Nickel Plate RR 1976 commemorative cover, Arcadia, OH, auxiliary MISSENT marking

Item Specifics

Country

United States

Catalog Number

1076

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Cover (Postal History)

Stamp Format

Single

Topic

Transport - Trains

Year of Issue

1956

Item Description

This cover commemorated 75 years of service by the Nickel Plate Railroad. Their first train ran between Arcadia and McComb, Ohio on July 4, 1881. This cover was postmarked at Arcadia, Ohio, July 4, 1956. Although addressed to Lynn in east central Indiana, the cover was sent to Hymera, Indiana, about 140 miles to the west. A magenta MISSENT TO...... marking and a HYMERA, IND. marking were applied to the cover.

From the William Henry Smith Memorial Library of the Indiana Historical Society in Indianapolis:

“In 1880 a survey was made from St. Louis to Fort Wayne, Indiana, to connect with the Lake Erie & Western Railroad. The survey was purchased by a group of men known as the Seney Syndicate and two additional surveys were made. One from Chicago to Fort Wayne, the other from Fort Wayne to Cleveland, which was originally intended as the eastern terminus of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis, which adopted the nickname Nickel Plate Road.

“Early in April 1881, Major Henry L. Merill, an experienced railroad builder, assumed charge of construction. The first rails for the NPR were laid between Arcadia and McComb, Ohio, and the first train was run over the road 22 October 1882. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, later a part of the New York Central System, quickly realized the value of the NPR as a competitor and purchased the road and held controlling interest in it until July 1916.”

This cover has a noticeable crease in the upper right-hand corner and minor creasing at the lower right-hand corner and top center.

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