Nevada Postal History - Washoe County


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WASHOE COUNTY

Black Springs

[DPO]

    Hand cancellation: "BLACK SPRINGS, NEV. SEP 23 1952".

    Hand cancellation: "BLACK SPRINGS, NV 89401 SEP 27 1966".

Crystal Bay

    Hand cancellation: "CRYSTAL BAY, NEV. [?] 30 1939".

    Hand cancellation: "CRYSTAL BAY, NEV. OCT 16 1951".

    Machine cancellation: "CRYSTAL BAY, NEV. MAY 29 1959".

    Hand cancellation: "CRYSTAL BAY, NV 89402 SEP 12 1983".

    Hand cancellation: "CRYSTAL BAY, NV 89402 FEB 21 2017".

Empire

[DPO]

    Hand cancellation: "EMPIRE, NEV. NOV 16 1951".

    Hand cancellation: "EMPIRE, NEV. AUG 28 1959".

    Hand cancellation: "EMPIRE, NEV. DEC 4 1959".

    Hand cancellation: "EMPIRE, NEV. DEC 29 1959".

    Hand cancellation: "EMPIRE, NV 89405 OCT 28 1985".

Flanigan

[DPO]

    Hand cancellation: "FLANIGAN, NEV. MAY 12 1951".

    Hand cancellation: "FLANIGAN, NEV. OCT 23 1951".

Gerlach

    Hand cancellation: "GERLACH, NEV. JUN 16 1911".

    Hand cancellation: "GERLACH, NEV. SEP 1 1942".

    Hand cancellation: "GERLACH, NEV. OCT 10 1952 | 1 |".

    Hand cancellation: "GERLACH, NV 89412 SEP 30 1967".

    Hand cancellation: "GERLACH, NEVADA 89412 FEB 27 2017".

Incline Village

    Hand cancellation: "INCLINE VILLAGE, NEV. DEC 29 1964".

    Machine cancellation: "INCLINE VILLAGE, NV 89450 AUG 18 1966".

    Machine cancellation: "INCLINE VILLAGE, NV 89450 JAN 26 1969".

    Machine cancellation: "INCLINE VILLAGE, NV 89450 FEB 14 1970".

    Hand cancellation: "INCLINE VILLAGE BR., CRYSTAL BAY, NV USPS NOV 23 1990".

    Hand cancellation: "INCLINE VILLAGE, NV 89450-9998 USPS JUL 11 1996".

    Hand cancellation: "INCLINE VILLAGE, NV 89451 USPS OCT 2 2020".

Incline Village: First Day of Issue

    Special machine slogan cancellations: "INCLINE VILLAGE, NV 89451 JUN 13 2020".

Nixon

    Hand cancellation: "NIXON, NEV. AUG 18 1948".

    Hand cancellation: "NIXON, NEV. OCT 15 1952".

    Hand cancellation: "NIXON, NV 89424 DEC 31 1965".

    Hand cancellation: "NIXON, NV 89424 SEP 22 1968".

    Hand cancellation: "NIXON, NV 89424 OCT 11 1968".

    Hand cancellations: "NIXON, NV 89424 MAY 18 1969".

    Hand cancellation: "NIXON, NV 89424 JUL 20 1969".

    Hand cancellation: "NIXON, NV 89424 APR 11 1970".

    Hand cancellation: "NIXON, NV 89424 JAN 31 1971".

    Hand cancellation: "NIXON, NV 89424 JUN 28 1972".

    Hand cancellation: "NIXON, NV 89424 MAR 21 1978".

    Hand cancellation: "NIXON, NV 89424 JUN 21 1984".

    Hand cancellation: "NIXON, NV 89424 DEC 10 1987".

Nixon: Pyramid Lake Veteran's Celebration Station

[TPS]

    Special hand pictorial cancellation: "PYRAMID LAKE VETERAN'S CELEBRATION STATION, NIXON, NV 89424 MAY 20, 1994"


Reno

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Sparks

    Doane hand cancellation: "SPARKS, NEV. DEC 22 1905 | 1 |".

    Doane hand cancellation on leather postcard: "SPARKS, NEV. AUG 19 1907 | 15 |".

    Doane hand cancellation: "SPARKS, NEV. MAY 9 1909 | 15 |".

    Doane hand cancellation: "SPARKS, NEV. SEP 1 1909 | 15 |".

    Hand cancellation: "SPARKS, NEV. MAR 4 1910".

    Machine cancellation: "SPARKS, NEV. AUG 17 1912".

    Hand cancellation: "SPARKS, NEV. AUG 17 1928 ( 1 )".

    Machine cancellation: "SPARKS, NEV. JAN 31 1946".

    Hand cancellation: "SPARKS, NEV. OCT 16 1951 | 1 |".

