1837 - Charge Box Notice |
United States Gold Half Eagle |
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24 March 1839 Elizabeth City, North Carolina to Kingston, Massachusetts, $1 due rate for a packet weighing 1 ounce, blue 100" rate handstamp |
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| An Act of March 3, 1825 established postal rates for packets weighing one ounce or more. A one ounce packet was subject to quadruple postage. In this case the single sheet letter was twenty-five cents for distance over 400 miles. The 100" rate handstamp appearing on this cover is exceptional and is the only reported example from this town. |
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1820 960 reis minted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| These 960 reis coins of Brazil were legal tender in the United States and circulated at the value of one dollar. This example was struck over a Spanish Colonial eight reales coin under the Reign of John VI. |
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Richard Frajola, May 2006 |
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