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      This page displays Poster Stamps (aka Cinderellas or labels) depicting cartoons about U.S. cities with unusual names, created between 11-26-1938 and 4-05-1940 by John Coulthard of Modesto, CA, and the covers that were serviced in each city with these stamps. These stamps were sold in imperforate blocks of four in the Western Stamp Collector newspaper in 1938-1940. It is unknown which covers, if any, were serviced by Coulthard. None of the covers displayed here are addressed to him. Other reported covers have been canceled as late as 1951.

      For a display of his First Day Cover (FDC) cachets, see: Cachetmaker: John Coulthard @. For a display of many cartoons and ads he drew from the 1930's through 1961, see my bibliography page documenting the stamp and cover sales catalog, "Collector's Handbook" by Elmer R. Long @. And, for a number of special Naval Event cachets he created, see the page, Naval Cover Museum: Cachet Maker John Coulthard. The Naval Cover Museum (NCM) is owned and maintained by the Universal Ship Cancellation Society (USCS), Greg Ciesielski, NCM Curator.

      Sources:
PSCC = Poster Stamp Collectors Club
Forum = Cinderella Stamps Forum: The poster stamps of John Coulthard
      Except as noted by "{A}" (my personal collection), (PSCC), (Forum), (Tom Minor), or (GRC) from Gregory R. Ciesielski, all other displays were found on the Web.

      References

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           Note that all covers I have seen with these poster stamps attached were serviced between late 1938 and early 1940, with a single exception of 1935 (#7). Characters depicted at that time may not be acceptable in the 2020s (aka "politically correct"), eighty-five years after these cartoons were drawn.
      Eight of the stamps I have not seen on cover.

1. John Coulthard poster stamp #00 --- (eBay) / (Forum)
         Rural Retreat, VA -- 10-14-1939 -- 2-06-1940
         For the second cover, the stamp may have been cut out of a newspaper and serviced by someone other than Coulthard.
   
2. John Coulthard poster stamp #1 --- (Forum)
         Shaver Lake, CA -- 3-18-1939
   
3. John Coulthard poster stamp #2 --- (eBay)
         Looking Glass, OR -- 12-08-1938
   
4. John Coulthard poster stamp #3 --- (Forum)
         Hellgate, WA -- 1-27-1939
   
5. John Coulthard poster stamp #4 --- (eBay)
         Horse Heaven, OR -- 11-26-1938
   
6. John Coulthard poster stamp #5 --- (Forum)
         Bachelor, CA -- 3-18-1939
   
7. John Coulthard poster stamp #6 --- (eBay) / (GRC)
         Left Hand, WV -- 1-14-1939 -- 4-05-1940
   
8. John Coulthard poster stamp #7 --- (GRC) / (eBay)
         Begood, VA -- 5-18-1935 -- 1-14-1939
         As Coulthard did not start advertising these stamps until 1938, it is questionable that this 1935 cover is legitimate. Like #36, this may be a fake cancel or an illegal back-dated favor cancel, or possibly the cancel is okay and the stamp was added-on sometime after 1938. I don't know of any way to prove which view is correct. This particular stamp went off sale on 1-21-1939 because this Post Office closed on 1-31-1939. This was announced on page 1 of the 1-14-1939 issue of Western Stamp Collector,
   
9. John Coulthard poster stamp #7-1/2 (#7-5) --- (eBay)
         Sunny South, AL -- 9-??-1939 -- 2-11-1939
   
10. John Coulthard poster stamp #8 --- (eBay)
          Romeo, CO -- 2-13-1939
    
11. John Coulthard poster stamp #9 --- (eBay)
          Young America, IN -- 1-13-1939 (2) -- 3-13-1939
    
12. John Coulthard poster stamp #10 --- (eBay)
          O.K., KY -- 3-08-1939
    
13. John Coulthard poster stamp #11 --- (eBay)
          Mud, WV -- 3-06-1939-1939
    
14. John Coulthard poster stamp #12 --- (eBay) / (Forum)
          Competition, MO -- 3-15-1939
    
15. John Coulthard poster stamp #13 --- (Forum) / (GRC)
          Pie Town, NM -- 4-21-1939 -- 2-16-1939
    
16. John Coulthard poster stamp #14 --- (eBay)
          Painted Post, NY -- 4-05-1939
    
17. John Coulthard poster stamp #15 --- (eBay) / (GRC)
          Social Circle, GA -- 2-10-1939 -- 4-06-1939 -- 11-14-1939
    
