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%
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