In 1991, Vermont had two First Day of Issue Ceremonies. It was the 200th Anniversary of Statehood so the USPS issued a postage stamp in March to honor that occasion.
The University of Vermont was founded in 1791 and later in the 1991, a commemorative postal card was issued in Burlington showing The Old Mill one of the oldest building on the campus.
But, the above postal card has the FDOI hand cancel in green not in black. I don't remember where I acquired this card, but it was probably at a stamp club meeting in Burlington many years ago. I think that somebody from the stamp club was at the first day ceremony and arranged to have the cancel done in green ink. Perhaps someone at the FD location had a green ink pad and was adding a rubber-stamped cachet to their postal cards and used the opportunity to add the FDOI in green also.
Any one have any other ideas?
As I was preparing for this blog I found the postal card below. Obviously, it was created by a zealous cancel collector or a U/O collector. The cancels are from Burlington, South Burlington Station, North Burlington Station, and Reading, a post office about 110 miles southeast of Burlington.
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