Английская Википедия:Discontinued post office

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Grant, Colorado U.S. Post Office taken in the late 1880s
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Philatelic cover postmarked Officer, Colorado on its last day of service, June 30, 1938. Officer was in eastern Las Animas County, Colorado, near Villegreen.

A discontinued post office or DPO is an American postal term for a post office which is no longer in service or is in service under another name.[1][2] Some are in ghost towns, some victims of consolidation of mail service as small post offices are closed or a city expands. The introduction of Rural Free Delivery, RFD, in 1902 led to the closure of many post offices, which peaked in 1901 at 76,945. In the United States, which was mostly rural, mail previously had been picked up in rural areas at small local post offices, home delivery being limited to urban areas until experimentation with rural delivery began in 1890.[3]

Covers, that is letters, wrappers, or postmarks from discontinued post officers are of interest to students of postal history.[4] As one example, in Saguache County, Colorado there are over 50 discontinued post offices.[5][6]

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Further reading

Examples of references from the postal history of Colorado:

  • Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; and Willard, John H., Colorado Post Offices, 1859-1989: A Comprehensive Listing of Post Offices, Stations, and Branches, Colorado Railroad Museum (May 1990), hardcover, 280 pages, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Helbock, Richard W., A Checklist of Colorado Post Offices 1858-1988
  • Jarrett, David L., Colorado Territorial and Pre-Territorial Postmarks, Collector Club of Chicago (January 1, 1976), hardcover
  • Meschter, Daniel Y., Pre-Territorial Colorado Postal History, La Posta Publications (1994), 91 pages
  • Segerstrom, Kenneth Colorado Illustrated Covers La Posta Publications (1988), paperback, 100 pages
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  1. ↑ Definition Postmarks.org Шаблон:Webarchive accessed February 12, 2011
  2. ↑ "Let's spell out some stamp collecting acronyms" Шаблон:Webarchive article by Rick Miller, part of a Refresher Course on Linns.Com, accessed February 12, 2011
  3. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  4. ↑ State Postal History Listings Шаблон:Webarchive PostalHistory.Com, accessed February 12, 2011
  5. ↑ Post offices in Saguache County, Colorado Шаблон:Webarchive
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
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