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US Bell Telephone coverage in 1910
http://www.stampsmarter.com/webimages/BellPhone1910a.jpg
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I remember my grandmothers party line in east Tennessee. Creepy!
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We had a party line up to the mid 60's up in Ulster County
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Nice card! I love the old ones with receiving cancels.
Here's one I got recently off the 'bay. Dealer had it listed as Estell Manor, NJ which is a current office. I needed it and the card was only a buck so I took a look. Interesting that they didn't mention Risley, NJ because this is a Last Day Cover for that office! It was renamed Estell Manor. And it's one of those New Years covers that spanned two years.
So it's in my album under Risley because Estell Manor is on my next postal jaunt!
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Awesome card, Tom.
D'ya suppose that Miss Emily was a postal historian?
Or, just an unwitting recipient (like the seller)?
It looks like the two stamps were placed to each catch one of the postmarks.
But, at least it separates them so they're both readable.
And, this is a great idea to document PO name changes, which sadly, are probably a thing-of-the-past...
What's on the reverse side?
I love how this stuff just 'turns up'!
-Paul
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phil,
I love the pidgin English on your card!
Noticing that would make me an INSTANT buyer!
I posted a message some time ago with the text of a letter that had the same appeal, here:
https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_main.php?action=20&id=19212#142756
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"Dear earl I am
out in the country
to aunt freda I rote
a post card to apap
and amona I
wood like to come to
see you
from Laura"
Interestingly, Glenco Mills and Gallatinville are only about 10 miles apart. There is a road North of Gallatinville, where Earl M. Decker lived, named Decker Rd.
The Decker House hotel, built in 1875, is a landmark in my hometown, Maquoketa, Iowa. Its construction was financed by James Decker of Watertown, NY. I have two covers posted in 1875 from Maquoketa to James Decker in Watertown, one from Milburn Decker. I have another cover from a 'surrogate' in Watertown addressed to LN Decker, Esq, Maquoketa.
Watertown, NY is a long ways from Gallatinville, so any family connections are dubious.
-Paul
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Columbia County New York postcard collectors would be happy with this card i picked out of a dollar box today. It has postmarks from both Glenco Mills and Gallatinville New York..neither of which are in service today. I remember growing up in the 1950s, we had party line phones..but friends 7 miles apart would still communicate by postcards.
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re: 2 dead post offices for the price of one.
US Bell Telephone coverage in 1910
http://www.stampsmarter.com/webimages/BellPhone1910a.jpg
Don
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08:55:28pm
re: 2 dead post offices for the price of one.
I remember my grandmothers party line in east Tennessee. Creepy!
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06:07:19pm
re: 2 dead post offices for the price of one.
We had a party line up to the mid 60's up in Ulster County
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re: 2 dead post offices for the price of one.
Nice card! I love the old ones with receiving cancels.
Here's one I got recently off the 'bay. Dealer had it listed as Estell Manor, NJ which is a current office. I needed it and the card was only a buck so I took a look. Interesting that they didn't mention Risley, NJ because this is a Last Day Cover for that office! It was renamed Estell Manor. And it's one of those New Years covers that spanned two years.
So it's in my album under Risley because Estell Manor is on my next postal jaunt!
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08:01:17pm
re: 2 dead post offices for the price of one.
Awesome card, Tom.
D'ya suppose that Miss Emily was a postal historian?
Or, just an unwitting recipient (like the seller)?
It looks like the two stamps were placed to each catch one of the postmarks.
But, at least it separates them so they're both readable.
And, this is a great idea to document PO name changes, which sadly, are probably a thing-of-the-past...
What's on the reverse side?
I love how this stuff just 'turns up'!
-Paul
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08:18:00pm
re: 2 dead post offices for the price of one.
phil,
I love the pidgin English on your card!
Noticing that would make me an INSTANT buyer!
I posted a message some time ago with the text of a letter that had the same appeal, here:
https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_main.php?action=20&id=19212#142756
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08:58:12am
re: 2 dead post offices for the price of one.
"Dear earl I am
out in the country
to aunt freda I rote
a post card to apap
and amona I
wood like to come to
see you
from Laura"
Interestingly, Glenco Mills and Gallatinville are only about 10 miles apart. There is a road North of Gallatinville, where Earl M. Decker lived, named Decker Rd.
The Decker House hotel, built in 1875, is a landmark in my hometown, Maquoketa, Iowa. Its construction was financed by James Decker of Watertown, NY. I have two covers posted in 1875 from Maquoketa to James Decker in Watertown, one from Milburn Decker. I have another cover from a 'surrogate' in Watertown addressed to LN Decker, Esq, Maquoketa.
Watertown, NY is a long ways from Gallatinville, so any family connections are dubious.
-Paul
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