18. John Coulthard poster stamp #16 --- (eBay)
          Worry, NC -- 3-08-1939
    
19. John Coulthard poster stamp #17 --- (eBay)
          Horseshoe, FL -- 4-07-1939
    
20. John Coulthard poster stamp #18 --- (Forum)
          Gasoline, TX -- 2-09-1939
    
21. John Coulthard poster stamp #19 --- (eBay)
          Auto, WV -- 2-25-1939
    
22. John Coulthard poster stamp #20 --- (Forum)
          Detour, MD -- ??-1939
          I have not seen a cover with this stamp.
    
23. John Coulthard poster stamp #21 --- (Forum) / (GRC)
          Bald Knob, WV -- 7-04-1939 -- 4-05-1940
    
24. John Coulthard poster stamp #22 --- (PSCC)
          Flying H, NM -- ??-1939
          I have not seen a cover with this stamp.
    
25. John Coulthard poster stamp #23 --- (Forum)
          Wink, TX -- 6-08-1939
    
26. John Coulthard poster stamp #24 --- (Forum)
          Ball Ground, GA -- 9-28-1939
    
27. John Coulthard poster stamp #25 --- (eBay)
          Talking Rock, GA -- ??-1939
          I have not seen a cover with this stamp.
    
28. John Coulthard poster stamp #26 --- (Forum)
          Hobo Hot Springs, CA -- ??-1939
          I have not seen a cover with this stamp.
    
29. John Coulthard poster stamp #27 --- (Forum)
          Harmony, RI -- 6-20-1939
    
30. John Coulthard poster stamp #28 --- (Forum)
          Sleepy Eye, MN -- 5-31-1939
    
31. John Coulthard poster stamp #29 --- (eBay)
          Roads End, CA -- 6-26-1939
    
32. John Coulthard poster stamp #30 --- (Tom Minor)
          Sailor Springs, IL -- ??-1939
          I have not seen a cover with this stamp.
    
33. John Coulthard poster stamp #31 --- (Forum)
          Bigfoot, TX -- 5-30-1939
    
34. John Coulthard poster stamp #32 --- (Tom Minor)
          Golf, IL -- ??-1939
          I have not seen a cover with this stamp.
    
35. John Coulthard poster stamp #33 --- (Forum)
          Dad, WY -- 5-29-1939
    
36. John Coulthard poster stamp #34 --- (Forum)
          Twin Sisters, TX -- 12-04-1939
    
37. John Coulthard poster stamp #35 --- (Forum)
          Twinfish, WA -- ??-1939
          I have not seen a cover with this stamp.
    
38. John Coulthard poster stamp #36 --- (Forum)
          Boggy Depot, OK -- 11-30-1939
          Per Tom Minor, "I don’t know what to think about the cover you show for 36 Boggy Depot, Oklahoma -- post office closed in 1934, so a cancel would have to be fake or perhaps a favor cancel by someone who kept the canceller (illegally)." (See also: #7)
    
39. John Coulthard poster stamp #37 --- (eBay)
          Possession, WA -- ??-1939
          I have not seen a cover with this stamp.
    
40. John Coulthard poster stamp #38 --- (Forum)
          Hurry, MD -- 5-24-1939
    
41. John Coulthard poster stamp #39 --- (eBay) / (Forum)
          Magazine, AL -- 12-29-1939
    
42. John Coulthard poster stamp #40 --- (Forum)
          Stamps, AR -- 6-15-1939
    

• #Minor: "John Coulthard, Poster Stamp Artist" by Tom Minor


• #Forum:
        "Cinderella Stamps Forum: The poster stamps of John Coulthard", page 1
  
        "Cinderella Stamps Forum: The poster stamps of John Coulthard", page 2


• #Whollem: "Fantasy Poster Stamps by John Coulthard" on Eric Whollem's Art Blog

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