ISSUE 182 - February 6, 2026 - Stamp News Online Magazine
Yesterday in Mekeel’s, National Issue:
The U.S. Postage Stamp, 1870-1900, Part 5 - 6
by Lowell S. Newman & Peter T. Rohrbach
Chapter II
Stamps of The Depression: 1873-1877, Cont.
Despite the popularity of the postal card, there was of course a continuing and greater need for the on-going issuance of postage stamps to be used on mail sent in envelopes. The four-year contract which the government had with the National Bank Note Company was to expire in 1873, and so in December of 1872 the Post Office advertised for another bid to deliver postage stamps for the next four years. The bid specifications stipulated that the eleven designs and size of the . . .
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