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Letter

Cave Johnson, American, 1845 - 1849

Reporting that the stamps ordered on June 1 are ready for delivery. This is the first printing of the 1847 Issue, which was picked-up personally by John Marron, Third Assistant Postmaster General, at the contractor's office in New York City on July 1, 1847. He delivered 60,000 5-cent stamps and 20,000 10-cent stamps to the New York City post office that same day. Consequently, this is the only post office from which a first day cover might some day be found.

Date

June 26, 1847

Type

NPM Archives

Medium

paper; ink / handwritten

Department

NPM

Institution

National Postal Museum

Object number

npm_1997.2001.7

Credit

Gift of George W. Brett in memory of Stanley Hodziewich