U. S. HIGHWAY 89 POSTAL HISTORY - Montana


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Montana


U. S. Highway 89
(Gardiner, through Livingston and Great Falls, to Canada border)


PARK COUNTY

Gardiner

    Hand cancellation: "GARDINER, MONT. JUN 3 1938 | 1 |".

    Hand cancellation: "GARDINER, MT 59030 OCT 26 1990".

    Hand cancellation: "GARDINER, MONTANA 59030 APR 21 2016".

    Hand cancellation: "GARDINER, MONTANA 59030 USPS AUG 8 2023".

Corwin Springs

[DPO]

    Hand cancellation: "CORWIN SPRINGS, MT 59021 APR 23 1982".

Emigrant

    Hand cancellation: "EMIGRANT, MONT. SEP 25 1953".

    Hand cancellation: "EMIGRANT, MT 59027 USPS NOV 17 2022".

Pray

    Hand cancellation: "PRAY, MONT. JUL 25 1954".

    Hand cancellation: "PRAY, MT 59065 USPS JAN 9 2023".

Livingston

    Special machine slogan cancellation: "LIVINGSTON, MONT. JUN 10 1940 | YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK |".

    Machine cancellation: "LIVINGSTON, MONT. SEP 7 1958".

    Hand cancellation: "LIVINGSTON, MT USPS AUG 8 1990".

    Special hand pictorial & slogan cancellation: "Absaroka Station, LIVINGSTON, MONTANA 59047 June 25, 1991 | National Forest System Centennial   BY PONY EXPRESS |".

Clyde Park

    Hand cancellation: "CLYDEPARK, MONT. AUG 29 1950".

    Hand cancellation: "CLYDE PARK, MT 59018 USPS NOV 14 2022".

Wilsall

    Hand cancellation: "WILSALL, MONT. JAN 30 1940".

    Hand cancellation: "WILSALL, MONT. APR 26 1962".

    Hand cancellation: "WILSALL, MT 59086 FEB 14 1987".


MEAGHER COUNTY

Ringling

    Hand cancellation: "RINGLING, MT 59642 USPS NOV 14 2022".

White Sulphur Springs

    Hand cancellation: "WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, MONT. SEP 30 1935".

    Hand cancellation: "WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, MONT. APR 30 1949 | 1 \".

    Machine cancellation: "WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, MT 59645 OCT 7 1980".

    Hand cancellation: "WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, MT 59645 USPS NOV 15 2022".


CASCADE COUNTY

Neihart

    Hand cancellation: "NEIHART, MT 59465 JUL 9 1990".

    Hand cancellation: "NEIHART, MT 59465 USPS NOV 15 2022".

Monarch

    Hand cancellation: "MONARCH, MONT. AUG 1 1949".

    Special hand pictorial cancellation: "CENTENNIAL STATION, MONARCH, MONTANA 59463 JUL 8 1989".

    Hand cancellation: "MONARCH, MT 59463 USPS JUL 12 2018".

Belt

    Hand cancellation: "BELT, MT 59412 MAY 18 1981".

    Special hand pictorial & slogan cancellation: "CENTENNIAL STATION, BELT, MONTANA 59412 FEB 2 1985 | 1885 - 1985   THE ONLY BELT IN THE U.S.A. |".

    Hand cancellation: "BELT, MONTANA 59412 USPS NOV 14 2022|".

Great Falls

    Machine cancellation: "GREAT FALLS, MONT. AUG 1 1928".

    Machine cancellation: "GREAT FALLS, MONT. SEP 16 1929".

    Machine cancellation: "GREAT FALLS, MONT. APR 18 1941".

    Machine cancellation: "GREAT FALLS, MONT. OCT 30 1942".

    Machine cancellation: "GREAT FALLS, MONT. JAN 5 1943".

    Machine cancellation: "GREAT FALLS, MONT. JUL 5 1947".

    Hand cancellation on back: "REGISTERED, GREAT FALLS, MONT. NOV 3 1947". Has "REGISTERED" auxiliary marking on front.

    Machine cancellation: "GREAT FALLS, MONT. OCT 5 1955".

    Machine cancellation: "GREAT FALLS, MONT. SEP 1 1959".

