ISSUE 181 - January 2, 2026 - Stamp News Online Magazine
The Stamp Specialist:
1860 - 1863, Three Cents Plus One Cent Plus One Cent
Carrier Rates & Covers, Part 2
by Stanley B. Ashbrook
(From The Stamp Specialist India Shade Book, Part 2, Volume 17)
The claim has been frequently made in the philatelic press that while the Department required prepayment on collection letters, that the officials at Washington denied the public the privilege of prepaying the carrier delivery fee, and hence all existing three cent plus one cent covers represent only prepaid collection letters. I deny this claim to be true.
I have been challenged to produce proof that it was perfectly permissible for the writer of a letter to . . .
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