This Day in History: 1926-07-19
Ramsey Postmaster Parvin was unanimously re-elected President of the mid-Atlantic League of District Postmasters at their annual convention in Philadelphia. The League covered the states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. He was also chosen to attend the national convention of the League in Salt Lake City in September. While in Philadelphia he visited the Sesquicentennial exhibition. He said that it was about 85% completed with preparations still going on for some exhibits, even though the exhibition is open to the public. He was particularly impressed, of course, by the model post office. He watched the envelope machine preparing envelopes with the special Sesquicentennial stamp. He offered to supply copies of the new envelope for any local collectors who wanted them. He needed only to know how many each collector needed so that he could obtain a sufficient supply. The envelope was not to go on sale until July 27th. (Bristow)