Bridgeport (US-CT)

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Bridgeport is a historic seaport city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located in Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnock River on Long Island Sound, 60 miles from Manhattan and 40 miles from the Bronx. It is bordered by the towns of Trumbull to the north, Fairfield to the west, and Stratford to the east. As of 2017, Bridgeport had an estimated population of 146,579, which made it the largest city in Connecticut and the fifth-most populous in New England. The Greater Bridgeport area is the 48th-largest urban area in the United States.


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Meter cancels

Meter cancel Bridgeport 1954.
Meter cancel Bridgeport 1957.

Cards and Covers

Post Card sent from Bridgeport to Hartford, 1885