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1860. fair. Addressed in ink to Miss Mary Carroll, Fox Lake, Dodge County, Wisconsin; ink smudged. Abraham Lincoln had operated the post office at New Salem, Illinois. In his 1860 campaign for the Presidency, envelopes, known to philatelists as campaign covers, became campaign promoters. This envelope shows in colors an American flag, the U. S. Constitution, a fasces, and two hands clasping above the motto, "Liberty and Union". Embossed words surround the image for slavery, freedom, national, sectional, liberty, victory. Embossed into the rear flap are the words "Hon. Abraham Lincoln of ILL. / For President; / Hon. Hannibal Hamlin of ME / For V. Pres." Notably, the three cent stamp featuring George Washington, is one of the earliest U.S. stamps with perforations, which were introduced in 1857. This stamp, listed as US #26, a Type III stamp, has perforations of 15 1/2. In the five years this series was produced, an estimated 550,000,000 were produced. Note: in this heavily cancelled, worn…
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