New Mexico Postal History - Eddy County

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EDDY COUNTY

Artesia

    Hand cancellation: "ARTESIA, N.MEX. AUG 24 1908". [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "ARTESIA, N.MEX. FEB 15 1909". [TPC]

    Machine cancellation: "ARTESIA, N.M. AUG 16 1948".

    Machine cancellation: "ARTESIA, N.M. DEC 6 1948".

    Machine cancellation: "ARTESIA, N.M. JAN 11 1952".

    Machine cancellation: "ARTESIA, NM 88210 MAR 24 1975".

    Hand cancellation: "ARTESIA, NM 88210 MAR 28 1983".

    Machine cancellation: "ARTESIA, NM 88210 NOV 8 1985".

    Hand cancellation: "ARTESIA, NM 88210 JUN 20 1986".

    Hand cancellation: "ARTESIA, NM USPO JUN 20 1986".

    Hand cancellation: "ARTESIA, NM 88210 USPS MAR 16 2020".

Artesia: Artesia Station

[TPS]

    Special hand slogan cancellation: "Artesia Station, Artesia, NM 88210 December 9, 1995 | FLETC   6th Anniversary |".

Carlsbad

    Hand cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. APR 8 1903". Has "Unclaimed" manuscript auxiliary marking and "RETURNED TO WRITER" pointing hand auxiliary marking. [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. MAR 25 1905". Has "Unclaimed" and "RETURNED TO WRITER" auxiliary markings. [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. FEB 18 1908". [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. APR 10 1909". [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. OCT 7   1914 ( 1 )".

    Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. DEC 21 '26".

    Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. DEC 25 ' " [circa 1926].

    Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.M. JUL 16 1930".

    Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.M. FEB 10 1934".

    Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.M. JUL 12 1936".

    This cacheted cover is for the first air mail flight AM 29. Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. MAY 11 1940".

    Hand cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. JAN 22 1941 | 1 |".

    Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. FEB 27 1941".

    Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. DEC 28 1941".

    Machine cancellation on very small envelope: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. JAN 7 1944".

    Machine cancellation on small envelope: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. FEB 3 1944".

    This cacheted cover is for the first air mail flight to El Paso, TX. Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. MAY 1 1944".

    Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. JUL 22 1946".

    Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N. MEX. DEC 21 1953".

    Hand cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N. MEX. SEP 29 1958".

    Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. JAN 16 1962".

    Machine slogan cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. MAY 21 1963 | PRAY FOR PEACE |".

    Hand cancellation: "CARLSBAD, N.MEX. NOV 5 1963".

    Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, NM 88220 AUG 9 1967".

    Special machine slogan cancellation: "CARLSBAD, NM 88220 APR 3 1972 | NATIONAL PARKS CENTENNIAL YEAR 1872- 1972 |".

    Special machine slogan cancellation: "CARLSBAD, NM 88220 AUG 25 1972 | NATIONAL PARKS CENTENNIAL YEAR 1872- 1972 |".

    Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, NM 88220 JUL 26 1977".

    Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, NM 88220 MAY 31 1983".

    Hand cancellation: "CARLSBAD, NM 88220 SEP 12 1983".

    Hand cancellation: "CARLSBAD, NM USPO JUN 28 1986".

    Hand cancellation: "CARLSBAD, NM 88220 MAY 14 1987".

    Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, NM 88220 AUG 22 1988".

    Hand cancellation: "CARLSBAD, NM 88220 MAY 14 1993".

    Machine cancellation: "CARLSBAD, NM 88220 NOV 30 1994".

Carlsbad: 6th Annual Bat Festival Station

[TPS]

    Special hand pictorial cancellation: "6th Annual BAT FESTIVAL Station, Carlsbad, NM 88220 August 15, 2003".

Carlsbad: Battle of Leyte Gulf Station

[TPS]

    Special hand pictorial & slogan cancellation: "BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF STATION, CARLSBAD, N.M. 88220 - 9998 OCT. 23, 1994 | 50th ANNIVERSARY     929 th SIGNAL BN.|".

Carlsbad: Carlsbad, NM Station

[TPS]

    Special hand pictorial & slogan cancellation: "CARLSBAD, NM STATION 88220 JUN 2 2016 | NATIONAL PARKS |".

