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Ohio

Bibliography

Ohio philatelic literature is surprisingly limited:

The Post Offices Of Ohio by John S. Gallagher and Alan H. Patera is the post office listing.

19th Century Cleveland, Ohio Postal History by Tom Allen

You can access my online guide of Ohio Post Offices here.

Market

The market for Ohio covers is dominated by individual county collectors. The market for some counties is quite strong. The market for other counties is non existent. Stampless material is in the most demand, with 19th century material falling a bit behind. With some exception, demand for 20th century covers has lagged.

Among the 50 states, the District of Columbia, R.P.O.'s and Streetcars, Ohio rates as the 45th state in terms of percentage of covers sold at 45.99%. It ranks 6th in terms of the value of covers sold as percentage of all town cancels sold at 3.36%. The overall rank is 26th. This is a ten year running average. The most recent trends are about the same. I thought it might be interesting to quantify the level of interest for all the counties in Ohio. I figured the percentage of covers I have sold as compared to the total of the covers sold and the covers available. Since some of the Ohio covers I sell are not sold to Ohio collectors, I decided to eliminate flags and doanes from the total of covers sold. While not perfect, this should provide more accurate results. This is what I found:

Highland 100.00%
Erie 80.00%
Van Wert 77.42%
Paulding 75.00%
Ottawa 73.47%
Fulton 68.42%
Ashland 67.50%
Champaign 66.67%
Meigs 65.00%
Belmont 64.91%
Columbiana 64.36%
Preble 62.79%
Warren 62.50%
Stark 60.14%
Logan 59.57%
Hamilton 58.53%
Lorain 57.14%
Huron 56.72%
Gallia 56.00%
Lucas 54.67%
Henry 53.33%
Holmes 52.63%
Portage 52.48%
Jackson 50.00%
Medina 50.00%
Perry 50.00%
Wyandot 50.00%
Putnam 48.72%
Tuscarawas 48.68%
Williams 48.57%
Butler 47.37%
Miami 47.27%
Coshocton 46.94%
Summit 45.96%
Madison 45.83%
Knox 45.16%
Ashtabula 44.26%
Montgomery 44.14%
Lake 42.50%
Ross 42.47%
Clermont 42.42%
Allen 42.37%
Seneca 41.56%
Lawrence 41.38%
Mercer 40.91%
Hardin 40.63%
Shelby 40.54%
Hancock 40.00%
Mahoning 39.80%
Wayne 39.73%
Green 39.39%
Morrow 39.13%
Fairfield 38.30%
Brown 38.24%
Washington 37.74%
Auglaize 37.50%
Crawford 37.21%
Trumbull 37.08%
Pickaway 37.04%
Muskingum 35.11%
Geauga 34.55%
Union 34.48%
Guernsey 33.33%
Vinton 33.33%
Jefferson 30.91%
Fayette 30.77%
Franklin 30.73%
Sandusky 30.56%
Athens 30.43%
Morgan 30.43%
Adams 30.30%
Wood 30.19%
Harrison 29.63%
Marion 29.55%
Carroll 29.17%
Delaware 28.89%
Licking 28.57%
Pike 28.57%
Monroe 28.13%
Cuyahoga 28.06%
Defiance 26.92%
Darke 26.67%
Clark 26.23%
Scioto 25.71%
Richland 25.35%
Hocking 25.00%
Noble 25.00%
Clinton 18.42%

Covers For Sale

All Ohio Covers

Ohio By County

19th Century

Doanes

Flags

Stampless

Advertising

R.F.D.'s

Military

World War One

Picture Postcards

Machine Cancels

Auxiliary Markings

Fancy Cancels

Non Standard Postmarks

Registered Covers

Special Delivery Covers

Foreign Destinations

Patriotic

R.P.O.'s

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If you'd like printable version of these covers, please e-mail me.