EMPIRE STATE POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY

COVERS OF THE MONTH (May 2004)

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This month is dedicated to the 4 earliest recorded covers

from West of the Hudson Valley

(courtesy of dealer/member Elywn Doubleday)

Canajohary (Montgomery County)

earliest recorded cover

from Western NYS under the

Federal Postal System

February 21,1794

Canajohary (Montgomery County)

Fowd April 7th 1794

Letter headed Fort Stanwix (Rome) No. PO

The 2nd earliest cover recorded from a non-Hudson Valley PO from New York State

 

Geneva (Ontario County)

December 30, 1794

 

 

Steuben (Herkimer County)

March 3, 1796

(Sept. 1795-April 1796)

the first DPO in New York?

Previous Covers of the Month

December 2003 | January 2004 | February 2004

March 2004 | April 2004

 

ESPHS members, do you have a cover to place here?

Contact Glenn Estus for information about scanning.

 

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