Update on Web Accounts: Starting on 10/10/2012, you will be required to re-establish your web account if you have not already done so.

Region has ties to rare stamp on block

Posted: November 30, 2012

By Cynthia Cather Burton

The Winchester Star

This envelope bears a stamp that is an Alexandria Postmaster’s Provisional, one of six known to exist. It was mailed to the Parkins family, which operated flour mills on Abram’s Creek in Frederick County, south of Winchester.

WINCHESTER — When William Stabler mailed a letter on Aug. 25, 1846, from Alexandria to Parkins’ Mills near Winchester, he couldn’t have known it would become a piece of U.S. postal history.

“Dear...



To See This and Every Local Story from The Winchester Star, Click Here to Become a Subscriber!

Login to view the full story