Carlsbad: First Day of Issue

[TPS]

    This cacheted cover is for the first day of issue of the 23 cents Carlsbad Caverns National Park postal card. Special machine slogan cancellation: "CARLSBAD, NM 88220 JUN 7 2002 | FIRST DAY OF ISSUE |".

Carlsbad: New Mexico Philatelic Association Convention Station

[TPS]

    Special hand cancellation: "NEW MEXICO PHILATELIC ASSOCIATION CONVENTION STA., CARLSBAD, N. MEX. NOV 21 1957".

    Special hand cancellation: "NEW MEXICO PHILATELIC ASSOCIATION CONVENTION STA., CARLSBAD, N. MEX. APR 7 1983".

Carlsbad: Received

    Hand cancellation on back: "REC'D., CARLSBAD, N.MEX. MAY 1 1903". [TPC]

    Hand cancellation on back: "REC'D., CARLSBAD, N.MEX. MAY 2 1905". [TPC]

Carlsbad: Registered

     Hand cancellation on back: "REGISTERED, CARLSBAD, N.MEX. JUL 10 1940". Has "REGISTERED", "VIA AIR MAIL", "Special Delivery", and "Fee Claimed by Office of First Address" auxiliary markings on front.

Carlsbad: Station No. 1

[DPO]

    Hand cancellation: "STA. NO. 1, CARLSBAD, N. MEX. USPO NOV 6 1969". [TPC]

Dayton

[DPO]

    Hand cancellation: "DAYTON, N. MEX. SEP 30 1944".

Eddy

[DPO]

    Hand cancellation: "EDDY, N. MEX. JUN 11 1890". [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "EDDY, N. MEX. JUN 12 1890". [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "EDDY, N. MEX. MAY 12 1891". [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "EDDY, N. MEX. MAY 21 1891". [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "EDDY, N. MEX. NOV 1 1893". [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "EDDY, N. MEX. FEB 3 1896". [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "EDDY, N. MEX. MAR 1 1898". [TPC]

Hope

    Hand cancellation: "HOPE, N.MEX. DEC 1902". [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "HOPE, N. MEX. MAY 14 1909". [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "HOPE, N. MEX. MAR 14 1910". [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "HOPE, N. MEX. AUG 16 1950".

    Hand cancellation: "HOPE, NM 88250 JAN 25 1968".

    Hand cancellation: "HOPE, NM 88250 FEB 15 1968".

    Hand cancellation: "HOPE, NM 88250 JUL 18 1978".

    Hand cancellation: "HOPE, NM 88250 APR 1 1983".

    Hand cancellation: "HOPE, NM USPO JUL 18 1986".

    Hand cancellation: "HOPE, NM 88250 NOV 10 1987".

    Two different hand cancellations: "HOPE, NM 88250 SEP 7 1990" and "HOPE, NM 88250 USPS SEP 7 1990".

    This cacheted cover gives the history of Hope. Two different hand cancellations: "HOPE, NM 88250 OCT 10 1990" and "HOPE, NM 88250 USPS OCT 10 1990".

    Hand cancellation: "HOPE, NM 88250 AUG 19 2015".

Lakewood

    Hand cancellation: "LAKEWOOD, N. MEX. SEP 12 1909". [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "LAKEWOOD, N. MEX. SEP 12" [circa early 1910s]. [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "LAKEWOOD, N. MEX. DEC 7 1961".

    Hand cancellation: "LAKEWOOD, NM 88254 MAR 6 1979".

    Hand cancellation: "LAKEWOOD, NM 88254 APR 4 1980".

    Hand cancellation: "LAKEWOOD, NM 88254 APR 11 1983".

    Hand cancellation: "LAKEWOOD, NM 88254 FEB 11 1985".

    Hand cancellation: "LAKEWOOD, NM 88254 DEC 26 1987".

     Two different hand cancellations: on front: "LAKEWOOD, NM 88254 FEB 26 1988", and on back: "LAKEWOOD, NM USPO FEB 26 1988".

    Hand cancellation: "LAKEWOOD, NM 88254 OCT 30 2015".

Loco Hills

    Hand cancellation: "LOCO HILLS, N. MEX. DEC 23 1959".

    Hand cancellation: "LOCO HILLS, N. MEX. MAR 16 1961".

    Hand cancellation: "LOCO HILLS, NM 88255 AUG 6 1965".

    Hand cancellation: "LOCO HILLS, NM 88255 SEP 10 1974".

    Hand cancellation: "LOCO HILLS, NM 88255 JAN 25 1982".

