 | New Mexico Postal History |
Here are postal cancellations from U. S. post offices in New Mexico. The post offices are listed alphabetically by county and may currently be active or discontinued. The postmarks are on envelopes, postal cards, vintage postcards, postal receipts, philatelic covers, some index cards, and some cut pieces.
Abbreviations
CPO - Community Post Office, a contract postal unit usually in a business in a small community with no other postal services.
CPU - Contract Postal Unit, a station or branch associated with and operated by a business under contract to the Postal Service.
DPO - discontinued post office.
M.O.B. - money order branch.
OPN - old post office name or spelling error, replaced by a new or revised name.
TPC - territorial postal cancellation, postmarks dated before January 6, 1912, the day New Mexico became a state.
TPS - temporary philatelic station.
VPO - Village Post Office, a contract unit that sells stamps and priority mail flat rate envelopes.
CONTENTS
| Introduction & Bernalillo Co. | Albuquerque | Catron Co. | Chaves Co. | Cibola Co. | Colfax Co. | Curry Co. | De Baca Co. | Dona Ana Co. | Eddy Co. | Grant Co. | Guadalupe Co. | Harding Co. | Hidalgo Co. | Lea Co. | Lincoln Co. | Los Alamos Co. | Luna Co. | McKinley Co. | Mora Co. | Otero Co. | Quay Co. | Rio Arriba Co. | Roosevelt Co. | San Juan Co. | San Miguel Co. | Sandoval Co. | Santa Fe Co. | Santa Fe | Sierra Co. | Socorro Co. | Taos Co. | Torrance Co. | Union Co. | Valencia Co. | Railway Post Offices | Local Posts |
BERNALILLO COUNTY
Alameda
 | Hand cancellation: "ALAMEDA, N. MEX. DEC 27 1911". [TPC] |
 | Hand cancellation: "ALAMEDA, N. MEX. AUG 3 1936". |
 | Hand cancellation: "ALAMEDA, N. MEX. APR 9 1941". |
 | Hand cancellation: "ALAMEDA, N. MEX. OCT 31 1955 | 1 |". |
 | Hand cancellation: "ALAMEDA, N. MEX. OCT 2 1958 | 1 |". |
 | Hand cancellation: "ALAMEDA BR., ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX. MAY 13 1986". |
 | Hand cancellation on front & back: "ALAMEDA BR., ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX. JUL 15 1987". |
 | Hand cancellation: "ALAMEDA BR., ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX. DEC 10 1991". |
 | Hand cancellation: "ALAMEDA STATION, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87114 DEC 28 2020". |
Albuquerque
Augustine
[DPO]
 | Hand cancellation: "AUGUSTINE, N. MEX. USPS DEC 3 1954". |
Canoncito
[DPO]
 | Hand cancellation: "CANONCITO, NM 87026 MAR 9 1970". |
 | Two different hand cancellations: "CANONCITO, NM 87026 MAR 26 1980" and "CANONCITO RUR. BR., LAGUNA, NM USPO MAR 26 1980". |
 | Hand cancellation: "CANONCITO, NM 87026 JUL 17 1987". |
 | Hand cancellation: "CANONCITO, NM 87026 MAR 14 1988". |
Cedar Crest
 | Hand cancellation: "CEDAR CREST, NM 87008 MAY 2 1966". |
 | Hand cancellation: "CEDAR CREST, NM 87008 FEB 10 1969". |
 | Hand cancellation on front & back: "CEDAR CREST, NM 87008 FEB 3 1978". |
 | Hand cancellation: "CEDAR CREST, NM 87008 JUN 30 1987". |
 | Hand cancellation on front & back: "CEDAR CREST, NM 87008 AUG 12 1987". |
 | Hand cancellation: "CEDAR CREST, NM 87008 USPS AUG 25 2003". |
 | Hand cancellation: "CEDAR CREST, NM 87008 OCT 16 2015". |
Chilili
[DPO]
