1862 - 1¢ Drop Rate |
Civil War Patriotic Token |
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10 March 1862 local use at
Boston prepaid with 1¢ 1861 issue stamp |
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| The one cent rate applied to covers deposited into a post office by sender for local delivery. This rate included carrier delivery to a street address where available. Rate was increased to two cents in July 1863. |
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token "The Federal Union - It Must And Shall Be Preserved" / Army And Navy manufacturer unknown |
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The Civil War brought a shortage of copper as well as silver coinage. Tokens were produced by several manufacturers in response. This patriotic example in inscribed with an Andrew Jackson quote from 1830. |
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Richard Frajola, May 2006 |
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