Idaho Postal History



This web site offers information about Idaho Post Offices and Idaho covers. Idaho covers are old envelopes or postcards bearing postmarks from Idaho Post Offices. The Coordinator collects them.



Coeur d'Alene 1909 - American Machine Flag Cancel - Coeur d'Alene Inn Civic Advertising - The Views Include a Street Scene, a Steamboat at the Dock on Lake Coeur d'Alene, City Hall, and the Lewis Lumber Company Sawmill



Like many web sites, this one is a work in progress. Links to what is available now appear below. Other interesting things will be added in the future. The Coordinator welcomes comments.


Post Offices

Links to lists of all the independent Post Offices that have been established in Idaho. Lists of Post Offices by name as well as by county are given.


Post Office Checklist Update

Corrections and updates to A Checklist of Idaho Post Offices 1862-1988 by Richard W. Helbock (1989).


Community Post Offices

A listing of active Community Post Offices in Idaho.


Railway Post Offices

Links to lists of all the Railway Post Offices that have operated in Idaho. Lists of Railway Post Offices by route as well as by railroad are given.


The Idaho covers shown on this page feature halftone illustrations from the early twentieth century.



Arco 1912 - 4-Bar Postmark - Arco Hotel Advertising



Boise 1906 - American Machine Flag Cancel - Saint Alphonsus Hospital Advertising



Caldwell 1904 - Duplex Postmark - Saratoga Hotel Advertising



Saint Maries 1905 - Wallace & Tekoa RPO Duplex Postmark - Saint Maries Hotel Advertising - The View is of the Waterfront Along the Saint Joe River


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Revised January 1, 2008