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Lot 575

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[POSTAL HISTORY]. A group of 4 19th - 20th century broadsides and posters involving the US Mail system, highlighted by: Arrival and Departure of the Mails at and from the Post-Office at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 30 November 1822. 


Arrival and Departure of the Mails at and from the Post-Office at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, PA: N.p., 30 November 1822. 7 15/16 x 12 1/4 in. printed broadside. Signed in type by James Peacock. 

[With:] Prices at Which Stamped Envelopes and Newspaper Wrappers of the Current Series are Sold to the Public. N.p.: Post Office Department, 1 January 1875. 13 x 16 1/2 in. printed broadside. Signed in type by E.W. Barber, third assistant postmaster general.   

[With:] Money Sent without Danger of Loss at Low Rates To all parts of the United States and its possessions and certain Foreign Countries by means of Postal Money Orders. N.p.: N.p., October 1913. Visible 10 5/8 x 15 in. printed broadside.

[Also with:] Tampering with mail will get you a new home, new friends, & a new job. [Washington, D.C.]: [United States Postal Service], February 2002. 17 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. color poster (original folds). Issued in response to the 2001 anthrax attacks. Later versions of Poster 311 have been issued with altered copy.

Together, 4 postal broadsides and posters, all framed, not examined out of frames. 


Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents

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