BOOKS on PHILATELY
Philatelic Bibliopole
Leonard H. Hartmann
California Town Postmarks 1849 - 1935
READ.ME
This file is intended to be used in conjunction with the California Town Postmarks
1849 - 1935 by John H. Williams to help find Markings and Post Offices in the book.
The book is arranged first by County, then City and Date, there are exceptions in San Francisco.
This file is quite useful if you do not know the County or perhaps the City is unclear
or the marking contains a spelling error. If you want to find "Brockman" but don't know it
is in Lassen County and say the "B" is unclear you can search for "rockman", etc. On the
same line with each city name you have the County. Most internet browsers and word
processors have search functions to permit you to search for any character string.
When you have a match you need to repeat the search as the same name or part
name may also be in other city names. Now you can go to the book and find additional
information.
HTML format, the INTERNET
We suggest the HTML file as it is the easiest to use and the most attractive, it can
be read with a web browser, often off line, and will permit you to do various searches.
The data file on this disk is caindex.htm, you can access this file directly from the floppy disk or you
can load it onto your hard drive, C:\directory name\caindex.htm.
WORD PROCESSOR FORMATS
The below two data files can be imported into various word processors with the
appropriate import filters and used per the above.
- caindex.frt, IBM's Reversible Form Text:
works with: Microsoft Word 6, etc.
- caindex.doc, IBM's Display Write, Our favorite word processor:
works with: AmiPro 3.1, DeScribe, XyWrite for Windows
Either file can also be brought up in Word Perfect 6.0 for Dos and most likely other word
processors. A Dos Editor should also open any of the files.
INTERNET on LINE
The search file is also available from our home page http://www.pbbooks.com , or on some
systems as http://www.pbbooks.com under Reference Files, California Post Offices. Corrections
will be made to the On Line file as errors are found.
If you are on line at this time the below will access PB Books:
Copyright © 1997 Leonard H. Hartmann