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October 1862 Antigua to Brooklyn, New York
10c steamship due rate handstamp applied at New York plus 1c advertising
fee
This
cover was prepaid 4d. in Antigua and was routed via St. Thomas and
thence by non contract steamer to New York City. The advertising fee of
1c was added because the letter was unclaimed initially at Brooklyn
office.
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1862
Burnett's 1c and 10c encased postage
In
1862 John Gault patented the idea of encasing postage stamps in metal
frames to use as small change. Merchants purchased and advertised on the
reverse. Both of these are for Burnetts Cooking Extracts.
reverse
design for both the above encasements
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