Sale 290


 
Lot 341



1799-1800 (c.) Government Furnished Handstamps, group of six different government furnished 26mm handstamps from Albany N.Y., Charles Town S.C., Newark N.J., Newburyport Ms., Trenton N.J., and Washington City D.C. (reddish), various rates; couple small faults,a Very Fine group of the first standardized postmarks.
Estimate 400 - 500

In 1799, the U.S. Post Office Department supplied twelve post offices with standardized 26mm diameter postmarks. The offices that received them were Washington and Georgetown D.C.; Alexandria, Fredericksburg, and Petersburg Va.; Augusta Ga.; Newark and Trenton N.J.; Newport and Providence R.I.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; and Newburyport Ms.


 
Realized $850



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