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 -
Olneyville Station -
Providence, RI F. R. Hazard Cachet - Planty
#777-52
The Olneyville Stationof the Providence Post Office was
established in 1900 and is currently in operation.
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.
The 14 Branch and
Stations of the Providence Post Office in 1936 were as listed
below: