minor scuffs]; Worcester Center [chrome]; Clark University Library [white border, 1924]; Clark University, Jonas G. Clark building [chrome]; Memorial Auditorium [linen]; St. Paul’s Church [linen, 1940]; Hotel Bancroft [linen]; “White City from Bridge” [amusement park, linen, 1940]; Holy Cross College [linen, 1940]; “Rustic Bridge, Elm Park [1909]; Crompton Park pond [1915]

 Worcester Sta. C 1962 double circle as auxiliary on LD cover pmkd. Worcester machine slogan “Becker Junior College 75th Anniversary”