Letter written to John Marron
National Postal Museum

Letter written to John Marron

John Marron, American · April 8, 1851

paper; ink / handwritten
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

In an undocumented conference between Freeman Rawdon and the postmaster general, Rawdon was apparently told that the contractor's claims about not having recovered expenses for producing the dies and plates for the 1847 Issue would have been given due weight in selecting the firm to produce the 1851 Issue of stamps.

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