40 January 2002 La Posta
Sherbrooke (1885-1919)
1 C1ET7B16 12 May 1887 22 Oct 188? S-in-circle 4
2 C1GN1B27.5 7 Aug 1888 9 Jul 1891 target
Stony Point (1877-1879)
None Reported
Notes:
1. Seen with and without year date.
2. Unusual N.DAK designation before statehood
3. Slug usually used in lieau of year date
4. Unusual miniature ‘barrel duplex’ type marking
Salem, Massachusetts Return Receipt for Registered Mail.
By Terence Hines
Illustrated below is an interesting return receipt for registered mail from Salem, Massachusetts. The card ac-
companied a registered item sent from Salem to Bellows Falls, VT on October 3, 1903. The face of the card
bears an Oct. 6 Bellows Falls cds. The reverse bears a straight line Salem, MA machine cancel that may not
show in the illustration. This card bears the inscription “Form No. 1548” in tiny type in the upper right corner on
the reverse.
The most interesting aspect of this return receipt card is that has the name of the town printed on both the
front and the reverse. It does appear that this printing is somewhat darker than that of the rest of the card and so
might have been done separately. But the difference is small. Thus, there are two possibilities. First, the postmas-
ter at Salem may have had the name of the post office printed on his supply of Form 1548 as a convenience. Or,
at least for a time, the US Post Office Department might have printed town names on cards for any postmaster
who requested it. Can any reader report other examples of this card from the same time period either with or
without a pre-printed town name?
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