    Machine cancellation: "SPARKS, NEV. JAN 14 1952".

    Machine cancellation: "SPARKS, NEV. SEP 12 1955".

    Special machine commemorative slogan cancellation: "SPARKS, NEV. JUL 29 1960 | 100TH ANNIVERSARY PONY EXPRESS NEVADA ON THE TRAIL |".

    Machine cancellation: "SPARKS, NEV. OCT 25 1960".

    Machine cancellation: "SPARKS, NV 89431 SEP 27 1966".

    Hand cancellation: "SPARKS, NV 89431 JUL 24 1981".

    Hand cancellation: "SPARKS, NV USPO JUN 15 1987".

    Hand cancellation: "SPARKS, NV USPO AUG 26 1999".

Sparks: 5th Annual Hometown Christmas Victorian Square Station

[TPS]

    Special hand pictorial cancellation: "5th Annual Hometown Christmas Victorian Square Station, Sparks, NV 89431 December 7 1991".

Sparks: NLPM Convention Station

[TPS]

    Special hand pictorial cancellation: "NLPM Convention Station, Sparks, NV 89431 August 21, 1998".

Sparks: UPMA Station

[TPS]

    Special hand pictorial & slogan cancellation: "UPMA Station, Sparks, NV 89431 July 21, 2018 | RENO THE BIGGEST LITTLE CITY INTHE WORLD     UPMA 2018 |".

Sparks: Vista Station

    Hand cancellation: "VISTA STA., SPARKS, NV 89434 MAR 2 2017".

Sparks: Whistle Off Station

[TPS]

    Special hand pictorial & slogan cancellation: "Whistle Off Sta., Sparks, NV 89431 OCT. 15, 1989 | WORLD'S 12TH INTERNATIONAL WHISTLE-OFF |".

Steamboat

    Hand cancellation: "STEAMBOAT, NEV. NOV 18 1945".

    Hand cancellation: "STEAMBOAT, NEV. JUN 2 1948".

    Hand cancellation on front & back: "STEAMBOAT, NEV. SEP 17 1948".

    Hand cancellation: "STEAMBOAT, NEV. MAY 23 1949".

    Hand cancellation: "STEAMBOAT, NEV. JAN 28 1953".

    Hand cancellation: "STEAMBOAT, NEV. DEC 29 1964".

    Hand cancellation: "STEAMBOAT, NV 89436 AUG 9 1965".

    Hand cancellation: "STEAMBOAT BR., RENO, NV USPO JUN 24 1981".

Sun Valley

    Hand cancellation: "SUN VALLEY BR., SPARKS, NV USPS FEB 4 1992".

    Hand cancellation: "SUN VALLEY BR., SPARKS, NV 89433 USPS FEB 27 2017".

Sutcliffe

[DPO]

    Hand cancellation: "SUTCLIFFE, NEV. AUG 15 1940".

U. S. Army Air Base, Reno

[DPO]

    Hand cancellation: "AIR BASE BR., RENO, NEV. FEB 11 1943".

U. S. Postal Service: 894

    Machine cancellation: "U. S. POSTAL SERVICE, 894 MAR 26 1973".

    Machine cancellation: "U. S. POSTAL SERVICE, 894 JUN 8 1973".

    Special machine commemorative slogan cancellation: "U. S. POSTAL SERVICE, 894 MAY 2 1974 | UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA CENTENNIAL 1874 -1974 |".

    Machine cancellation: "U. S. POSTAL SERVICE, NV 894 JUN 12 1975".

Verdi

    Hand cancellation: "VERDI, NEV. MAY 22 1912".

    Hand cancellation: "VERDI, NEV. AUG [?] 1915".

    Hand cancellation: "VERDI, NEV. MAR 11 1927".

    Hand cancellation: "VERDI, NEV. OCT 31 1964".

    Hand cancellation: "VERDI, NV 89439 FEB 29 1988".

    Hand cancellation: "VERDI, NV 89439-9998 OCT 16 1996".

    Hand cancellation: "VERDI, NV 89439-9998 USPS FEB 7 2017".

Vya

[DPO]

    Hand cancellation: "VYA, NEV. OCT 31 1941".

Wadsworth

    Hand cancellation with cork killer: "WADSWORTH, NEV. APR 6 1897".

    Hand cancellation: "WADSWORTH, NEV. SEP 6 1907".

    Hand cancellation: "WADSWORTH, NEV. OCT 16 1951".

    Hand cancellation: "WADSWORTH, NV 89442 JUL 16 1981".

    Hand cancellation: "WADSWORTH, NV 89442 JUN 21 1984".

    Hand cancellation: "WADSWORTH, NEVADA 89442-9998 USPS FEB 13 2017".


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