ISSUE 175 - July 4, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine
The Stamp Specialist:
The 6-Cent Lincoln Bank Note Issues, Part 4
by George C. Hahn
(From the Stamp Specialist Volume 11, The Gray Book)
The 1873 Issue
The contract with the National Bank Note Company expired on April 30, 1873. Consequently the Postmaster General advertised for bids for the printing and supplying the postage stamps required by the Post Office Department. The bids, which were advertised in December 1872, specified that the contract was to be . . .
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