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| North Station, Boston on January 24, 1904 |
Written from North Station, Boston on January 24, 1904 to his wife Julie.
My dear Julie,
Got a car at once and caught my train all right xxx now am in ample time for the Bellows Falls train. Rode up with Harry Worthey, the youngest of the Worthey boys day after tomorrow only xxxxx
Your own, John
As someone not well-versed in philately, the partial postmark displaying "BANGOR" left me perplexed. John was on a train journey from Boston to Bellows Falls, Vermont. It struck me as odd to see a Bangor postmark, a location over 300 miles away, with no indication that he had ventured to Maine, as per the postcard's message. His business trip was merely from his hometown of Salem to Bellows Falls.
Curiosity led me to investigate the obscured word following "Bangor." By making educated guesses, I used the term "railroad" for my online searches. Fortunately, this led me to the Bangor & Boston Railroad Company. It turns out, the postmark was imprinted by that railroad company, specifically a Railroad Post Office (RPO). The complete stamp would have read: BANGOR & BOSTON, JAN 25, 1904, with a train number beneath the year and RPO below it (I show a clearer example of similar postmark I found online).
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| this is a clearer version of another 1904 card I found online |
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