5 Cent Encased Postage Stamp, United States, 1862
date: label: date made
content: 1862-08-12
notes: label: Description
content: In order for John Gault, the inventor of the encased postage stamp, to make any profit off his creation, he sold advertisement space on the back of the stamp encasements. The production of these encased postage stamps was done solely by the Scovill Manufacturing Company located in Waterbury, Connecticut. This particular encased postage stamp advertised “H.A. COOK/ EUREKA BAZAAR,” which was a grocery store in Evansville, Indiana.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Civil War
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Herman K. Crofoot Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.71.306.2
label: accession number
content: 207949
label: catalog number
content: 71.306.2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: encased postage stamp
label: Object Name
content: token
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24.5 mm; 31/32 in