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قراءة كتاب History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America
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History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America
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1. Corrections from the "Errata" page have been incorporated into this e-text.
2. Additional Transcriber's Notes for corrections, e-text format and word variations, appear at the end of this e-text.
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 | ||