John Coulthard (1903-1964) Modesto CA, was an artist-cartoonist who produced of cachets for Naval, first day and event postal covers. Many of which are highly valued by collectors. On the humorous side, Coulthard would produce cachets for curious town postmarks. During the 1930s post offices had nice hand postmarks (rubber stamps) which are not available today. It can be difficult to obtain a nice hand stamped postmark. Some of the towns Coulthard produced art for included: Horse Haven, OR ; Auto WV; Gasoline TX; Competition MO; Rural Retreat VA (cartoon featured an outhouse); Romeo CO; Bachelor CA; Mud WV; Begood VA; Horseshoe FL; Boggy Depot OK; Looking Glass OR.....
1936-Arp-01 USS Pennsylvania - Aprils Fool's Day
1938-Apr-07 Diablo CA
1939-Aug-09 Wonderland CA
1939-Mar-18 Shaver Lake CA
1939-Jul-20 Cardif-By-The-Sea
Generic California cachets were used with postmarks from various California cities
Coulthard cachets were either directly printed on the envelope or a small label would be applied
Several designs were found on eBay and Cinderella Stamp Forum
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