Rhode Island
Postal History - Railroad Post Offices
(RPO)
Boston Providence and New
York RPO 1892 |
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The Mailmen
on the route must have been
Psychic if they delivered
this letter correctly. It's addressed to
"Boston, RI" with no street
address.
Actually,
there wouldn't have been any problem with delivery of this
letter, as it is addressed to
Chase & Sanborn
the famous coffee makers. Caleb Chase and
James Sanborn were the first coffee makers to sell
ground coffee in a can in 1879. The Company's original base was
in Boston, Massachusetts and later spread to include Chicago and
Montreal. The company was later brought by Nestles and just
recently was acquired along with MJB and Mills Brothers by Sarah
Lee.
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