Baring Plantation postal history
Washington County, Maine

last update for this page: 14 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 Baring include:

Baring

Baring Rural Br. Calais

Baring

1827 February 10:
   Baring post office opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)

1852:
   Postmaster: W. A. Gould (source: Maine Register and State Reference Book. 1852.)

date?:
   Baring post office.
      

1936 August 19:
   The circular postmark is approximately 33 mm in diameter. The horizontal bars to the right of the circle are approximately 6 mm apart on center.
      

1949 December 19:
   The circular postmark is approximately 32 mm in diameter. The horizontal bars to the right of the circle are approximately 6 mm apart on center.
      

1956 October 29:
   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 approximately 19 mm.
      

1966 December 2:
   Baring post office closed. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)