Rhode Island Stamp Issues - History of the 1936 Tercentenary Stamp Issue Part 6

The History of the 1936 Rhode Island Tercentenary Stamp Issue
(Reprinted from a Rhode Island Philatelic Society News Article)
300th Anniversary of the Settlement of Rhode Island
Stamp Issued on May 4, 1936 in Providence, RI - Scott Catalog #777

Master List of All Rhode Island Tercentenary Post Offices

1. Adamsville	2. Albion
3. Allenton	4. Alton
5. Anthony-Branch West Warwick	6. Apponaug
7.Ashaway	8. Ashton
9. Barrington	10. Block Island
11. Bradford	12. Bridgeton
13. Bristol	14. Bristol Ferry
16. Carolina	15. Buttonwoods
17. Central Falls-branch of Pawtucket	18. Centerdale-branch of Providence
19. Charlestown	20. Chepachet
21. Clayville	22. Conimicut
23. Coggeshall Rural Station of Warren	24. Coventry
25. Cowesett	26. Cranston-branch of Providence
27. East Greenwich	28. East Providence-branch of Providence
29. Escoheag	30. Esmond
31. Exeter	32. Fiskeville
33. Forestdale	34. Foster Center
35. Georgiaville	36. Glendale
37. Greene	38. Greenville
39. Greenwood-station of Warwick	40. Greystone
41. Hamilton	42. Harmony
43. Harrisville	44. Hillsgrove
45. Homestead	46. Hope
47. Hope Valley	48. Hopkinton
49. Howard	50. Hoxsie
51. Jamestown	52. Kenyon
53. Kingston	54. Lafayette
55. Little Compton	56. Longmeadow
57. Lonsdale-branch of Pawtucket	58. Manville
59. Mapleville	60. Misquamicut-summer station of Westerly
61. Narragansett-branch of Wakefield	62. Nasonville
63. Natick-station of West Warwick	64. Newport
65. North Scituate	66. Oakland
67. Oakland Beach	68. Oaklawn
69. Pascoag	70. Pawtucket
71. Peacedale-station of Wakefield	72. Pontiac
73. Portsmouth	74. Potter Hill
75. Providence (4 cancel types)	76. Brown-station of Providence
77. Center-station of Providence	78. East Side-station of Providence
79. Edgewood-station of Providence	80. Elmwood-station of Providence
81. Gaspee-station of Providence	82. North-station of Providence
83. Olneyville-station of Providence	84. Riverside-branch of Providence
85. Rumford-branch of Providence	86. Saylesville-branch of Providence
87. Prudence	88. Rockville
89. Saunderstown	90. Shannock
91. Shawomet	92. Slatersville
93. Slocum	94. Tiverton
95. Usquepaugh	96. Valley Falls-branch of Pawtucket
97. Wakefield	98. Wallum Lake
99. Warren	100. Warwick
101. Washington	102. Watch Hill-station of Westerly
103. Weekapaug-station of Westerly	104. West Barrington
105. Westerly	106. West Kingston
107. West Warwick	108. Wickford
109. Wood River Junction	110. Woonsocket
111. Wyoming
Naval Station Post Office: 112. U.S. Naval Hospital, Newport, RI
Naval Ship Post Office: 113. USS Hamilton at Newport, RI
Railroad Post Offices: 114. Providence Transfer Office (Cancels have 1, 2, or 3 in the CDS) 115. Worcester and Providence RPO
FOR THE RECORD: a) USS Semmes-New London, CT cancel can be found in magenta or black. b) USS Tillman was in the Navy Yard at Boston, MA c) USS Texas May 4, 1936 First Day in killer bars is a bogus cancel. May be unique. d) U.S. Naval Training Station May 4, Newport, RI is a bogus cancel. e) USS Hamilton cancel can be found in black, blue or magenta.

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SEE ALSO

(1) Stephen Anderson Rhode Island Tercentenary Cover with Roger Williams Biography
(2) RAT Cachets Rhode Island Tercentenary Cover with Ann Hutchinson Biography

Source: Rhode Island Postal History Society - Article by Thomas Greene