Columbus Mileposts: Aug. 19, 1847 | Postage stamps arrive with lick and promise – Columbus Dispatch
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Columbus Mileposts: Aug. 19, 1847 | Postage stamps arrive with lick and promise
Columbus Dispatch Things got sticky in Columbus in August 1847 when city Postmaster Samuel Medary received the first batch of federally issued postage stamps. Unlike the rubber stamps he had been using to mark postage on letters, the new stamps were pieces of paper … |
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