Macomber\'s Variety Store & Post Office East Fairhaven MA Gambrel Roof Postcard For Sale

The Macomber\'s Variety Store and Post Office in East Fairhaven, a village of Fairhaven, Massachusetts on Buzzards Bay in Bristol County, exemplified the combined general store–postal station common in small New England communities from the late 19th century through the early 20th century, with such storefronts serving retail, mail distribution, and local trade; period visual cues like gambrel roofs, vintage trucks and convertibles, and curbside mailboxes help date community commerce here to the 1910s–1930s.

📝 In-Scene Text
MACOMBER\'S VARIETY STORE

🏢 Publisher Information
32891

💬 Captions
Macomber\'s Variety Store and Post Office, East Fairhaven, Mass.

📮 Address
Not visible

📅 Postmark & Stamp
Not visible. The card has a pre-printed box in the upper right corner for the stamp, stating: \"Place the Stamphere ONE CENT for United States and Island Possessions Cuba, Canada and Mexico. TWO CENTS for foreign.\" No stamp is affixed, and no postmark is present.
Postmark location unclear

🏛️ Publisher & Postal Note
* **Publisher:** \"Pub. by Macomber\'s Variety Store, East Fairhaven, Mass.\" (printed vertically along the left edge)
* **Manufacturing Note:** \"MADE IN U S A\" (printed vertically along the central dividing line)
* **Logo:** A stylized \'M\' inside an oval or shield is printed at the bottom center of the dividing line.
* **Postal Note:** \"Place the Stamphere ONE CENT for United States and Island Possessions Cuba, Canada and Mexico. TWO CENTS for foreign.\" (within the stamp box)
* **Writing Space Note:** \"THIS SPACE FOR WRITING\" (above the left half of the card)
* **Address Space Note:** \"POST CARD THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS\" (above the right half of the card)

📌 Context
This postcard is unused, as indicated by the lack of a stamp, postmark, message, or address. The postal rates mentioned (1 cent for domestic and specific foreign destinations, 2 cents for other foreign) were in effect for U.S. postcards for a considerable period. The 1-cent rate for postcards to U.S. possessions, Cuba, Canada, and Mexico was established in 1898 and remained largely consistent until changes in the mid-20th century (specifically, the domestic postcard rate increased to 2 cents in 1951). This suggests the postcard likely dates from the early 20th century, possibly between 1907 (when the divided back became widely permitted for messages) and the 1940s. The publisher, Macomber\'s Variety Store, was a local business in East Fairhaven, Massachusetts, which would have sold such postcards to tourists or residents. The \"MADE IN U S A\" marking indicates it was printed domestically.

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