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1858 2c Brown & McGill's U.S.P.O. Despatch, Blue on White Paper

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Own a Genuine "Brown & McGill's U.S.P.O Despatch" City Carrier Department Stamp in Unused Condition

This is your chance to own the only City Carrier Department stamp design ever issued by Joseph Brown and S.B. McGill.

Brown and McGill were the successors to David B. Wharton (Wharton's U.S.P.O. Despatch).  They became carriers in 1858 and ordered stamps made...  more

Own a Genuine "Brown & McGill's U.S.P.O Despatch" City Carrier Department Stamp in Unused Condition

This is your chance to own the only City Carrier Department stamp design ever issued by Joseph Brown and S.B. McGill.

Brown and McGill were the successors to David B. Wharton (Wharton's U.S.P.O. Despatch).  They became carriers in 1858 and ordered stamps made by Hart & Maypother & Co. with a similar design as the earlier Wharton stamp.  The Brown & McGill stamps saw very limited use and examples are scarce today.  This is your chance to get one in unused condition (with or without small money-saving imperfections).

What are Carrier stamps?

According to the Scott Specialized Catalogue, Carrier stamps are "applied to certain stamps of the United States used to defray delivery to a post office on letters going to another post office, and for the collection and delivery in the same city (local letters handled only by the carrier department)... The 'City Carrier Department' [stamps] were valid in the city in which they were issued either directly by or sanctioned by the local postmaster under authority derived from the [US] postmaster general."

With their many different designs and stories behind them, Carrier stamps are fun to collect.  This one is no exception.  Add it to your current collection or start a new one now.

 
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