 | Hand cancellation on back: "CHILILI, N.MEX. SEP 5 1924". Has "UNCLAIMED RETURNED TO SENDER" pointing hand auxiliary marking on front. |
 | Hand cancellation: "CHILILI, N. MEX. MAY 14 1937". |
Escabosa
[DPO]
| Hand cancellation: "ESCABOSA, N. MEX. MAY 15 1937". |
Griegos
[DPO]
 | Hand cancellation on receipt: "GRIEGOS, N. MEX. NOV 28 1907". [TPC] |
Isleta
 | Hand cancellation: "ISLETA, N. MEX. DEC 21 1948". |
 | Hand cancellation: "ISLETA, N. MEX. DEC 28 1948". |
 | Hand cancellation on front & back: "ISLETA, N. MEX. MAR 26 1951". |
 | Hand cancellation: "ISLETA, N.MEX. MAY 23 1964". |
 | Hand cancellation: "ISLETA, NM. 87022 MAR 29 1968". |
 | Hand cancellation on front & back: "ISLETA, NM. 87022 JUL 19 1978". |
 | Hand cancellation: "ISLETA, NM 87022 OCT 4 1982". |
 | Hand cancellation on front & back: "ISLETA, NM 87022 JAN 21 1987". |
| Two different hand cancellations: on front: "ISLETA, NM 87022 FEB 17 1988", and on back: "ISLETA, NM USPO FEB 17 1988". |
 | Hand cancellation: "ISLETA, NM 87022 AUG 10 2015". |
Kirtland Air Force Base
 | Hand cancellation: "KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE BR., ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX. AUG 29 1973". |
 | Hand cancellation: "KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE BR., ALBUQUERQUE, NM USPO JUL 22 1978". |
 | Hand cancellation: "KIRTLAND A.F.B. BR., ALBUQUERQUE, NM USPO MAR 20 1986". |
 | Hand cancellation: "KIRTLAND A.F.B., ALBUQUERQUE, NM USPS FEB 15 1991". |
 | Hand cancellation: "KIRTLAND AFB, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87116 USPS AUG 28 2015". |
Kirtland Air Force Base: 50th Anniversary of the U. S. Air Force Station
[TPS]
 | Special hand pictorial & slogan cancellation: "50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE STATION, KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87117 SEPTEMBER 19, 1997 ( 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE )". |
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
[DPO]
 | Hand cancellation on back: "LOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM USPO AUG 19 1987". |
Martinez
[DPO]
| Hand cancellation on receipt: "MARTINEZ, N.MEX. NOV 27 1907". [TPC] |
Old Albuquerque
[OPN]
This is now a station of the Albuquerque Post Office.
 | Hand cancellation: "OLD ALBUQUERQUE, N.MEX MAY 23 1889". [TPC] |
 | Hand cancellation on back: "OLD ALBUQUERQUE, N.MEX. FEB 21 1892". [TPC] |
 | Hand cancellation: "OLD ALBUQUERQUE, N.MEX. MAR 31 1897". Has "Unclaimed" and "Disposed of" auxiliary markings. [TPC] |
 | Hand cancellation: "OLD ALBUQUERQUE, N.MEX. AUG 10 1904". |
 | Hand cancellation: "OLD ALBUQUERQUE, N.MEX. JAN 30 1912". |
 | Hand cancellation: "OLD ALBUQUERQUE, N.MEX. OCT 6 1920". |
 | Hand cancellation: "OLD ALBUQUERQUE, N.MEX. SEP 3 1924". Has "UNCLAIMED RETURNED TO SENDER" pointing hand auxiliary marking. |
 | Hand cancellation: "OLD ALBUQUERQUE, N.MEX. FEB 23 1943 | 1 |". |
 | Hand cancellation: "OLD ALBUQUERQUE, N.MEX. FEB 2 1951 | 1 |". |
| Hand cancellation on front and back: "OLD ALBUQUERQUE STA., ALBUQUERQUE, N.MEX. AUG 18 1963 | 1 |". |
 | Hand cancellation on front & back: "OLD ALBUQUERQUE STA., ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX. AUG 26 1970". |
