National Postal Museum
Hope Diamond Wrapper
November 8, 1958
The mailing wrapper, marked "please deliver 11:45 AM 11/10/58," contained the rare gem, the "Hope Diamond," when it was sent as a gift by Harry Winston to the Smithsonian Institution located in Washington, D.C. in 1958. Winston, a well-known jeweler, routinely used the mails to deliver valuable material.
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