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Croton On Hudson Gets Hyphenated §1
— cacheted covers”, inscribed by
Croton postmaster Augustus W. Dymes, Jr.—the uncle of
Croton’s current Village Historian, Dorothy Pezanowski. In stamp collecting a cachet is a printed or stamped design or inscription (other than a cancellation or
Croton On Hudson Gets Hyphenated §0
— Sixty-nine years ago today, on April 1, 1948, the postal service officially added hyphens to the cancellation stamp for what had been the “
Croton on Hudson” post office. The transition was recorded on this pair of envelopes, called “commemorative
Croton On Hudson Gets Hyphenated §2
— pre-printed postage) on an envelope, postcard, or postal card to commemorate a postal or philatelic event. A pair of envelopes like these are apparently referred to as “last/first covers.” Another significant date in
Croton’s postal history took
Croton On Hudson Gets Hyphenated §3
— …That’s the date when the Postal Service officially changed the name of our post office from
Croton Landing to
Croton-on-Hudson. 1 See The Highland Democrat, July 4, 1891. ↩︎ Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email…
Croton On Hudson Gets Hyphenated §4
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