This is a mailed event cover commemorating the dedication of the new United States Post Office in Goshen, Connecticut, on October 1, 1961.
Cancel Date & Location: Postmarked Goshen, Conn. on October 1, 1961, at 2 PM.
Cachet Details: Printed in red, the cachet features a small U.S. flag and text marking the "Dedication of the New United States Post Office," listing Alberta P. Foster as Postmaster and noting the original post office establishment date of March 23, 1805.
Postage & Cancel Type: 1960 4c Pony Express centennial commemorative stamp (Sc 1154), tied by a standard wavy-line machine cancel.
Addressee: Hand-addressed to E. M. Cassidy in Southbury, Conn.
Located in Litchfield County in the northwestern hills of Connecticut, Goshen was incorporated in 1739. Throughout the 19th century, the town became widely known for its robust agricultural industry, particularly its commercial dairy farms and the production of "Goshen cheese." As noted on this cover, the town's first post office was established in 1805. This 1961 dedication event celebrated over a century and a half of continuous postal service in the rural New England community.
This is a neat, legible piece for collectors of Connecticut postal history, local town ephemera, or post office dedication covers.