National Postal Museum
1c Franklin Glastonbury, CT precancel cover
1879-1880
Commercial cover franked with a 1-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp of 1879, (Scott United States 182 Blue, formerly catalogued by Scott as 182a) and bearing a "G period" precancel. This precancel was used by J. E. Williams Company of Glastonbury, Connecticut, to mail unsealed envelopes containing advertising fliers to potential customers. Two known stamp issues bear this precancel, the 1-cent Franklin of 1873 and the 1-cent Franklin of 1879.
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