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Letter

A. L. Woodbury

A plentiful supply of stamps is being used in Portland, even though he [the postmaster] has not ordered or received any. He wants to know "…if I am to consider it my duty to cancel these stamps and stamp all letters as paid-and enter as 'paid by stamps' all such letters."

Date

July 19, 1847

Type

NPM Archives

Medium

paper; ink / handwritten

Department

NPM

Institution

National Postal Museum

Object number

npm_1997.2001.8

Credit

Gift of George W. Brett in memory of Stanley Hodziewich