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Postage Stamps of the United
States First Issued in 1864
| President:
Abraham Lincoln |
| Postmasters General:
Jan.1-Sep.23: Montgomery Blair · Sep.24-Dec.31:
William Dennison |
| Admitted to the Union: Nevada on
October 31, 1864 |
| Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per 1/2 oz. ·
Registry Fee:
20¢ - paid in cash, stamp not required |
| Rate for Drop Letters per 1/2 oz: Two
Cents |
| Rate for Newspapers and
Circulars up to 4 oz.: Two Cents |
Important Events in U.S. Postal History - 1864: |
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The Act of May 17, 1864
authorized Post Offices to Issue Money Orders in
amounts of up to $30. This service was
implemented over time, only 141 Post Offices had
provided the Money Order Business, "MOB", by November of that year,
according to Evans.
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The first permanent mobile
railway post office, or "RPO", was
established with the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad.
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The mail was first
categorized in three separate classes:
"letter postage", "newspapers and
magazines" and "miscellaneous
mail" which covered just about everything
else. These were the predecessors of what we
call today, First Class Mail, Second Class Mail,
etc.
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The following postage stamp varieties were
first issued by the U.S. in 1864:
Ordinary issue:
| No new varieties of Regular Issue stamps
were issued in 1864 |
Commemoratives:
| The First Commemorative stamps were issued in 1893 |
Special Delivery:
| The First Special Delivery stamps were issued in 1885 |
Postage Dues:
| The First Postage Due Stamps were issued in 1879 |
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