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Mr. Fred Holland Day.
Norwood
Mass.
Notes and Questions
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Why is there a period after the person's name in this address?
Also, should we transcribe the stamp or postmark?
Good questions! I have no idea why the lines would end with a period, though from the few I know, I suspect postal workers see an incredible range of oddly formed addresses.
With regard to postmarks and stamps, we don't have a rule in place (yet), so ignore them for now. But you've given us something to think about, since the postmarks especially contain potentially useful information for researchers - since your eyes have been on a much wider array of methods & formatting decisions than ours, maybe you can offer insight into if/how others handle them?