Mount Vernon Postal History
Kennebec County, Maine

last update for this page: 29 October 2021



Maine Postal History ------ Waterville Stamp Club


Thank you for the contributions to this page from James Husson and from the Strout family collection.

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Postmarks from the town of Mount Vernon include:

Currier Dunn’s Corner East Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon (1) Mount Vernon (2) Mount Vernon Centre

Mount Vernon Village (1) Mount Vernon Village (2) South Mount Vernon (1)

South Mount Vernon (1) Walton’s Mills

West Mount Vernon (1) West Mount Vernon (2)

Mount Vernon (2)

1848 February 8:
   Mount Vernon (2) post office opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide)

1888 September 18:
   The circular postmark is 27–28 mm in diameter.
      
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1926 February 20:
   The circular postmark is 29–30 mm in diameter.
      
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1934 August 18:
   The circular postmark is approximately 32 mm in diameter. The outside vertical height of the four bars to the right of the circle is 19 mm.
      
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1939 December 11:
   The circular postmark is 32–33 mm in diameter.
      
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1944 November 18 through 1946 May 6:
   The circular postmark is 32–34 mm in diameter. The outside vertical height of the four horizontal bars to the right of the circle is 19–20 mm.
         
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today:
   Mount Vernon (2) post office is still in operation.


Walton’s Mills

1860 July 18:
   Walton’s Mills post office opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide)

(ca. 1865) April 2:
   Manuscript postmark.
      
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1868 January 27:
   Walton’s Mills post office changed to West Mount Vernon post office. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide)