ISSUE 164 - August 2, 2024 - Stamp News Online Magazine
Postal History Place:
The George J. Kramer Collection of U.S. Domestic Mails,
1776-1869
On December 15, 2014 the Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sold the George J. Kramer Collection of U.S. Domestic Mails, 1776-1869.
In a collection that mixed United States and postal history, one of the early lots was this Free frank "B Free Franklin" as Continental Postmaster General on folded cover addressed to Col. Bull of the Pennsylvania Forces at Perth Amboy N.J., with a "PHILA AUG 27" (1776) straightline datestamp.
An extremely rare Franklin Free
frank as Postmaster General of the Continental Post with the "B. Free Franklin," syntax, this usage
was just…
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U.S. Domestic Mails,
1776-1869
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