Rural Free Delivery cachet

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Rural Free Delivery cachet

Entry/Object ID

ARC926

Scope and Content

Envelope addressed to Mr. Roger A. Mathes, 1597 Delia Avenue, Akron, 2 Ohio (Akron 2, Ohio), with Rural Free Delivery 50th anniversary cachet, postmarked in Halltown on October 1, 1946. Cachet reads "Rural Free Delivery, Inaugurated West Virginia Oct. 1, 1896, 1896-1946 Fiftieth Anniversary". Cancellation stamp includes "1896-1946, 50th Anniversary, Rural Free Delivery". Postage is a 3-cent U.S. stamp. Return address not legible.

Acquisition

Accession

522

Source or Donor

Whitmore, Susan C.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1946