Two recent additions to my Essex County and Clinton County collections: postcards canceled at summer post offices. Summer post offices operated only during certain months of the years, usually May to October. For the most part they were located in tourist areas.
Hotel Champlain (Clinton County) was just south of Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain. The example shown is from the 2nd Hotel Champlain post office which was in existence from 1891 to 1951. The cancel is the common 4-bar cancel used by many post offices during the era.
Whiteface (Essex County) was probably located in the Whiteface Inn on Lake Placid. The post office existed in a number of different periods. This is Whiteface #1 which was established in 1892 and discontinued in 1911.
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