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Event stamps

 File — Box: SC1950-1999.007, Folder: 4162.01

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The collection contains a complete set of seventeen stamps commemorating the stops made by the Alabama Reunion Train in 1989. The stamped and "postmarked" cards are in specially designed folders embossed in gold with the Great Seal of the State of Alabama. The train stopped or passed through Sheffield, Decatur, Huntsville, Ft. Payne, Attalla, Birmingham, Bessemer,Tuscaloosa, Selma, Calera, Montgomery, Troy, Dothan, Evergreen,Opelika, Bay Minette, and Mobile between May 21 and 27, 1989. Each card has a colored design on the left side depicting a large tree with a swing hanging from one of the branches and has a twenty-one cent Railroad Mail Car 1920s stamp. The cancellation on each card depicts a locomotive engine above a banner and exiting a circle where the circle says "The Alabama Reunion" and the banner says "Special". The cancellation also indicates the city and zip code of the city's rail station.

Dates

  • 1989 May 21-27

Extent

From the Collection: 0.1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa AL 35487-0266
205.348.0513