ISSUE 187 - July 3, 2026 - Stamp News Online Magazine
Yesterday in Mekeel’s, National Issue
The U.S. Postage Stamp, 1870-1900, Parts 17 - 18
by Lowell S. Newman & Peter T. Rohrbach
By the year 1881 the Fast Mail trains were making a comeback after the short-sighted reduction of postal fees to railroads by Congress in 1876, as mentioned earlier.
The New York Central and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Fast Mail trains had received a new coat of paint and were in service again. The Pennsylvania Railroad restored its Limited Mail, the Illinois Central inaugurated a fast . . .
Continue reading The U.S. Postage Stamp, 1870-1900, Parts 17 - 18 [PDF Document]
