Archive of 12 mailed covers, each with its original handwritten letter, sent from South Hadley, Massachusetts to Auburn, New York (Box 186 / 41 Franklin St.).
Family name: Dalton. Excellent postal + social history (Mount Holyoke College town).
All are 2¢ Washington carmine definitives (early-1920s issue; Washington-Franklin/1922 Bureau period—see photos to verify type), tied by South Hadley, MASS circular date stamps with duplex or machine killers. Readable examples include:
OCT 12, 1921 – 12 M (CDS/duplex)
OCT 15, 1921 – 10 AM (CDS/duplex; purple receiver OCT 18)
OCT 30, 1921 – 10 AM
DEC 4, 1921 – 5:30 PM (purple receiver DEC 15)
DEC 5, 1921 – 5:30 PM (receiver DEC 15)
DEC 6, 1921 – 7 AM
DEC 10, 1921 – 10 AM
DEC 11, 1921 – 10 AM (letter shown in photos; “Dear Mother… got an A in Math…”)
JAN 5, 1922 – 5:30 PM
JAN 9, 1922 – 7 AM
JAN 11, 1922 – 10 AM
(one additional 1921/22 South Hadley cancel, date partial)
Complete, legible handwritten letters to the Dalton family. Topics include school/exams, grades, room changes, family updates, travel, and day-to-day life.
Two sample pages are pictured (Dec. 11, 1921 & other 1922 notes).
Typical age toning, occasional small opening nicks, a couple light stains/handling marks.
Stamps intact, cancels clear; letters complete and readable.
See all photos for close-ups of dates and any flaws.
Cohesive 1921–22 correspondence archive from a single origin with well-struck South Hadley cancels.
All covers with contents (scarcer and more valuable than empty covers).
Genealogical tie to Auburn, NY and the Mount Holyoke area.