ORANGES and other Orange Citrus Fruit

JeffS
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Very cool, JeffS .... I love the Chaffey brothers connection!
Yes indeed, the Chaffey brothers are the famous founders of the community where I am now living!  The local high school is named after them, as well as many other things.  And of course, they came here from the province of Ontario in Canada, hence the origin of city name here.

When my wife and I traveled to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario this past August, when we visited a local historical museum there, we saw more on the origin story of the Chaffey brothers, whose adventures clearly took them far and wide!

Coming back to the Southern California connection, the area of Ontario-Upland-Etiwanda was a major agricultural region back in the late 19th Century, which included citrus groves, apple orchards, and vineyards.  By the 1970s, the value of the real estate became so high that the agricultural areas started to disappear in favor of housing and business development.  There are still a few remnants of the past history in our area, but most of it is gone now.

Euclid Avenue is still the main street that runs north-south and connects Ontario and Upland.  Below is an image of an orange-crate label from the early days, which shows not only the citrus groves lining the street, but also the old trolley car system that used to run there.  Mount Baldy, our famous local peak, is shown in the background.  I always thought this vintage label would make a nice DIY Cinderella stamp, and I might do something with that over the holidays!

JeffS
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If anyone has an edition of Skinner and Enos, can you tell me what it might say about this cancel?


Caveat : Neophyte
Not listed in Skinner,  No fancy Postmarks listed under "Orange"   There are indicia strikes listed
Looking through section lV  "stars" I could not see a similar strike
Likewise "Stars with dots or circles at centre"


Likewise cancellations and killers of the banknote era, Nothing I could see.
OCR "orange" nothing

PS: I agree with you, a "crisp" postmark impression
So fine, personally, would doubt that is a "cork" cancel
(Not that I would have any experience with US cancels)

Is that indeed a "Duplex" hammer impression?

Seems difficult to find any Pmk with Orange
I have "San Bernadino to Orange RPO" impression.

New issue from Transnistria released 28 Dec 2023 depicts oranges as part of New Year celebrations.

djcmh I just now saw your post. Thank you for the update. I'll have to keep an eye out for it. 


EDIT …
this and its companion featuring a cat are available on both eBay and Delcampe. Both perforated and imperforate. I ordered one perforated set. Thanks again, Jeff

Nice work on the British Honduras material JeffS. The one cover being mailed from Jamaica is an interesting twist. 

rod222 To finally answer your Orange California duplex cancel question, I believe the answer is, yes it is a duplex. I have a later example with the same dater but different killer and recently saw a third example with same dater but a further deteriorated star.

Pamplemousse
Gabon Postage Due Sc#J39 1962

I searched TSF Citrus for Pamplemousse, but could not go direct to the post it found?
when I clicked on the sub set evidence, it just took me to page 1 of 23.

Further in this series J37 are Tangerines
J40 are Oranges
J44 are Lemons




No search results, for Lime or Dominica.
Dominica 1938 Sc# 101 5d Picking Limes.

I've drawn a line at including limes and lemons in my collection. The pamplemousse stamps will be in the grapefruit pages somewhere.