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 - Ashaway, Rhode
Island
John B. Kilton Cachet - Planty #777-61m |
The Ashaway Post
Office, (Hopkinton
Township, Washington County)
was established on April 26,
1852 under Postmaster
Lyman Kenyon.
The post office is currently in operation under Postmaster
Jarrett G. Brogno appointed on June 11, 2005.
Ashaway is
located within Hopkinton Township northeast of Westerly
and adjacent to the Connecticut border. |
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Source:
Rhode
Island Postal History: The Post Offices - Merolla, Jackson &
Crowther |
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