La Salle County, IL (26 items)

LA SALLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

26 items

Established: January 15, 1831

County seat: Ottawa

1900 population: 87,776

Grand Ridge poor 1972 4-bar on cover

Kernan 1959 4-bar on LD cover, PM autograph

La Salle discernible red cds on stampless cover with red “PAID” and manuscript 3 for postage, cover tattered at bottom.  

Post card:  High School Auditorium [linen]

Leland  indistinct 1886 double circle cds on stamped envelope w/ Leland corner

Meriden  1959 4-bar on LD cover, PM autograph

Oglesby  1972 machine cancel on cover, stamp taped on

Ottawa  1912 straight-line machine on post card; 1940 duplex on cover w/ “Ludwig Sheet Metal Shop”  corner

Marseille 1906 duplex on post card, 2 South Brewer ME (DPO) rec. marks

Peru  Post cards:  4 real photo cards:  Roosevelt School, German Evangelical church, St. Valentine’s Catholic church, St. John’s Lutheran church; Centennial Park, hard to date, maybe 1950?

Seneca  1970 machine cancel on cover

Sheridan  1970 machine cancel on cover

Streator  1904 Flag cancel on cover; 1970 machine slogan “Streator Hobby Show” on cover

Tonica  1860s cds, target killer on small cover; 1911 duplex on post card

Starved Rock State Park Souvenir folder; 

Post cards:  4, including one early