Cooper
Washington County, Maine

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


Thank you for the contributions to this page from Roland Simard.

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During the history of the town of Cooper, there have been three post offices.

Briefly, the history of these three is as follows:
1. Cedar post office opened on 22 April 1908 and closed on 15 January 1935.
2. Cooper (1) post office opened on 7 December 1827, closed on 31 JULY 1904, re-opened 11 October 1907, and closed 30 November 1944.
3. Grove post office opened on 4 August 1894 and was renamed on 5 June 1907 as Cooper (2) post office. This was renamed on 27 December 1907 as Grove post office. which closed on 30 November 1926, re-opened on 12 October 1928, and closed on a date to be determined by research.


In 1914, there were three post offices in what is now the town of Cooper: Cedar. Cooper (1). and Grove. (source: Post Route Map of the State of Maine 1914)
      
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Postmarks from the town of Cooper include:

Cedar

Cooper (1)

Cooper (2)

Grove

Cedar

1908 April 22:
   Cedar post office opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)

1932 May 6:
   The circular postmark is approximately 33 mm in diameter.
      
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1935 January 15:
   Cedar post office closed. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)


Cooper (1)

1827 December 27:
   Cooper (1) post office opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)

1891 November 28:
   The circular postmark is 26–27 mm in diameter.
      
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1904 July 31:
   Cooper (1) post office closed. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)

1907 October 11:
   Cooper (1) post office re-opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)

1938 April 13:
   The circular postmark is approximately 32 mm in diameter.
      
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1944 November 30:
   Cooper (1) post office closed. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)


Grove

1894 August 4:
   Grove post office opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)

1907 June 5:
   Grove post office was renamed as Cooper (2) post office. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)

1907 December 27:
   The former Cooper (2) post office was renamed as Grove post office. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)

1926 November 30:
   Grove post office closed. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)

1928 October 12:
   Grove post office re-opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)

1934 February 23:
   The circular postmark is 33–34 mm in diameter. The four horizontal lines to the right of the circle are approximately 6 mm on center.
      
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date?:
   Grove post office closed. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)