National Postal Museum
Stampless Cover
c. 1858
WASHINGTON D.C. FREE postmark; to a U.S. Senator in Vermont; the congressional franking privilege, which applied to both mail received and mail sent, became so widespread in Washington that the FREE inscription was added to the postmarks.
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