Unlisted South Dakota Doane Type 2

Ames South Dakota was a short lived post office. I do not see this listed in the South Dakota Doane listing.



Any Ideas?

It could be because Ames, SD PO may have been a branch of the Pierre, SD PO.

I got my answer in an email. It is an unlisted Doane Type 2/#1. It will now be included in the updated listing. It's kind of fun to find a "new" discovery that is 109 years old. I already have an offer on it. I wasn't even trying to sell it, but next time you see this it will belong to someone else.

I wonder if this was the same person as the addressee on your cover? Of course, if it was it would have been before his minor "fame", as he would have been only 16 or so in 1905 at the time the cover was mailed ... but it is still possible, I suppose:

This just keeps getting better. I may have to keep this after all. Thank You Wt1.
Pat

Thanks to wt1 I did a little more research on Mr. Ice. This cover came from St. Lawrence, SD,(backstamp) which is where he lived at the time of this letter. According to census data he was the only Clyde W. Ice living there at the time. He was 16 years old. This was 14 years before he started flying. I am certain this is the same guy. I have two other covers addressed to him that all came from the same lot. Thanks again. It's fun to look at this through different eyes. I was looking at the cancel. I was so inspired by this experience that I grabbed a handful of covers from the 19th century and started doing some of my own research on the names and I was shocked to find a few prominent historic people in my own collection in less than fifteen minutes of searching. (Okay one was addressed to a general so that had pretty good odds of being a good one.) The others were addressed to Esq.. Pretty good odds there too, and we all have a bunch of those. Anyway, this may have to become part of a standard practice for me.