Post by Zuzu on Mar 11, 2014 18:32:32 GMT
Looking for any information on this cover that I purchased on ebay, postmarked April 1, 1939, at Opportunity, Nebr. (Seller’s image.)
The cover does include the words “Cachet by Williams” but that didn’t give me much to go on, and I haven’t figured out who Williams might be.
Likewise, research on the addressee, Joseph Piltch of Brooklyn, turns up little more than the dates of birth and death (assuming I’ve got the right Joseph Piltch).
My best guess at this point is that it was created for April Fool’s or for the town’s name or both. I don’t think it’s a FDOI because the stamp is US Scott 798, which was issued September 17, 1937.
I don’t think it’s a first or last day of operation, either, because the post office was established well before that and was not discontinued until late 1942/early 1943. The Postmaster at the time was Roy Alder, and I haven’t turned up much on him, either.
(Info. about the town coming soon…)
The cover does include the words “Cachet by Williams” but that didn’t give me much to go on, and I haven’t figured out who Williams might be.
Likewise, research on the addressee, Joseph Piltch of Brooklyn, turns up little more than the dates of birth and death (assuming I’ve got the right Joseph Piltch).
My best guess at this point is that it was created for April Fool’s or for the town’s name or both. I don’t think it’s a FDOI because the stamp is US Scott 798, which was issued September 17, 1937.
I don’t think it’s a first or last day of operation, either, because the post office was established well before that and was not discontinued until late 1942/early 1943. The Postmaster at the time was Roy Alder, and I haven’t turned up much on him, either.
(Info. about the town coming soon…)
