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20
April, 1865 Yokohama, Japan to US Mint Director Pollock's wife
at Philadelphia, 20 May
1865 San Francisco, California Due 6 ship rate transit
This
letter is from the sister of addressee who, along with her husband,
James Curtis Hepburn, were doing Missionary work in Japan. Letter
describes the first use of anesthesia in an operation in Japan.
It think that
it would have pained the Director of the Mint to pay for postage using
paper as shown adjacently.
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three
cents third issue fractional currency
The
third issue of fractional currency was released on December 5, 1864. It
was the only issue to include a three cent denomination.
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