Most likely a Whitehead machine cancel.
If you're looking for the town, I'd say it's Wellsville, New York
There is one for sale on ebay now - it is a hand cancel made to look like a machine cancel. http://www.ebay.com/itm/WELLSVILLE-NY-PSEUDO-MACHINE-CANCEL-1898-/360219219552
The Ebay link helped a lot. Thanks to everyone that responded.