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 |
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Unofficial Town Cancel -
Longmeadow, RI
John Kilton Cachet - Planty #777-61i |
The Longmeadow Post
Office, (Warwick
Township, Kent County) was
established on October 3, 1903 under
Postmaster Charles H. Poland. The Post Office was
disestablished on June 30, 1949 and mail
is handled through the Warwick Post office.
(This Post Office was
originally known as the Bayside Post Office, which was
established on October 11, 1897 under Postmaster Florence Read.
The name was changed to Longmeadow in 1903.)
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Sources:
Check List of Rhode Island Post
Offices 1790-1994 - Del Beaudreau
Rhode Island Postal History: The Post Offices - Merolla, Jackson
& Crowther |
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