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We are recording from an abandoned Post Office somewhere in rural Mass. There are at least 24 post offices in Massachusetts that have been closed since 1900 and had their zip cods retired. Wait, how did a post office close before 1963 have its ZIP cancelled if there were no ZIP codes? THAT is another mystery for a different time...
Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/postcard-episode-e26
Get a Postcard from a Lost Place: https://lostmassachusetts.com/get-or-send-a-postcard
Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/
By Garth Bruen5
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We are recording from an abandoned Post Office somewhere in rural Mass. There are at least 24 post offices in Massachusetts that have been closed since 1900 and had their zip cods retired. Wait, how did a post office close before 1963 have its ZIP cancelled if there were no ZIP codes? THAT is another mystery for a different time...
Sources, links, blog, etc.: https://lostmassachusetts.com/a-lost-place/f/postcard-episode-e26
Get a Postcard from a Lost Place: https://lostmassachusetts.com/get-or-send-a-postcard
Photos and contact: https://www.instagram.com/lostmassachusetts/

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