Blue Ridge Postmasters and Postmarks (with readable year)
updated: 5/9/2023
source: http://www.ncpostalhistory.com/resources/north-carolina-postmark-catalog-update/ 
      (Postmark Catalog - County list (Buncombe County), under Black Mountain and Blue Ridge)
link to Buncombe County Postmark Catalog PDF
source: http://www.carolana.com/NC/Towns/Buncombe_POs.htm
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Blue Ridge Post Office History
Blue Ridge Postmaster (start date) Post Office Class / Status Postcard Rate (date of change) Year Blue Ridge NC postmark (any card) Blue Ridge Rural Station NC (any card) Black Mountain NC postmark (of BR cards) US Postal Service NC 287 postmark (of BR cards) Other City Postmark (of BR Cards)  
(pre-Blue Ridge -  .01 (July 1, 1898) 1906              
Southern Student Conference 1907       Mar 4, 1907 Nashville TN  
     Southwest Student Conference)       Jun 17, 1907 Asheville NC  
        Jul 2, 1907 Asheville NC  
        Aug 17, 1907 Asheville NC  
  1908         Jun 15, 1908 Montreat NC  
  1909              
  1910         Jun 19, 1910 Seabrook TX  
  1911              
(Blue Ridge opens -        1912     Jul 3, 1912   Aug 29, 1912 Swannana NC  
   first conference 1912)     Jul 30, 1912    
              Jun xx, 1912    
Ray H Legate (4) 1913 4 YR   1913     May 14, 1913   xxx xx, 1913 (unreadable)  
(July 29, 1913)     Nov 6, 1913 Hickory NC  
  4 YR 1914 Jun 8, 1914   Aug 26, 1914   Jun 19, 1914 Douglasville CA  
  Jun 9, 1914     Jun 20, 1914 (unreadable)  
  Jun 10, 1914     Aug 1, 1914 Charlotte NC  
  Jul 8, 1914 *      
    Jul 23, 1914            
  4 YR 1915 Jun 9, 1915 *   Mar 8, 1915   May 24, 1915 Bolton NC  
  Jun 9, 1915 *      
  Jul 10, 1915   Jul 12, 1915   Jun 21, 1915 Hendersonville NC  
  Jul 24, 1915     Jun 21, 1915 Ridgecrest NC  
       
James P Parker (4) 1916 4 YR   1916         Jul 12, 1916 Asheville NC  
(May 15, 1916)     Jul 25, 1916 Asheville NC  
  4 YR .02 (Nov 2, 1917) 1917 Jun 13, 1917        
  Jun 13, 1917      
  Jun 18, 1917      
  Jul 9, 1917      
  Aug 1, 1917 *      
    xxx 24, 1917            
  4 YR 1918 Jun 6, 1918       Jun 29, 1918 Asheville NC  
  Jun 18, 1918     xxx xx, 1918 (unreadable)  
    Jun 29, 1918            
  3 YR .01 (July 1, 1919) 1919 Aug 11, 1919       May 30, 1919 New River TN  
      Aug 23, 1919 Asheville NC  
James P Parker (P) 1920 3 YR 1920 Jun 18, 1920       Mar 10, 1920 (unreadable)  
(reappointed)     May 19, 1920 Knoxville TN - Transolr (sp?)  
