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Nice Vermont Cover, With Contents

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Posted 01/24/2009 5:00 pm

Picked up this cover, and a few others while B/S ing
with Phil, today at the White Plains Show.

Judging from the contents of the letter, the postmark
should be April 20, 1893

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Edited by bobgggg - 01/24/2009 5:04 pm

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Posted 01/24/2009 5:12 pm

The Second Cover

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Posted 01/24/2009 5:15 pm

The Third Cover

Gee, it took Mr Bangs 1 whole month, to mail this letter

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Posted 01/24/2009 5:48 pm

Bob....

Nice So. Shaftsbury Cancel......not real common.

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Posted 01/24/2009 6:09 pm

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Nice So. Shaftsbury Cancel......not real common

Tom...Yes I did find that type of cancel quite odd.

I am hoping that,

The Cover Master, T360

may be able to
shed some light on it

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Posted 01/25/2009 12:45 pm

That purple oval looks like a real find, Bob! The South Shaftsbury post office was open from 1831-1961. I haven't seen this exact one before. It may be listed in Slawson's Book "The Postal History of Vermont." with some indication of scarcity.

Some small towns used similar ovals in the 1880s like this one from Acworth, New Hampshire.

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Posted 01/25/2009 1:43 pm

Bob

great covers and nice pieces of history as well !

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APS# 214326, I.S.G.C.# 979

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Posted 01/25/2009 2:14 pm

Thanks Rick

T360..Tom, thanks for the link to the Vt site.

I just sent an email, to a collector , in Vt. who
specializes in Vt town cancels.

Lets see if he responds.

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