Hanover
Oxford County, Maine
last update for this page: 10 August 2020
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 Hanover include only:
Hanover
1850 January 3:
Hanover post office opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide)
year? April 15:
The circular postmark is approximately 24 mm in diameter.
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date?:
Hanover post office.
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1914 April:
The circular postmark is 28–29 mm in diameter.
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1933 April 29 through 1938 June 20:
The circular postmark is 31–32 mm in diameter. The outside vertical height of the four bars to the right of the circle is 19 mm.
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1950 January 31 through 1950 March 14:
The circular postmark is 32–33 mm in diameter.m
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2017 June 2:
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today:
Hanover post office is still in operation.