Gardiner Postal History
Kennebec County, Maine
last update for this page: 2 August 2021
Maine Postal History
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Waterville Stamp Club
Thank you for the contributions to this page from James Husson and from the Strout family collection.
Postmarks from the town of Gardiner include:
Gardiner
1803 August:
Gardiner post office opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide)
1824 June 14:
The circular postmark is approximately 24 mm in diameter. (letter [page 1], letter [page 2], letter [page 3])
1833 May 3:
The outer circle of the postmark is 24–25 mm in diameter; the inner, approximately 15 mm. (notation; letter)
1835 February 14:
The outer circle of the postmark is 24–25 mm in diameter; the inner, approximately 15 mm. (notation; letter)
1835 February 27:
The outer circle of the postmark is 24–25 mm in diameter; the inner, approximately 15 mm. (notation; letter)
1835 September 12:
The circular postmark is approximately 29 mm in diameter. (notation; letter)
1836 June 2
The circular postmark is 30–31 mm in diameter. (notation; letter)
1838 March 18:
The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter. (letter)
1839 April 18:
The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter. (notation; letter [page 1, top], letter [page 1, bottom], letter [page 2, top], letter [page 2, bottom], letter [page 3, top], letter [page 3, bottom], letter [page 4, top], letter [page 4, bottom], letter [page 5, top], letter [page 5, bottom], letter [page 6])
1842 October 4:
The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter. (letter)
1843 June 10:
The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter. (notation; letter)
1845 December 22:
The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter. (letter)
1846 May 31:
The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter. (notation; letter [page 1], letter [page 2], letter [page 3])
1846 May 31:
The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter. (notation; letter [page 1], letter [page 2], letter [page 3])
1847 April 8:
The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter. (letter [page 1], letter [page 2])
1847 May 27:
The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter. (letter)
1847 September 5:
The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter. (notation)
1848 October 12:
The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter. (notation; letter)
1849 December 26:
The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter. (notation; letter)
1850 June 21:
The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter. (letter (page 1), letter (page 2), letter (page 3))
1850 July 1:
The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter. (notation; letter)
1851 February 1:
The circular postmark is approximately 31 mm in diameter. (letter)
1874 May 18: [year determined from contents]
The circular postmark is approximately 26 mm in diameter.
year? March 27:
The circular postmark is 26–27 mm in diameter.
year? July 31:
The circular postmark is 18–19 mm in diameter.
1923 December 20:
The circular postmark is 21–22 mm in diameter.
1936 August 11 through 1947 February 8:
The circular postmark is approximately 20 mm in diameter.
1939 December 4:
The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter.
date?:
Gardiner post office.
1947 January 8 through 1950 March 9:
The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter.
2020:
Gardiner post office. 348 Water Street; Gardiner, Maine 04345. Lat./Long.: N 44°13′46″ x W 69°42′27″
today:
Gardiner post office is still in operation.
South Gardiner
1870 February 8:
South Gardiner post office opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide)
1934 November 17:
The circular postmark is approximately 32 mm in diameter.
1949 November 30:
The circular postmark is 32–33 mm in diameter.
1950 October 30 through 1956 November 16:
The circular postmark is 32–33 mm in diameter.
2020:
South Gardiner post office. 681 River Road; South Gardiner, Maine 04359. Lat./Long.: N 44°11′03″ x W 69°45′25″
today:
South Gardiner post office is still in operation.