Rhode Island Tercentenary Issue First Day Cover
300th Anniversary of the Settlement of Rhode Island
Issued on May 4, 1936 in Providence, RI - Scott #777

Unofficial Town Cancel - Centerdale Branch - Providence, RI
1st New Arcade Stamp Shop - F. R. Hazard - Planty #777-39

The Centerdale Post Office, (North Providence Township, Providence County) was established on July 18, 1849 as the Centredale Post Office. The Post Office was disestablished on October 30, 1930 and became a branch of the Providence Post office on November 1, 1930.

There are currently 17 Post Office branches and stations located in the Providence Urban area; at the time the tercentenary stamp was issued in 1936 there were only 14 branches and stations. Each of the branch and station post offices represented by a tercentenary cancel include a location map as below.

SEE ALSO:
The Postcard Sections showing antique to modern postcards of Providence: Section 10, Section 11 and Section 12
        
Brown and Ives Family Letters 1771-1866
        
1849 Stampless Letter from Providence Collectors Office - Certified Crew List of Brig Brig W. P. Walker
        
1858 Stampless Letter from Liverpool, England to The Providence Tool Co via British Packet Asia
        
History of the Providence Post Office from 1758 to the Present - including history and background of The First Automated Post Office in the United States with Intelex marking history and First Day Opening Ceremony
        
First Day of Issue for RI Tercentenary Stamp - Anderson Cachet - With History of Roger Williams
        
100 anniversary of Providence Postmasters Provisional Stamp - 1846-1946 with links to provisional stamp
        
Personal Signed Letter from Senator John O. Pastore with Biography

Sources:
Check List of Rhode Island Post Offices 1790-1994 - Del Beaudreau
Rhode Island Postal History: The Post Offices - Merolla, Jackson & Crowther