k doesn't collect Rattlesnake Island Local Post
Mar 19, 2020 16:34:58 GMT -5
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Post by khj on Mar 19, 2020 16:34:58 GMT -5
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This thread shows examples of Rattlesnake Island Local Post that k doesn't collect. Our fellow Stamp Bear has already given the background:
Where in the world is Rattlesnake Island, you ask? At the western end of Lake Erie lies a small archipelago known as the Lake Erie Islands. Three of the larger islands lie in a north-south alignment: North, Middle, and South Bass Islands, the latter being the best-known due to the town of Put-In-Bay, a popular tourist mecca in the summer months. Lying approximately 2-miles to the west of Middle Bass Island and 11-12 miles north-northeast of Port Clinton, Ohio, is an 85 acre island known as Rattlesnake Island, little-known until 1966, when it become the location of the only airmail local post in the United States.
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Historically, the area was first home to the Erie Indians, then the Ottawa and Huron's, and later the Iroquois. It is thought the island received it's name from these Native Americans due to distinctive rock formations on the island; while others say it was due to timber rattlesnakes which were prevalent on the island at that time. It wasn't until the United States' second war with England, the War of 1812, that the area was finally taken over by settlers. The former native inhabitants were transplanted to reservations in Kansas, and, later, Oklahoma.
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During the War of 1812, the area first received prominence. The invading British had been using the bay at South Bass Island as a base of operations, calling it Pudding Bay. On September 10th, 1812, that changed when Lt. Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie, and uttered the immortal line "We have met the enemy and they are ours….." Subsequently, Pudding Bay became Put-In-Bay.
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Legally, since colonial times, the Lake Erie Islands were part of the Firelands Section of the Connecticut Land Company's western reserve. In 1854, Abigail Dunning of Hartford, Connecticut, sold Rattlesnake Island to Horace Kelley of Cleveland, Ohio. Soon thereafter, post offices were established on South Bass Island (1860), North Bass Island (1864), and Middle Bass Island (1864). Rattlesnake Island was largely uninhabited at the time.
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Respectfully,
Gordon Lee
Examples of Rattlesnake Island Local Post issues that k doesn’t collect, in chronological order:
This thread shows examples of Rattlesnake Island Local Post that k doesn't collect. Our fellow Stamp Bear has already given the background:
Where in the world is Rattlesnake Island, you ask? At the western end of Lake Erie lies a small archipelago known as the Lake Erie Islands. Three of the larger islands lie in a north-south alignment: North, Middle, and South Bass Islands, the latter being the best-known due to the town of Put-In-Bay, a popular tourist mecca in the summer months. Lying approximately 2-miles to the west of Middle Bass Island and 11-12 miles north-northeast of Port Clinton, Ohio, is an 85 acre island known as Rattlesnake Island, little-known until 1966, when it become the location of the only airmail local post in the United States.
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Historically, the area was first home to the Erie Indians, then the Ottawa and Huron's, and later the Iroquois. It is thought the island received it's name from these Native Americans due to distinctive rock formations on the island; while others say it was due to timber rattlesnakes which were prevalent on the island at that time. It wasn't until the United States' second war with England, the War of 1812, that the area was finally taken over by settlers. The former native inhabitants were transplanted to reservations in Kansas, and, later, Oklahoma.
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During the War of 1812, the area first received prominence. The invading British had been using the bay at South Bass Island as a base of operations, calling it Pudding Bay. On September 10th, 1812, that changed when Lt. Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie, and uttered the immortal line "We have met the enemy and they are ours….." Subsequently, Pudding Bay became Put-In-Bay.
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Legally, since colonial times, the Lake Erie Islands were part of the Firelands Section of the Connecticut Land Company's western reserve. In 1854, Abigail Dunning of Hartford, Connecticut, sold Rattlesnake Island to Horace Kelley of Cleveland, Ohio. Soon thereafter, post offices were established on South Bass Island (1860), North Bass Island (1864), and Middle Bass Island (1864). Rattlesnake Island was largely uninhabited at the time.
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Respectfully,
Gordon Lee
Examples of Rattlesnake Island Local Post issues that k doesn’t collect, in chronological order:
