POST MARK COLLECTORS CLUB - POST OFFICE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

Post Office: Beckley, WV 25801 (Raleigh County)
Date of Photo: circa 1940s
Contributor: Paul E. Petosky, Postmarks from the Past
Comments: Originally established in FAYETTE COUNTY on July 25, 1839 with Alfred Beckley as its first postmaster. Changed to RALEIGH COUNTY on January 23, 1850. Name changed to RALEIGH COURT HOUSE on November 11, 1851. Changed to WEST VIRGINIA on June 20, 1863. Name changed to RALEIGH on March 30, 1893. Name changed back to BECKLEY on February 28, 1896 with William T. Shumate as postmaster.