Please note that each stamp is identified first by a lot number and then the Scott number. The lot number identifies the exact stamp in our inventory.
Many lots are one of a kind.
Some lots will have several copies of the same stamp and condition. Carrier stamps were used during the period of 1851-1863 to help pay for the costs of delivering letters from one post office to another and for collecting and delivery of letters in the same city. 79.00 Local stamps were started in 1844. In 1881 the U.S. government finally forced Boyd's and Hussey's to discontinue their business. That gave the U.S. government a monopoly in first class mail delivery.