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    • Calabasas, Santa Cruz County

    • Calabasas, Santa Cruz County

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    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled envelope mailed from Calabasa, Ariz., March 7, 1886. The canceller appears to have no final "S" in the town name. The area of Calabasas had been inhabited since the late 1600’s, under various peoples and names. The Spanish name...
    • Redrock, Pinal County

    • Redrock, Pinal County

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    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled post card mailed from Redrock (Red Rock), Ariz., August 7, 1908. The town spelling varied from one word to two words over the years. The community was developed to service the Silver Bell smelter. The post office was established in...
    • Pinal, Pinal County

    • Pinal, Pinal County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled postal card mailed from Pinal, Ariz., October, 1889. The date is not legible in the cancellation. The developing community of Pinal was an important stage station on the road to Globe. When the Silver King Mine closed in 1888 Pinal...
    • Maricopa, Pinal County

    • Maricopa, Pinal County

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    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled post office form mailed from Maricopa, Pinal County, Arizona, March 17, 1885. The cancellation is octagonal. This was originally the junction for the main transcontinental railroad with the branch line into Phoenix. The post office at...
    • Tucson, Pima County

    • Tucson, Pima County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled postal stationery entire mailed from Tucson, Ariz., August 30, 1890. Street cars drawn by mules, when the mules felt like it, were still in use in Tucson in 1901. Note the name “Meyer Street 3” on the front of the Car.
    • Shultz, Pima County

    • Shultz, Pima County

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    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled envelope mailed from Shultz, Ariz., March 28, 1898. The small mining camp on the hill above the San Pedro River was developed by Frank Shultz around the end of 1872. He built a small grocery store and opened the post office to...
    • White River, Navajo County

    • White River, Navajo County

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    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled envelope mailed from White River, Ariz., November 11, 1904. An early name for the White River was the Sierra Blanca River. The settlement is the current headquarters for the Apache Indian Reservation on the north fork of the White...
    • Mineral Park, Mohave County

    • Mineral Park, Mohave County

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    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled envelope mailed from Mineral Park, Arizona, April 11, 1882. The rich abundance of metals in the area gave Mineral Park its name in 1870. Mineral Park was the county seat for a short time in 1873, but when mining production slowed down...
    • Hardyville, Mohave County

    • Hardyville, Mohave County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled postal stationery entire mailed from Hardyville, A.T. (Arizona Territory), April 18, 1867. The envelope is cancelled by pen and ink, and the town and date are written by hand. Hardyville became a distribution point on the Colorado River...
    • Phoenix, Maricopa County

    • Phoenix, Maricopa County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled postal stationery entire mailed from Phoenix, Arizona, September 5, 1881. The cancellation is hexagonal, and the "OE" in Phoenix are conjoined. In 1867, Jack Swilling organized the Swilling Irrigation Canal Company from the waters of the...
    • Gila Bend, Maricopa County

    • Gila Bend, Maricopa County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled envelope mailed from Gila Bend, Ariz., August 8, 1904. Fr. Garces found a Native American Rancheria in 1774. Years later a settlement began where grain was raised. This colony became known as Gila Bend, located at the turning point of...
    • Apache, Cochise County

    • Apache, Cochise County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled envelope mailed from Apache, Ariz., September 12, 1910. The return address is Chiricahua, Ariz. Little remains of the community called "Apache", which was named in remembrance of the days of the Apache raids led by Geronimo. Forty miles...
    • Patagonia, Santa Cruz County

    • Patagonia, Santa Cruz County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled envelope mailed from Patagonia, Ariz., November 14, 1908. The post office was first established on May 7, 1866, but closed and re-opened twice before its re-establishment on March 31st, 1900.
    • Guthrie, Greenlee County

    • Guthrie, Greenlee County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled envelope mailed from Guthrie, Ariz., December 21, 1910. This point on the Arizona and New Mexico railroad was named for Guthrie Smith who with J. Duncan Smith sold land to the Arizona Copper Co. In 1883, the railroad was built to reach...
    • Clifton, Greenlee County

    • Clifton, Greenlee County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Envelope cancelled in pen and ink in Clifton, A. T., on December 13, 1875. Rich deposits of copper were discovered in the area by Lt. John G. Bourke in 1869 while he was on army duty. In 1872, a group of explorers from Silver City, New Mexico...
    • Solomonville, Graham County

    • Solomonville, Graham County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled postal card mailed from Solomonville, Ariz., February 4, 1890. The town was first called Munsonville, when William Munson built an adobe house and store here in 1873. In 1876 Isadore Solomon bought Munson's buildings and added to...
    • Geronimo, Graham County

    • Geronimo, Graham County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled postal stationery entire mailed from Geronimo, Ariz., September 5, 1909. This community on the Arizona Eastern Railroad was named for Geronimo who led Apache warriors in fights against the Mexicans. The post office was established April...
    • Fort Thomas, Graham County

    • Fort Thomas, Graham County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled postal stationery entire mailed from Fort Thomas, Ariz., October 5, 1896. The name Camp Thomas derives from that of Brig. Fen. Lorenzo Thomas. The name was changed to Fort Apache in 1871 and again to Fort Thomas in 1877. When Geronimo...
    • Tonto, Gila County

    • Tonto, Gila County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled postal stationery entire mailed from Tonto, Gila Co, Arizona, December 4, 1885. The post office at Tonto was established on the Howell Ranch at the foot of a trail called Jump-off. It served the Cross-7 Cattle Company. The post office...
    • Strawberry, Gila County

    • Strawberry, Gila County

    • Unknown

    • Arizona -- History -- To 1912; Postal service -- Arizona – History; Postmarks – Arizona; Cancellations (Philately) – Arizona; Covers (Philately) – Arizona; Postal stationery

    • Cancelled envelope mailed from Strawberry, AT (Arizona Territory). February 2, 1889. The stamps are pen cancelled, and the post office name and date are handwritten. In 1886, the first settlers in the community of Strawberry learned that the area...

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