ISSUE 177 - September 5, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine
The Stamp Specialist:
The 6-Cent Lincoln U. S. Postage, Pt. 5
by George C. Hahn
(From the Stamp Specialist Volume 11, The Gray Book)
The 1879 Issue
The Continental Bank Note Company was absorbed by the American Bank Note Company, according to John N. Luff, on February 4, 1879, and ceased to exist under its own name after that date. Clarence W. Brazer, however, states that the actual date of consolidation of the Continental Bank Note company with the American Bank Note Company took place on December 31, 1878, although the . . .
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