- Author
- Reninger, Marion Wallace,
- Date of Publication
- 1962
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There were no postage stamps. However, the Colonial postmasters, who
often used their own homes as postoffices, usually initialed dates on a corner
of the letter with pen and ink. Adhesive postage stamps didn't come into
use until 1847. The Postoffice ordered the first perforated stamps on Feb