        Aug 27, 1920 Montreat NC  
  3 YR 1921 Jun 7, 1921       xxx xx, 1921 (unreadable)  
  Jun 14, 1921      
    Jun 17, 1921            
  3 YR 1922 Jul 1, 1922       May 13, 1922 Nashville TN  
  Jul 10, 1922     May 16, 1922 Nashville TN  
  Jul 21, 1922 *     Jul 25, 1922 Knoxville TN  
    xxx xx, 1922            
  3 YR 1923 Aug 19, 1923 *   Jun 6, 1923   Feb 21, 1923 Asheville NC  
    Jul 16, 1923   May 9, 1923 Nashville TN  
      Jul 12, 1923 (unreadable)  
      Aug 3, 1923 Asheville NC  
            Aug 20, 1923 Asheville NC - W. Asheville St  
  3 YR 1924 Aug 6, 1924       Jul 8, 1924 (unreadable)  
  3 YR .01 - stamped cards / .02 - post cards (April 15, 1925) 1925 Jun 9, 1925        
  Jun 17, 1925      
    Jul 20, 1925            
  3 YR 1926 Jun 23, 1926       Apr 19, 1926 Asheville NC  
  Jul 15, 1926      
          Jul 23, 1926            
Charles E Boone, Acting (P) 1927 3 YR   1927 Jul 11, 1927       Aug 17, 1927 Spartanburg NC  
(April 30, 1927) Jul 23, 1927      
    Aug 16, 1927 *            
Charles E Boone (P) 1928 3 YR .01  - stamped cards & post cards now same rate (July 1, 1928) 1928 Jul 7, 1928       Jun 8, 1928 Cincinnati OH  
(January 4, 1928)   Jul 25, 1928            
  3 YR 1929 Jul 22, 1929       Sep 23, 1929 Asheville NC  
  3 YR 1930              
  3 YR 1931 Jun 10, 1931 *        
  Jul 3, 1931      
  Jul 24, 1931      
          Jul 30, 1931            
Maggie C Allison, Acting (P) 1932 (named as Mrs. William Allison in newspaper) 4 S .01 (July 6, 1932) - PC rate same, 1st class increase 1932              
(January 30, 1932)                
Maggie C Allison (4) 1933 4 S - YR transition 1933 Jun 10, 1933            
(January 19, 1933) Jul 3, 1933        
  Jul 3, 1933 *        
  4 YR 1934 Jul 10, 1934            
    Jul 26, 1934      
  4 YR 1935 Jun 14, 1935   Sep 26, 1935        
    Jun 17, 1935            
  4 YR 1936 Jun 16, 1936 *            
    Jun 16, 1936            
  4 YR 1937 Jun 11, 1937     Jun 18, 1937 Chapel Hill NC  
  Jul 1, 1937     Aug 3, 1937 Wingate NC  
  Jul 23, 1937     Nov 1, 1937 Winston-Salem NC  
  Aug 24, 1937      
  Aug 25, 1937 *      
  Aug 31, 1937      
    Nov 5, 1937            
  3 YR 1938 Jun 14, 1938       Jun 14, 1938 Swannanoa NC  
  Jul 13, 1938      
  Jul 16, 1938      
  Jul 19, 1938      
          Aug 2, 1938            
Bascombe N Allen (P) 1939 4 YR   1939 Jun 13, 1939       Aug 2, 1939 Asheville NC  
(May 18, 1939)     Sep 1, 1939 Asheville NC  
Bascombe N Allen (4) 1939        
(..)                
Bascombe N Allen (P) 1940 3 YR 1940 Aug 16, 1940            
(..)      
  3 YR 1941 Jun 30, 1941            
  Aug 4, 1941      
    Aug 13, 1941            
  3 YR 1942 Jun 9, 1942            
  transition // No Summer Conferences in 1943 // (early ZIP codes for some cities, two digit number between city and state) 1943              
  1944 Aug 16, 1944            
  4 S Only open 2 months in 1945 1945 Aug 23, 1945   Jun 28, 1945        
  4 S 1946 Jun 28, 1946        
  Aug 8, 1946      
  Aug 10, 1946      
          Aug 20, 1946            
Frannie L Allen 4 S   1947 May 27, 1947        
(May 1, 1947) Jun 4, 1947      
  Aug 2, 1947      
    Aug 20, 1947        
  4 S 1948 May 28, 1948            
  4 S 1949 Jul 15, 1949        
  Jul 22, 1949      
    Aug 11, 1949        
  4 S 1950     Apr 10, 1950        
  4 S 1951 Aug 6, 1951   Jun 20, 1951   Jun 27, 1951 Swannanoa NC  
  4 S .02 (Jan 1, 1952) 1952         Jun 18, 1952 Ridgecrest NC  
