black double circle datestamps and matching cogwheels tie three 1861 3c Rose (65) to ca. 1866 cover to Townsend, Massachusetts, blue italic "Steamer" handstamp, cover light edge wear, fine and attractive, a scarce triple rate cover, Walter Fessenden was a cooper by trade who served as Townsend's postmaster from 1846 to 1849 and a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1861