ISSUE 180 - December 5, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine
The Stamp Specialist:
1860 - 1863, Three Cents Plus One Cent Plus One Cent, Carrier Rates & Covers
by Stanley B. Ashbrook
(From The Stamp Specialist India Shade Book, Volume 17, 1946)
Prior to July 1, 1863 there was no free "Carrier Service" in the United States, but a number of the larger cities had a carrier system which was operated on a fee basis which service was at the expense of the public.
In other words, in those cities where a fee carrier system was in operation, if a person wanted to mail a letter and did not desire to go to the trouble of conveying it to the Post Office, the letter could be . . .
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