Geneva Post Office
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This postal cover was mailed on 18 February 1905, from Geneva, Florida, to Mr. E. H. Reed in Tampa, Florida. It features a 2-cent carmine George Washington postal stationery from the Series of 1902, which paid the standard domestic first-class rate at the time. The envelope includes a printed return request for H. Barker of Geneva, notably listing the town within Orange County, as this was prior to the formation of Seminole County in 1913. The clear circular date stamp and elegant cursive address make it a classic example of early 20th-century Florida mail.
The back of this 1905 cover provides a detailed transit record of the letter's 48-hour journey across Central Florida. After leaving Geneva, it passed through Oviedo on February 19 at 7 AM, reached Sanford the following morning, February 20 at 10 AM, and finally arrived in Tampa that same evening at 8 PM. The final destination is confirmed by a circular receiving postmark accompanied by a Type B American Flag machine cancel, a modern postal feature for the era that signifies the letter's arrival at a larger municipal post office.