Kennebunkport Postal History
York County, Maine

last update for this page: 29 November 2020



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 Kennebunkport include:

Arundel Beachwood

Cape Porpoise Cape Porpoise CPO Kennebunkport

Cape Porpoise Rur. Sta. Kennebunkport

Kennebunkport

North Kennebunkport

Arundel
1821:
   Postmaster: Stephen Towne (source: Maine Register and State Reference Book. 1821.) [Note: In 1821 the name “Arundel” applied to what is today the towns of Arundel and Kennebunkport.]


Beachwood
1895 April 11:
   Beachwood post office, a summer office, opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)

date:
   Beachwood post office.
      
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1911 August 15:
   The circular postmark is 30–31 mm in diameter. (image side of card)
      
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1918 November 15:
   Beachwood post office closed. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)


Cape Porpoise
1866 February 3:
   Cape Porpoise post office opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)

date?:
   Cape Porpoise post office.
      
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date?:
   Cape Porpoise post office.
      
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1939 December 9:
   The circular postmark is 28–29 mm in diameter.
      
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1965 February 26:
   Cape Porpoise post office was changed to Cape Porpoise Rur. Sta. Kennebunkport. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)


Kennebunkport
1816 December 31:
   Kennebunkport post office opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide.)

year? September 27:
   The circular postmark is not clear enough to measure the diameter. (letter)
      
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year? November 11:
   The circular postmark is approximately 29 mm in diameter.
      
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1848 November 16:
    The circular postmark is approximately 30 mm in diameter. (notation)
      
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1877 July 4:
   The circular postmark is 30–31 mm in diameter.
      
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1880 October 1:
   The circular postmark is 25–26 mm in diameter.
      
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1884 October 2:
   The circular postmark is 25–26 mm in diameter.
      
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1919 July 27:
   The circular postmark is approximately 29 mm in diameter.
      
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1929 July 13:
   The circular postmark is approximately 25 mm in diameter. Note that the year (toward the lower left portion of the stamp) is upside down.
      
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1933 May 8 through 1950 March 20:
   The circular postmark is 26–27 mm in diameter.
         
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today:
   Kennebunkport post office is still in operation.