  4 S 1953 Jul 2, 1953 *   Jul 10, 1953   Jun 28, 1953 Asheville NC  
      Aug 19, 1953 Bat Cave NC  
  4D S 1954 Jul 10, 1954            
          Aug 24, 1954            
Discontinued 4D  RB S   1955 Jul 11, 1955            
Black Mountain Rural Station    
  RB S 1956 Aug 3, 1956 May 16, 1956 **          
    Aug 24, 1956        
  RB S 1957 Jul 18, 1957            
  RB S .03 (Aug 1, 1958) 1958 Jul 3, 1958        
  Aug 12, 1958    
  Aug 18, 1958    
  RB S 1959              
  RB S 1960 Jul 8, 1960            
  RB S 1961 Jun 26, 1961        
    Jul 27, 1961        
  RB S 1962 Aug 10, 1962            
  RB S .04 (Jan 7, 1963) / (five digit ZIP Code started - Jul 1, 1963) (two letter state abbreviations published by Post Office - Oct 1, 1963) 1963              
  RB S 1964         xxx xx, 1964 Orlando FL  
  RB S 1965     Aug 13, 1965   Jul 23, 1965 High Point NC  
            Nov 27, 1965 Asheville NC  
  RB S 1966     Jul 17, 1966        
        Jul 29, 1966        
  RB 1967     Jun 21, 1967        
  RB .05 (Jan 7, 1968) 1968   Aug 28, 1968 *          
  RB 1969     Jun 25, 1969    
        Oct 24, 1969    
  RB 1970     Jun 24, 1970        
      Oct 8, 1970        
  RB .06 (May 16, 1971) 1971   Jul 28, 1971 *     Jul 27, 1971 Old Fort NC  
      Aug 30, 1971 *          
  RB 1972              
  RB 1973       Jun 19, 1973      
Closed D .08 (Mar 2, 1974) 1974       Jul 15, 1974      
  .07 (Sept 14, 1975) / .09 (Dec 31, 1975) 1975            
  1976         Feb 1, 1976 Asheville NC
            Jun 28, 1976 Asheville NC
YR = Year Round   1977            
S = Summer Office (no longer indicated starting 1967) .10 (May 29, 1978) 1978            
P = Presidential (1, 2, or 3 Class)   1979         Jun 25, 1979 Asheville NC
3 = Class 3 Post Office   1980            
4 = Class 4 Post Office   .12 (Mar 22, 1981) / .13 (Nov 1, 1981) 1981         Jun 25, 1981 Asheville NC
D = Discontinued   1982            
RB = Rural Branch / Rural Station   (five + four digit ZIP Code started) 1983            
    1984            
links provided to source; where no link it is .14 (Feb 17, 1985) 1985            
assumed from previous entry   1986            
1933 - moved from YR to S back to YR in same year 1987            
    .15 (Apr 3, 1988) 1988         May 19, 1988 Asheville NC
* next to date = post card not of Blue Ridge, but pm BR 1989            
  1990            
  .19 (Feb 3, 1991) 1991         Jun 15, 1991 Charlotte NC
  1992            
  1993            
  1994            
  .20 (Jan 1, 1995) 1995            
  1996            
  1997            
  1998            
  .20 (Jan 10, 1999) - PC rate same, 1st class increase 1999            
  2000         Jul 11, 2000 Asheville NC
  .20 (Jan 7, 2001) - PC rate same, 1st class increase / .21 (July 1, 2001) - PC rate change 2001            
  .23 (June 30, 2002) 2002            
  2003            
  2004            
  2005            
  .24 (Jan 8, 2006) 2006            
  .26 (May 14, 2007) 2007            
  .27 (May 12, 2008) 2008            
  .28 (May 11, 2009) 2009            
  2010            
  .29 (Apr 17, 2011) 2011            
  .32 (Jan 22, 2012) 2012            
  .33 (Jan 27, 2013) 2013            
  .34 (Jan 26, 2014) 2014            
  .35 (May 31, 2015) 2015            
  .34 (Apr 10, 2016) 2016            
  .34 (Jan 22, 2017) - PC rate same, 1st class increase 2017            
  .35 (Jan 21, 2018) 2018            
.35 (Jan 27, 2019) - PC rate same, 1st class rate increase 2019            
2020            
2021