Shelby County, TN (47 items)

SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE    

47  items     

Established: November 24, 1819

County seat: Memphis

1900 population: 153,557

Bailey  (1870-1953) 1963 4-bar on LD Postal Card

De Soto Sta.  1920 Special Delivery to N.Y. on Hotel Chisca envelope [front markings indistinct but backstamps of De Soto Sta. & N.Y. Rec’d; 1940 machine cancel on post card, view of library and post office [linen]

Germantown  1970 machine cancel on cover

Forest Hill  (1874-1964) 1964 4-bar on LD cover-sized card, round dater on back

Holiday City Sta.  1965 cds & wavy lines on FD [of postal status] cover-sized card

Kerrville  (1874-1953) 1953 4-bar on LD Postal Card

Lucy  (1874-1953) 1953 4-bar on LD Postal Card

Memphis  c.1860s cds & target killer on cover; 1873 cds on cover, “Ely, Harvey & Richardson” corner, original contents a letter-head bill for merchandise; 1969 machine FD of Issue W.C. Handy stamp on cover; 1993 fancy cancel; 1931 straight-line “U.S. Post Office S.S. Valley Queen” on cacheted (National Philatelic Ex.) cover; 1998 fancy cancel “Memphis Stamp Collectors Society” on postal card.  

Post cards: River drive with downtown in distance [2 chrome]; Aerial view of bridges & city [linen]; Memphis skyline from above river [linen]; Skyline from river at night [chrome]; downtown area [linen]; Cotton Festival parade [chrome]; Admiral Benbow Inn [chrome]; Crescent Lake Tourist Court [linen]; Griffin Hotel [B&W]; Holiday Inn East [2 chrome views, one interior]; Lakeland Inn [chrome]; Sunset Motel Restaurant [chrome]; William Len Hotel [white border, 1934]; Embers Restaurant interior [chrome]; “Mark Twain, the Family Cafeteria” interior [chrome]; Metropolitan Airport night view [chrome]; Court Square & Sterick Bldg. [linen];  “New Court House” [1909]; Cossitt Library [chrome]; “Goldsmith Civic Garden Center” [chrome]; “Entrance Tri-State Fairgrounds” [linen, 1948, postmarked on front]; “Looking across Confederate Park” [linen]; “Lily Pond in Forest Park” [linen, 1941]; Morningside Park [linen]; “Monkey Mound, Overton Park” [linen, 1941]; Federal Barge Line [c.1910, worn, tape marks]; The Avalon (riverboat) [chrome]; Memphis and Harriman bridges [c.1930]

Millington  1972 machine cancel on cover.  Post card:  Howard’s Manor & Cottages [linen]

Oakville  (1870-1950) 1950 duplex on LD Postal Card

Riverside Sta.  1973 round dater on cover