Pictorial Cancels: 1st Half of 2015

The first half of 2015 was rather slow for pictorial cancels.  There were none used until May which had two cancels and then only three in June. Four of the five were part of ongoing series from previous years.\

2015 version of the Bethel History Fair. This series began in 2011 in South Royalton.

The Floating Bridge in Brookfield has recently been renovated.

The Chittenden County Stamp Club has commemorated the Civil War for the last five years.  This cancel is the last one in the series of five.

The Washington County Stamp Club has honored the Vermont Mountaineers baseball team with cancels since 2006.  Thus this is the 10 entry into the series.

Teenie's Fishing Derby is an annual event in Chittenden, Vermont in the central Green Mountains.  This is the 10th entry into the series which also began in 2006.

If you're interested in more information about Vermont Pictorial cancels, visit my website containing example for the last 30+ year: Vermont Pictorial Cancels

Sherburne Center (Late Killington)

I recently purchased this unusual straight-line emergency cancel for Sherburne Center (Rutland County),  Vermont

The late Leon White explained the handstamp in the February 1993 issue of The Vermont Philatelist.

"On July 28, 1926 the Post Office of Sherburne. Vt. was changed to Killington as it was easily confused by the mail service with Shelburne, Vt. But many of the patrons of the former named office were not too excited about having their mail delivered to an office named after the nearby mountain. They contacted their representatives and senators to have the name changed back to Sherburne, so on
December 1, 1926, after a little more than five months, the office name became Sherburne Center, Vt.

"This caused an emergency at the Post Office, as a new cancel was not at hand so they used, for a short time, an unusual cancel in straight line reading 'SHERBURNE CENTER VT / (Late Killington)'.

"I (Leon White) have two covers from the new office canceled Dec. 2, 1926…..

"Many years later the ski industry became the thing. The office of Sherburne
Center again became Killington, Vt. on Dec. 1, 1961."

As you can see my example is dated Jan 5 which must be Jan. 5, 1927.  So at least 3 examples the emergency cancel exist.

I am assuming the date is in 1927, but there is a 1928 Christmas seal on the back, so perhaps the cancel was used for a longer period of time.