Maricopa County, AZ (50 items)

MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA

50 items     

Established: February 14, 1871 

County seat: Phoenix

1900 population: 20,457

Boys Ranch RB (Chandler)  1961 4-bar on 3x5 card

Buckeye  1949 machine cancel on cover

Cactus (1918-1963)  1948 4-bar on cover

Cactus RS (Phoenix)  (1963-1964) 1964 machine cancel on 3x5 card

Carefree RB  1962 4-bar on FD cover-sized card, PM autograph on back

Post card:  Giant Carefree Sundial [chrome]

Cave Creek  1962 4-bar on FD cover-sized card

Downtown S (Phoenix)  1968 round dater on 3x5 card

Gila Bend  1958 machine cancel on cacheted cover, Centennial of Butterfield Stage

Glendale 1911 4-bar on post card (Territorial)

Goodyear  1966 machine cancel on 3x5 card

Jokake  (1936-1944) 1941 4-bar on Postal Card

Post cards:  Inn and grounds [linen]; By the pool [linen]; view of Inn [chrome]

Maricopa  Readable 1910 cds on post card (Territorial)

Mesa  1965 machine cancel on 3x5 card

Post card:  X-Bar-B Trailer Ranch [chrome]

Paradise Valley B  1964 round dater backstamp on cover-sized card

Phoenix  1907 Flag cancel on post card (Territorial), also Montezuma OH Doane 3 as Rec’d; 1910 Flag cancel on post card, no stamp (Territorial); 1914 machine cancel on post card; 1929 slogan “Red Cross Roll Call JOIN” on post card; 1937 machine cancel (1 in dial) on cover; 1939 machine cancel (2 in dial) on post card; 1945 machine cancel (2 in dial) on post card; 1955 machine cancel on post card; 1962 FD cancel on cacheted cover, 50 Years of Statehood; 1965 Smoky Bear slogan on cover; 1970 slogan “Phoenix The First Century 1870-1970” on cover; 1983 machine cancel, indistinct slogan on cover; 2020 spray cancel on cover

Post cards:  Post office [linen]; Camelback Mountain, aerial view (Continental, 1971); Entrance to Biltmore Estates [linen, postal smudges]; State Capitol [linen, postal smudges]

Phoenix Station No. 24  1964 round dater on 3x5 card

Scottsdale  1971 machine cancel on cover

Post cards:  Main street [chrome, 1950s]; Thunderbird Academy [chrome]

Sherwood S (Mesa)  1966 round dater as backstamp on cover-sized card

Sun City  1962 4-bar on FD cover-sized card, PM autograph on back

Surprise  1963 4-bar on FD cover, PM autograph

Tempe  1907 duplex (Territorial) on cover, front only; maybe 1913 duplex on post card, nice view of child with ostrich chicks and eggs; 1970 machine cancel on cover

Tortilla Flat  1983 4-bar on cover

Post card:  Saguaro Lake Resort [chrome] 

Wickenburg   Post card:  Wickenburg Massacre Monument [chrome]

Youngtown   Post card:  Sign and homes [chrome]