Letter
Object Details
- Description
- Reporting that the stamps ordered on June 1 are ready for delivery. This is the first printing of the 1847 Issue, which was picked-up personally by John Marron, Third Assistant Postmaster General, at the contractor's office in New York City on July 1, 1847. He delivered 60,000 5-cent stamps and 20,000 10-cent stamps to the New York City post office that same day. Consequently, this is the only post office from which a first day cover might some day be found.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- June 26, 1847
- Object number
- 1997.2001.7
- Recipient
- Cave Johnson, American, 1845 - 1849
- Writer
- Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink / handwritten
- Dimensions
- Other: 25.1 x 20cm (9 7/8 x 7 7/8in.)
- Place of Origin
- New York, New York
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- American Expansion (1800-1860)
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_1997.2001.7
- Usage
- CC0
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