LICKING COUNTY OHIO STAMPLESS POSTAL MARKINGS
Licking County is located in central Ohio, to the east of Columbus.  It was established on January 30, 1808.  At 686 square miles, it is among Ohio's largest counties by area.  The following offices operated prior to 1860; although prepayment with postage stamps became mandatory in 1855, stampless covers exist from some offices after that time .  A separate page for each office presents information regarding postmasters and the income for the office, courtesy of Tom Mazza.  Known postal markings are shown with periods of use, including different colors and auxiliary markings such as rate handstamps.

The style and method of these listings is drawn liberally from Tom Mazza's Postal Markings on Stampless Mail From Erie County, Pennsylvania, published in 1993, and the Florida Postal History Society's Florida Stampless Postal History 1763-1861, published in 1999.  My thanks for their hard work!

A total of 51 offices are listed here; I can establish the existence of covers from 21 of these offices.  Offices for which markings are shown are listed in bold below.  The site is still under construction; post offices will be completed as time permits.  For purposes of these listings, American Stampless Cover Catalog listings are disregarded.  Only scans or photocopies of actual covers or auction listings are included.

For more information on Licking County, see Alison Cusick's article in issue #31 of the Ohio Postal History Journal.

If you have markings not described here, please contact me so that I may add to the listings.  I would ultimately like to include census information as a means of noting relative scarcity and would appreciate scans, photocopies, or other information regarding Licking County postal history, whether or not it is for sale.  I am also a buyer of Licking County postal history, whether stampless or otherwise.


Alexandria
Appleton
Beech
Beech Land
Brownsville
Chatham
Clay Lick
Cokesbury
Columbia Centre
Conine
Coninesville
Cox
Croton
Eden Cross Roads
Etna
Fallsburgh
Fredonia
Granby
Granville
Gratiot
Green
Hanover
Hawk Eye
Headleys Mill
Hebron
Homer
Houston Mills
Jacksontown
Jersey
Johnstown
Kirkersville
Licking Summit
Linnville
Long Run
Luray
Moriah
Morus Hill
Newark
Newton Mills
New Way
Outville
Pataskala
Perryton
Reynold's
Rocky Fork
Saint Louisville
Sylvania
Toboso
Utica
Vanatta
Wilkins Run