New Limerick Postal History
Aroostook County, Maine
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Maine Postal History
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During the history of the town of New Limerick, there have been two post offices.
Briefly, the history of these two is as follows:
1. New Limerick post office opened on 23 March 1837, closed on 18 February 1839, re-opened on 28 January 1841, closed on 17 February 1842, re-opened on 19 January 1958, closed on 7 September 1865, re-opened on 28 January 1868, closed on 4 January 1878, and re-opened on 7 January 1879. On 26 October 1986, it became New Limerick CPO Houlton and is still operating.
2. Titcomb post office opened on 6 April 1883 and closed on 28 February 1902.
In 1914, there was only one post office in New Limerick: New Limerick. (source: Post Route Map of the State of Maine 1914)
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Postmarks from New Limerick include:
New Limerick
1837 March 23:
New Limerick post office opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide)
1839 February 18:
New Limerick post office closed. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide)
1841 January 28:
New Limerick post office re-opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide)
1842 February 17:
New Limerick post office closed. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide)
1858 January 19:
New Limerick post office re-opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide)
1865 September 7:
New Limerick post office closed. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide)
1868 January 28:
New Limerick post office re-opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide)
1878 January 4:
New Limerick post office closed. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide)
1879 January 7:
New Limerick post office re-opened. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide)
1905 July 6:
Ellsworth Longee appointed Postmaster.
1914 January 8:
George A. Hoar appointed Postmaster.
1947 May 12:
Ora P. Mooers appointed Postmaster.
1948 September 9:
The circular postmark is 32–33 mm in diameter. The outside vertical height of the four horizontal bars to the right of the circle is approximately 18 mm.
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1951 September 17:
Paul E. Cunliffe appointed Acting Postmaster.
1951 October 4:
Paul E. Cunliffe appointed Postmaster.
1953 April 23:
George A. Seward appointed Acting Postmaster.
1953 May 7:
George A. Seward appointed Postmaster.
1977 July 15:
Hoep S. Anderson appointed Officer-in-Charge.
1978 January 28:
George S. Smith appointed Postmaster.
1986 February 25:
Kimberly A. Wright appointed Officer-in-Charge.
1986 October 24:
Emergency closure of New Limerick post office per order from postal service employee Donald C. Thompson.
1986 October 25:
New Limerick post office re-opened in the same location and was administered by the Postmaster of the Houlton post office.
New Limerick CPO Houlton
1986 October 26:
The former New Limerick post office became New Limerick CPO Houlton. (source: Maine Philatelic Society. 1995. The Post Offices of Maine: A Rarity Guide)
2020:
New Limerick CPO. 1132 County Road; New Limerick, Maine 04761. Lat./Long.: N 46°07′32″ x W 67°57′04″
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today:
New Limerick CPO Houlton is still operating.