SPECIAL BLUE VALLEY CREAMERY TAG: TRAIN IMAGE normal design replaced due 2 wreck

Item Specifics

Country

United States

Catalog Number

523

Stamp Type

Back of Book (Other)

Condition

Cover (Postal History)

Centering

VF

Stamp Format

Single

Topic

Transport - Trains

Year of Issue

1934

Item Description

BLUE VALLEY CREAMERY MILK TAG: mailed by Permit Paid; (SEC 562), to supply Dairy Farmer with tag TO SHIP MILK BY TRAIN, CIRCA 1934-5, addr EATONS WEST VIRGINIA, the usual ad on reverse replaced by RED IMAGE OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVE with FULL STEAM Ahead logo, EXPLAINS Trains Will Be Running Regularly Again In a Few Days, the tag was made by THE CENT'L TAG CO (WHO EXHIBITED AT THE CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD'S FAIR), the Creamery was in COLUMBUS OHIO & If you search records for the area BETWEEN EATONS and COLUMBUS YOU FIND THERE WAS A MAJOR WRECK AT POWELLTON WEST VIRGINIA (DEC 27 1934) THAT SHUT SERVICE FOR A FEW DAYS, MOST LIKELY WHAT THE TAG REFERS TO, Couple wrinkles and Pencil marks, VF FOR THIS.

Blue valley creamery's tags show up from time to time, but the ones with the train logo are very rare.

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12/16/2008

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Item Location

Pennsylvania, United States

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