Washington (US-DC)

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Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as “Washington”, “the District”, or simply “D.C.”, is the capital of the United States. The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of a capital district located along the Potomac River on the country's East Coast. The U.S. Constitution provided for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Congress and the District is therefore not a part of any U.S. state.

Postmark Examples

Duplex cancel on Official Business Mail 1897

Duplex cancel on Official Business Mail 1899

Duplex cancel Washington DC, 1928

Special cancels

Special cancel from Washington DC, Smithsonian Sta, The National Museum of American History, 1998.

Special cancel from National Postal Museum Station / Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 1996.

Precancels

Precancel Washington DC on Scott 553, Harding. c.1925.

Precancel Washington DC on Scott 566, Liberty. c.1922.

Precancel Washington DC on Scott 720, Washington. c.1932.

Precancel Washington DC on Scott 805, Martha Washington. c.1938.

Precancel Washington DC on Scott 901, Torch. c.1940.

Precancel Washington DC on Scott 1031A, Palace. c.1960.

Precancel Washington DC on Scott 1615, Drum. c.1976.

Meter cancels

Meter cancel 1939

Meter cancel 1946

Meter cancel 1958

Meter cancel 1960

Meter cancel 1989

Meter cancel 1993

Meter cancel 1993

Covers and cards

Civil War soldiers' mail	1869 cover from WASHINGTON DC (with G95&119) to Constantinople. Cork cancels. Sold 800 SF in 2000
1924 War Department Official mail	Postal Card from Washington D.C to Switzerland, 1969

Official Business Mail / Library of Congress 1904

Official Treasury Dept.

First Day Covers

WASHINGTON DC in 1959.

WASHINGTON DC in 1959.

WASHINGTON DC in 1960.

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