Have A Question About Why This Cover Went To To Buffalo NY When Mailed From VT And Sent To Pa.

FDC 1927 #643. Seems odd that this would end up in Buffalo NY. It was mailed from Vermont and was going to Pennsylvania.

Can anyone explain why this was the case and what this back stamp means?

Thanks in advance!

My first inclination would be to hold it to a bright light and see if there is a Buffalo address under the label ... as a forwarded cover.

I agree John. The other option was a missent, received & back-stamped & forwarded. The receiving clerk took care to preserve the FDC postmark by back-stamping rather than over cancel the front. (In those days Postal clerks had an inkling of collector value)

John, your knowledge amazes me. It was a forwarded cover and Buffalo address under the address label. Thanks.

As I saw it, there were 2 basic scenarios. Since 1913 there was no backstamping of regular mail, so .....
1. It got to Buffalo by mistake, being missent.
2. It got to Buffalo correctly, having a Buffalo address under the label.

The next step would be reading the address under the label. Is there a different name on it?
I suspect there is, and this is a case of someone "servicing" a group of FDC's, receivig them in Buffalo and immediately pasting on the new address and remailing the so they don't incur an additional rate of postage - stretchng the postal regulations a bit..