Bob, you're welcome. It's good to be able to answer a "postal history"
question on the group! PH is my thing!
You are quite correct in saying that the philatelic community worldwide
is an exceptional one. I have received so much help and advice over the
years. Just today - Christmas Eve! - I picked up a package from the post
office mailed from England. A collector there searched and found for me
two out of print books I have been trying to obtain for months and months.
Richard Helbock is now living in Australia (as I do!) and has been a
great help to me as well. He's still researching, writing, and
publishing that fine US Postal History Journal "La Posta". He describes
himself as "being on a permanent vacation".
Cheers:
John
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Bobstamp wrote:
On Dec 23, 1:46 pm, John Tollan wrote:
Hi Bob:
According to "Post Offices of New Mexico" (1981) by Richard W. Helbock,
Arenas Valley PO was opened on 1 January 1947. Helbock is usually 'spot
on' when it comes to PO openings and closings.

I forgot to mention in my previous post that it was Richard Helbock
who was instrumental in helping me to obtain the only Arenas Valley
covers in my collection. He recommended that I get in touch with a
collector in Las Cruces, New Mexico. That collector passed my request
for Arenas Valley covers to his son, and one day out of the blue the
cover on my web page and one or two others arrived in the mail, as a
gift. There really isn't a better community in the world than this
one!

Bob