    Hand cancellation: "LOCO HILLS, NM 88255 JAN 18 1984".

    Hand cancellation: "LOCO HILLS, NM 88255 JAN 24 1986".

    Hand cancellation: "LOCO HILLS, NM 88255 NOV 6 1986".

     Two different hand cancellations: "LOCO HILLS, NM 88255 FEB 26 1988", and on the back: "LOCO HILLS, NM USPO FEB 26 1988".

    Hand cancellation: "LOCO HILLS, NM 88255 FEB 7 1991".

    Hand cancellation: "LOCO HILLS, NM 88255 USPS OCT 29 2015".

Loving

    Hand cancellation: "LOVING, N.MEX. MAY 16 1950 | 1 |".

    Hand cancellation: "LOVING, N.MEX. SEP 28 1958 | 1 |".

    Hand cancellation: "LOVING, NM 88256 SEP 28 1966".

    Hand cancellation: "LOVING, NM 88256 FEB 14 1970".

    Hand cancellation: "LOVING, NM 88256 DEC 28 1978".

    Hand cancellation: "LOVING, NM 88256 JAN 4 1982".

    Hand cancellation: "LOVING, NM 88256 FEB 13 1984".

    Hand cancellation: "LOVING, NM 88256 OCT 24 1985".

    Hand cancellation: "LOVING, NM 88256 FEB 7 1987".

     Hand cancellations: "LOVING, NM 88256 OCT 7 1996".

    Hand cancellation: "LOVING, NM 88256 USPS AUG 8 2015".

Malaga

    Doane hand cancellation: "MALAGA, N. MEX. FEB 19 1908 | 2 |". [TPC]

    Hand cancellation: "MALAGA, N. MEX. MAY 26 1950".

    Hand cancellation: "MALAGA, NM 88263 OCT 10 1969".

    Hand cancellation: "MALAGA, NM 88263 AUG 24 1973".

    Hand cancellation: "MALAGA, NM 88263 APR 3 1980".

    Hand cancellation: "MALAGA, NM 88263 DEC 9 1986".

    Hand cancellation: "MALAGA, NM 88263 JAN 11 1988".

     Two different hand cancellations: on front: "MALAGA, NM 88263 FEB 26 1988", and on back: "MALAGA, NM USPO FEB 26 1988".

    Hand cancellation: "MALAGA, NM 88263 USPS OCT 16 2015".

Malaga: Centennial Station

[TPS]

    Special hand pictorial & slogan cancellation: "CENTENNIAL STATION, MALAGA, NM 88263 APRIL 25 1992 | NEW MEXICO   LAND OF ENCHANTMENT   APRIL 25 1892-1992 100 Years |".

Seven Rivers

[DPO]

    Hand cancellation: "SEVEN RIVERS, NEW MEX. APR 24 1884". [TPC]

White's City

[OPN]

This is an older spelling for Whites City.

    Machine cancellation: "WHITE'S CITY, N.MEX. JUN 1 1946".

    Machine cancellation: "WHITE'S CITY, N.MEX. JUN 8 1946".

    Machine cancellation: "WHITE'S CITY, N.MEX. AUG 9 1946".

    Machine cancellation: "WHITE'S CITY, N.MEX. NOV 7 1949".

    Machine cancellation: "WHITE'S CITY, N.MEX. AUG 4 1950".

Whites City

    Machine cancellation: "WHITES CITY, N.MEX. SEP 23 1952".

    Machine cancellation: "WHITES CITY, N.MEX. SEP 29 1958".

    Machine cancellation: "WHITES CITY, N.MEX. SEP 22 1959".

    Hand cancellation: "WHITES CITY, N. MEX. MAR 9 1962 | 1 |".

    Hand cancellation: "WHITES CITY, NM 88268 APR 3 1980".

    Hand cancellation: "WHITES CITY, NM 88268 APR 12 1983".

    Hand cancellation: "WHITES CITY, NM 88268 MAR 1 1988".

    Hand cancellation: "WHITES CITY, NM USPO MAY 11 1988".

    Two different hand cancellations: "WHITES CITY, NM 88268 APR 7 1998" and "WHITES CITY, NM USPO APR 7 1998".

    Hand cancellation: "WHITES CITY, NM 88268 USPS MAY 28 2015".


Las Cruces Post Office on postcard, circa early 1940s

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