Rhode Island Tercentenary - Unofficial Town Cancel - Rumford Branch - Providence

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 - Rumford Branch - Providence, RI
New Arcade Stamp Shop, F.R. Hazard - Planty #777-65

The Rumford Post Office, (East Providence Township, Providence County) was established on December 4, 1879 under Postmaster Nelson W. Britton. The Post Office was disestablished on May 31, 1910 and became a branch of the Providence Post Office on June 1, 1910. This Branch, (1st) was closed on June 15, 1919. The Branch (2nd) opened for the second time on July 1, 1922 and is in operation today.

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:

1. Center-station	2. Brown-station	3. East Side-station
4. Edgewood-station	5. Elmwood-station	6. Gaspee-station
7. North-station	8/ Olneyville-station
1. Centerdale-branch	2. Cranston-branch	3. East Providence-branch
4. Riverside-branch	5. Rumford-branch	6. Saylesville-branch

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