Kodiak mirror. [volume], May 30, 1959, Page 8, Image 8

About Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976

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Mail Delivery
Ilie mall is again being carried
on the eld covered wagon train
across country. The seven wagon
train left Independence, -Missouri
for Oregon, April 19, and will con
clude the journey at Indepen
dence, Oregon, August 15.
The official philatelic mails be
mg carried is in ,con junction with
the Oregon Centennial celebra
tion. The letters* <?r ‘covers’ as
they are ijj&pwn to stamp collec
tors, bear a special “covered wag
oih stamp,” which has been* can
celled by a distinctly designed
“Beaver State” hand cancel de
vice created especially for the ven
ture. The mail is also being car
ried unde/ a special postal permit
issued the South Lane Stamp So
£ i. • - . : jr ,. : - ,/*'
ciety, Inc. of Cottage Grove, Ore
gon, sponsors of the project, by
the Post Office Department.
The special “covered wagon
stamp” is an actual perforated ad
hesive, printed in two colors, with
a drawing of a covered wagon
forming the central design. The
stamp, the size of a regular postal
issue, is valued at 25 cents and is
used in conjunction with the regu
lar U.S. postage to certify that
the mail was actually carried by
covered wagon to Oregon.
The Post Office has authorized
a “second pick-up” for the mail at
Montpelier, Idaho on July 2, and
the Society is presently accepting
orders from the public for this
mailing point. The mail will be
cancelled at no other point along
the trail.
The covers may be purchased
for transport on the wagon train
by mailing the-nsmwa tel a4tea
ses of the recipients, along with a
remittance, in cash of 2$ cents;
or five for $1.00 to the South
Lane $tamp Societyr Inc., P.O. Box .
484, Cottage Grove, Oregon. The
covers will then be prepared by
the Society and placed on the
wagons for the purchaser, who
will receive them at the end of the
trek. Deadline for the Montpelier,
Idaho second pick-up is June 2S.
This is Alaska.. ■ n»*g*u «, * m
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