Name/Title
Envelopes stamped for 100th anniversary of the Alameda Post Office, 1954Entry/Object ID
1997.77.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.77.1 A THRU D
SUBJECT CATEGORY: POST OFFICE
DATE OR PERIOD: 1954
OBJECT: ENVELOPES
DESCRIPTION:
SERIES OF FOUR ENVELOPES, WITH HANDWRITTEN ADDRESSES.
SIZE: L 3-1/2" X W 6-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ENVELOPES ADDRESSED TO MRS G M HAND, 1935 COOLIDGE AVENUE, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, AND POSTMARKED MAY 1954. SEAL STATES, "100TH ANNIVERSARY, 1854-1954 OF THE ALAMEDA POST OFFICE." THIS WAS A SPECIAL POSTMARK COMMEMORATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A POSTAL SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA.
ACQUIRED FROM:
DON HAND
DATE: FEBRUARY 1, 1997
