POSTCARD N.232 - USA

Postcard sent on the 27th May; received on the 8th June 2026

Postcard image:  Gingerbread Cottages at Martha's Vineyard

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Ravi sent me one of his fantastic and much appreciated mail barrages from the United States.

I'll dedicate the next posts to the cards and covers that have been falling into my letterbox rather frequently these last few days.

Bohoma sthuthi, friend. You're spoiling me with all these great pieces of mail.

Martha's Vineyard is an island in the State of Massachusetts, off the coast of Cape Cod, famous as an exclusive holiday destination.

The island, which can only be reached by air or sea, is also famous for its Victorian Architecture , namely the famous gingerbread cottages dating from the 19th century such as those depicted in the postcard Ravi sent me.

The term Gingerbread refers to the elaborate wooden trim that decorates the façades roofs and porches.

Ravi used a "Forever Global" self-adhesive stamp issued on 24Jan2025, illustrated with a 1794 Compass Rose that was drawn in 1794 by "...Lucia Wadsworth — the aunt of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — in her school geography notebook...", according to Wikipedia.

The stamp was originally cancelled with a large red manual postmark issued at Edgartown, Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard administrative capital, on the 27th May. The next day, a mechanical cancellation was also applied, this time at Providence,the Capital of the neighbouring State of Rhode Island.