What's new at mainephilatelic.org

2025 Febraury 18
And you thought Dallas was in Texas? Pages now updated for Coplin Plantation and Dallas Plantation.



2025 February 17
Ever wonder where the Moosehorn post office was? Find out in one of these freshly revised postal history pages...
Chesterville
or, maybe it's in
Coburn Gore.

2025 January 31
The Calendar of Maine stamp club meetings is now updated through the end of February.

2025 January 25
Now online: freshly revised postal history pages for Carrabassett Valley, Carthage and Chain of Ponds Township.

2025 January 13
Newly revised postal history pages are now online for Alder Stream Township, Avon and Beattie Township.

2025 January 5
The Post Offices of Maine database -- aka TPOOM -- has been updated to reflect corrections and new information. The database files, updated as of 1 January, are now available for download as Table One (all post offices, alpha order), Table Two (all post offices, sorted by county, town, and date opened) as well as individual files for each of the 16 counties. All are available on the TPOOM download page.

2024 December 27
A newly revised postal history page for South Portland is now online.

Just in time for the holidays, we've just posted the revised postal history page (actually a 128-page pdf) for Portland

2024 November 18
Ever felt the urge to look up all the postmasters of your town, but didn't know quite how? Or have you tried and found the Postmaster Appointment records confusing and hard to understand? MPS comes to the rescue with a new version of the Finding Aid for Postmaster Appointment Records from 1789 to the Present.

You'll find Bonny Eagle, Sebago Lake, Standish, Steep Falls, and four other post offices in the revised postal history page for Standish

2024 November 5
Just posted a revised postal history page for the ten post offices (including Cumberland Mills, Duck Pond, Prides Corner, Highland Lake, and Saccarappa) that have operated in what is now the City of Westbrook

2024 November 4
Just posted a revised postal history page for the Town of Yarmouth

2024 November 1
Our calendar of upcoming events has been updated with dates for club meetings in November and December.

2024 October 10
Revised postal history page now online for Scarborough with details on its 24 post offices.

2024 October 8
Revised postal history page now online for Raymond
Also, we have added several more back issues of The Maine Philatelist in that archive with more to come!

2024 September 20
Revised postal history pages now up for Naples and New Gloucester

2024 September 19
Revised postal history pages now online for the Town of Long Island (in Casco Bay) and the Town of Sebago.

2024 September 9
There's a Midcoast town with 216 miles of shoreline and a history of 18 post offices. Find about about them on the newly revised and just posted postal history page for Harpswell.

2024 September 5
Revised postal history pages for Gray and Lisbon have been posted.

2024 September 1
Revised postal history pages for Freeport and Harrison now online.

2024 August 31
New postal history page now online for Falmouth

2024 August 30
Calendar now updated with events for September and October. Regular club meetings, plus shows in Waterville, Topsham, Boxboro, Fredericton N.B., and Quebec City.

Revised postal history page for Casco now online.

2024 August 22
Another 15 issues of The Maine Philatelist are now online.
Many revised postal history pages for Cumberland County towns are in the pipeline and will be posted soon!

2024 July 11
Newly revised postal history pages now online for three more Aroostook towns...
Washburn
Winterville Plantation (including Quimby)
Woodland

2024 July 7
Newly revised postal history page now online for
VanBuren

2024 July 1
Newly revised postal history pages now online for
Littleton
Griswold, T9 R4

2024 June 24
Newly revised postal history page now online for
T13R15 WELS, i.e. Seven Islands

2024 June 22
Newly revised postal history pages now online for the following Aroostook County towns...
Township 1 Range 5 home to post offices named Number One, and Rawson.
Square Lake


2024 June 20
Newly revised postal history pages now online for the following Aroostook County towns...
New Limerick ...reflecting recent closure
Wallagrass
Stockholm

2024 June 19
Newly revised postal history pages now online for the following Aroostook County towns...
Saint Francis
Saint Croix
Reed Plantation (location of Wytopitlock)
Smyrna
Saint Francis
Silver Ridge Township (location of Monarda)

2024 June 18
Maine Philatelic Society got a nice mention in this front-page feature from the June 16 edition of the Maine Sunday Telegram.

2024 June 17
Updated version of the Addenda and Errata document for The Post Offices of Maine book and database is now online here. It's five pages, and designed to be printed out and filed in your binder for the book.

2024 June 16
Postal history page for Town of St. Agatha, Aroostook County

Postal history page for Sinclair Township (T17 R4 WELS), Aroostook County

2024 June 14
So where was Sandy Creek? Find out on the new postal history page for Town of Bridgton, Cumberland County

2024 June 13
Postal history page for Saint John Plantation, Aroostook County

2024 May 31
We're developing an online archive of back issues of The Maine Philatelist.