NEW YORK, GREEN ISLAND COV & LTR TO STEPHENTOWN, NY APR 29, (1869) w/#65 STAMP

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NEW YORK, GREEN ISLAND COV & LTR TO STEPHENTOWN, NY APR 29, (1869) w/#65 STAMP:
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THE GREEN ISLAND, NEW YORK COVER WITH LETTER WAS MAILED TO STEPHENTOWN, NEW YORK ON APR. 29, (1869) WITH A #65 STAMP. THE GREEN ISLAND POST OFFICE HAD BEEN IN ALBANY COUNTY FROM 1854 TO 1882. THE OFFICE BECAME A STATION OF TROY FROM 1882 TO 1887. THE LETTER HAS ONE INTERESTING COMMENTARY. THE LADY WRITING THE LETTER STATES \"to answer that long letter from you which I never received if sent\". THE LETTER IS FROM ONE WOMAN TO ANOTHER. THE STEPHENTOWN POST OFFICE IS IN RENSSELAER COUNTY WHERE IT OPENED IN 1815. THIS LETTER HAS A VERY LATE USE OF THE #65 STAMP. THE STAMP SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRILLED AND THE STAMP FOR THIS DATE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A #114 TRAIN STAMP.