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Posted By: Dwight Davis
Anyone care to take a stab at identifying the markings on this card? Under magnification at least two of them - one front the other on the back - appear to be postal cancellations and the words "Ashville & Murphy." Also a date that appears to be 1925. Those two cities are western N.C. towns, but the correct spelling of the former is "Asheville," at least it is now. But, for what reason would a card have a postal cancellation? |
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Posted By: scott brockelman
Looks like someone was bored at the Post Office , however the date may be 1909 in the circular date stamp, all are postal cancellations, further they may be railroad cancellations. |
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Posted By: Dwight Davis
Thanks, Scott. A railroad cancellation(s) seems highly plausible. A conductor needs to test his stamp, has no paper handy, then realizes he has this useless piece of cardboard in his pack of Old Mills. |
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Posted By: Jeff Mohler
Yes, it appears to be a postal railway cancellation. On the back of the card, the part of the cancellation that resembles a shoe print has the letters "RMS" in the middle. Those letters stand for Railway Mail Service. Even though it is hard to see, the letters in the 6 o'clock position of the round cancellation would be RPO, which stands for Railway Post Office. The Ashville & Murphy most likely would be the name of the railroad company. A google search reveals that a passenger train did run between Ashville and Murphy in the early part of the 20th century. |
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Posted By: Dwight Davis
Thanks for the research and sharing the railford info, Jeff. I would imagine it took some effort to turn up that information on the rail line. |
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Posted By: Ken W.
This is precisely why I don't give a hoot about collecting only high-grade cards (no disrespect, intended). If this is, indeed, from some old railroad clerk, what a COOL piece of history!!! For me, that's what this hobby is all about. |
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Posted By: Dwight Davis
Absolutely, Ken. I was just kidding in regard to the stamp. It does add character to the card, perhaps more than it had in its "mint" condition. Not all agree, I know. |
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Posted By: Jeff Shepherd
Great card! I love traces of past ownership. I have this one in my collection which appears to be a postal cancellation dated Aug. 20, 1910. I can make out Gettysburg, but that's about it. Cards like these help in identifying release dates, assuming the stamp was correct. Anyone have any others? |
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Posted By: Frank Wakefield
Ashville & Murphy... the Murphy Branch ran between Ashville NC and Murphy NC. Ashville is a city, to the southwest, in the corner of the state, is Murphy. The line only runs as far as Andrews now... |
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Posted By: Dwight Davis
Do you live in N.C. Frank? |
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Posted By: Frank Wakefield
I live in Franklin, Ky. |
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Posted By: Dwight Davis
Just curious. You knew about Andrews, N.C., which is about as big as a minute. |
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Posted By: Jeff Shepherd
Thanks Frank - the card I scanned was of minor-leaguer Moran for Providence. A beautiful card that graded an SGC 10 because of the stamp. |
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