 | Hand cancellation: "OLD ALBQ. STA., ALBUQUERQUE, N.MEX. MAY 22 1986". |
 | Hand cancellation: "OLD ALBQ. STA., ALBUQUERQUE, N.MEX. FEB 24 1988". |
Old Albuquerque: Received
[OPN]
 | Hand cancellation: "REC'D., OLD ALBUQUERQUE, N.MEX MAY 11 1899". Has "Returned for better Address" auxiliary marking. [TPC] |
 | Hand cancellation: "REC'D., OLD ALBUQUERQUE, N.MEX DEC 30 1901". [TPC] |
Paradise Hills
[DPO]
 | Hand cancellation: "PARADISE HILLS, ALBUQUERQUE, N.MEX. DEC 1 1961". |
 | Hand cancellation: "PARADISE HILLS RUR. STA., ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX. USPO DEC 6 1961". |
 | Hand cancellation: "PARADISE HILLS RUR. STA., ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX. USPO SEP 6 1963". |
| Hand cancellation on back: "PARADISE HILLS RUR. STA., ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX. USPO SEP 8 1970". |
 | Hand cancellation: "PARADISE HILLS BR., ALBUQUERQUE, NM USPO APR 13 1976". |
Sandia Base
[DPO]
| Hand cancellation on back: "SANDIA BASE BR., ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX. JUL 9 1951". Has "REGISTERED NO." auxiliary marking on front. |
 | Hand cancellation on back: "SANDIA BASE, N. MEX, APR 5 1958 | 1 |. |
Sandia Park
 | This cacheted cover is for the first day of service of the Sandia Crest New Mexico Local Delivery and first day of issue of its "Elevation 10,678 Feet" 2 cents postage stamp. Hand cancellation: "SANDIA PARK, N. MEX. MAY 1 1956". |
 | This cacheted cover is for the first day of issue of the Sandia Crest Local Delivery 3 cents postage stamp. Hand cancellation: "SANDIA PARK, N.MEX. FEB 1 1957". |
 | Hand cancellation: "SANDIA PARK, NM 87047 JUL 12 1969". |
 | Hand cancellation: "SANDIA PARK, NM 87047 DEC 11 1970". |
 | Hand cancellation: "SANDIA PARK, NM 87047 OCT 28 1978". |
 | Hand cancellation on front & back: "SANDIA PARK, NM 87047-9998 FEB 26 1988". |
 | Hand cancellation: "SANDIA PARK, NM 87047-9998 APR 16 1990". |
Tijeras
 | Hand cancellation: "TIJERAS, N. MEX. MAR 14 1947". |
 | Hand cancellation: "TIJERAS, N.MEX. MR 21 1961". |
 | Hand cancellation: "TIJERAS, NM 87059 NOV 6 1969". |
 | Hand cancellation: "TIJERAS, NM. 87059 JUL 11 1975". |
 | Hand cancellation: "TIJERAS, NM. 87059 JUL 11 1975". |
 | Hand cancellation: "TIJERAS, NM 87059 USPS JUL 27 1987". |
 | Hand cancellation: "TIJERAS, NM 87059 USPS APR 11 1988". |
 | Hand cancellation: "TIJERAS, NEW MEXICO 87059 USPS AUG 20 2015". |
U. S. Army Air Depot, Albuquerque
[DPO]
 | Hand cancellation: "AIR DEPOT BR., ALBUQUERQUE, N.MEX. DEC 10 1942". |
U. S. Postal Service 870
[DPO]
 | Machine cancellation: "U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, NM 870 FEB 11 1973". |
 | Special machine slogan cancellation: "U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, NM 870 FEB 12 1973 | 1ST WORLD HOT AIR BALLOON CHAMPIONSHIP ALBUQUERQUE FEB '73 |". |
 | Machine slogan cancellation: "U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, NM 870 FEB 27 1975 | GIVE TO THE MARCH OF DIMES |". |
 | Machine cancellation: "U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, NM 870 APR 5 1975". |
Zamora
[DPO]
 | Hand cancellation: "ZAMORA, N. MEX. MAR 8 1944". |
Gallup Post Office on postcard, circa early 1930s
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