Palermo Postal History
Waldo County, Maine

last update for this page: 8 August 2020



Maine Postal History ------ 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 Palermo include:
East Palermo
Four Corners
North Palermo
Palermo
Palermo Center
Palermo North



Palermo


1807 July 1:
   Palermo post office opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)

1844 December 19:
   Manuscript postmark. (notation; letter)
      
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1849 September 4:
   Manuscript postmark. (letter)
      
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1910 July 8:
   The circular postmark is 31–32 mm in diameter.
      
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date?:
   Palermo post office.
      
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1934 December 5:
   The circular postmark is 32–33 mm in diameter.
      
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1941 December 22:
   The circular postmark is 33–34 mm in diameter.
      
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1950 February 20 through 1954 December 22:
   The circular postmark is 32–33 mm in diameter. The outside vertical height of the four horizontal bars to the right of the circle is approximately 19 mm.
         
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2020:
   Palermo post office, 111 Branch Road; Palermo, Maine. 04354. Lat./Long.: N 44°24′18″ x W 69°28′22″
      
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today:
   Palermo post office is still in operation.