Per the National Postal Museum, "Most U.S. postmasters were not issued standard devices for canceling stamps until the 1890s. Prior to that, they were purchased from vendors or homemade. A number of hand-carved KKK-themed cancels were used by the…
Per the National Postal Museum, "Most U.S. postmasters were not issued standard devices for canceling stamps until the 1890s. Prior to that, they were purchased from vendors or homemade. A number of hand-carved KKK-themed cancels were used by the…
Letter from Hopkins County,
Sulphur Springs,
July 17, 1868.
Hon. M. L. Armstrong:
Dear Sir----I am this morning situated like a mariner whose vessel is sinking, and he is dripping out slips of paper, hoping they may fall into some friendly…