    Special machine slogan cancellations: "GREAT FALLS, MONT. MAR 19 1964 | FIRST DAY OF ISSUE |".

    Machine cancellation: "GREAT FALLS, MT 59401 JUL 14 1977".

    Hand cancellation: "GREAT FALLS, MT 59403 MAR 19 1978".

    Hand cancellation: "GREAT FALLS, MT 59403 MAR 19 1979".

    Special hand pictorial & slogan cancellation: "Centennial Station, Great Falls, Mt. 59401 JUL 2 1984 | 1884-1984 |".

    Special hand pictorial & slogan cancellation: "Centennial Station, Great Falls, Mt. 59401 JUL 10 1984 | 1884-1984 |".

    Machine commemorative slogan cancellation: "GREAT FALLS, MT 59401 OCT 13 1987 | 25TH ANNIVERSARY MINUTEMAN DETERRENCE MALMSTROM AFB, MT |".

    Special hand pictorial cancellation: "FALLS PHILATELIC STATION, GREAT FALLS, MONT 59401 FEB 14 1990".

    Special hand slogan cancellation: "GREAT FALLS, MT 59401 MAY 14 2004 | FIRST DAY OF ISSUE |".

Great Falls: Charles M. Russell Station

    Hand cancellation: "CHARLES M RUSSELL STATION, GREAT FALLS, MT 59495 NOV 15 2022".

Vaughn

    Hand cancellation: "VAUGHN, MT 59487 USPS NOV 16 2022".

Sun River

    Hand cancellation: "SUN RIVER, MT 59483 USPS NOV 15 2022".


TETON COUNTY

Fairfield

    Hand cancellation: "FAIRFIELD, MT 59436 USPS NOV 17 2022".

Choteau

    Machine cancellation: "CHOTEAU, MT 59422 FEB 22 1989".

    Hand cancellation: "CHOTEAU, MT 59422 USPS NOV 17 2022".

Bynum

    Special hand pictorial & slogan cancellation: "CENTENNIAL STATION, BYNUM, MT 59419 JUL 7 1985 | 1885 - 1985 |".

    Hand cancellation: "BYNUM, MT 59419 USPS DEC 3 2022".

Pendroy

    Hand cancellation: "PENDROY, MONT. AUG 31 1956".

    Hand cancellation: "PENDROY, MT 59467 USPS NOV 15 2022".


PONDERA COUNTY

Dupuyer

    Hand cancellation: "DUPUYER, MT 59432 USPS NOV 14 2022".


GLACIER COUNTY

Browning

    Hand cancellation: "BROWNING, MT USPO SEP 8 1987".

    Hand cancellation: "BROWNING, MONTANA 59417 USPS NOV 18 2022".

Saint Mary

[DPO]

    Machine cancellation: "| SAINT MARY RUR. STA. | BROWNING, MONT. AUG 13 1959".

    Machine cancellation: "| SAINT MARY RUR. STA. | BROWNING, MONT. JUL 21 1961".

    Machine cancellation: "| SAINT MARY RUR. STA. | BROWNING, MONT. JUL 28 1961".

    Hand cancellation on back of metal ashtray: "SAINT MARY RUR. STA., BROWNING, MONT. AG 8 1961".

    Machine cancellation: "| SAINT MARY RUR. STA. | BROWNING, MONT. AUG 23 1961".

    Machine cancellation: "| SAINT MARY RUR. STA. | BROWNING, MONT. AUG 31 1961".

    Machine cancellation: "| SAINT MARY RUR. STA. | BROWNING, MONT. SEP 6 1961".

    Machine cancellation: "| SAINT MARY RUR. STA. | BROWNING, MONT. AUG 2 1965".

    Machine cancellation: "| SAINT MARY RUR. STA. | BROWNING, MT 59417 AUG 23 1968".

    Special hand pictorial & slogan cancellation: "Glacier National Park Station, St. Mary, MT 59417 June 18, 1982 | Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park   1932-82 |".

Babb

    Hand cancellation: "BABB, MONT. JUL 26 1954".

    Hand cancellation: "BABB, MT 59411 DEC 20 1989 ".

    Hand cancellation: "BABB, MT 59411-9998 USPS APR 19 2016".



View of Saint Mary Lake and the Lewis Range from U. S. Highway 89, Montana; on postcard, circa late 1950s.


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