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 Post Office Department, Records of Disposition of 1847 Issue Stamps. Packet of original handwritten documents relating to the final disposition of the 1847 Issue
stamps, including August 12, 1852 letter from Postmaster General Hall ordering a committee to ascertain the number of 1847 Issue stamps purchased from Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, the number remaining on hand and ordering the destruction by burning
of the remaining stock, the response of the Committee to the Postmaster General detailing the deliveries and amounts of the stamps as well as the amounts redeemed and returned, and the response by the Committee detailing the amounts remaining on hand
and attesting to their having been burned (two separate copies of this letter), some edge splitting, otherwise Very Fine, a fascinating group of 1847 Issue documents, these were reprinted from other existing copies in the Travers Papers, Vol.
1, pages 473-475 (Document #'s 375-377) (Image)Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 500-750
SOLD for $800.00
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