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History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America — John Shaqi

History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of AmericaTiffany, John K. (John Kerr)

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History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America

Name: History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America
Author: Tiffany, John K. (John Kerr)

Tiffany, John K. (John Kerr)

Postage stamps -- United States

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[Illustration: PORTRAIT OF J. K. TIFFANY.]




HISTORY OF THE

=POSTAGE STAMPS=

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.


BY JOHN K. TIFFANY,

Author of THE PHILATELICAL LIBRARY,
President of the American Philatelic Association and of the St. Louis
Philatelic Society. Honorary Member of the Philatelic Society of London.
Corresponding Member of the Societe Francaise de Timbrologie, the
Societies of Dresden, Wurtemburg, Etc.


1887:
C. H. MEKEEL, PHILATELIC PUBLISHER,
ST. LOUIS, MO.


Copyrighted by J. K. Tiffany. 1886.
All Rights Reserved.




=CONTENTS.=


      PORTRAIT OF J. K. TIFFANY               (Frontispiece).
      PREFACE                                               9
      INTRODUCTION                                         13
      Chapter I,      U. S. City Dispatch Post             19
        "     II,     Uniform Postage                      23
        "     III,    Postmaster's Stamps                  26
        "     IV,     Stamp of the N. Y. Postmaster        29
        "     V,      Stamps of the St. Louis   "          36
        "     VI,     Stamp of the Brattleboro  "          48
        "     VII,    Stamp of the New Haven    "          51
        "     VIII,   Stamps of the Providence  "          54
        "     IX,     Stamp of the Alexandria   "          60
        "     X,      Stamps of the Baltimore   "          62
        "     XI,     Stamp of the Millbury     "          65
        "     XII,    Stamped Env. of Wash'n    "          67
        "     XIII,   Stamps of the Phila'lphia "          69
        "     XIV,    Stamp of the Worcester    "          70
        "     XV,     Stamp of the Pittsfield   "          71
        "     XVI,    Observations                         72
        "     XVII,   The Issue of 1847                    74
        "     XVIII,  The Issue of 1851                    81
        "     XIX,    The Issue of 1857                   110
        "     XX,     The Issue of 1861                   122
        "     XXI,    The Issue of 1867-9                 137
        "     XXII,   The Issue of 1869                   144
        "     XXIII,  The Issue of 1870                   158
        "     XXIV,   Postage Due Stamps                  198

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