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 First United States Government Printing of a Stamp Image. Two items, first is page 547 from the "Resolutions" of the 26th Congress 1st Session dated June 10, 1840, second is a proposal by Webster to
reduce our postage rates followed by "Extract from a newspaper published in the city of London." dated April 28, 1840 concerning "THE PENNY POSTAGE STAMPS." , explains in detail rates and usages of the new adhesive, the next page is a full-size
reproduction of the 1p Mulready letter sheet superimposed with an incomplete rendering of the 1p Black adhesive with the corner "bent over' to show that it is not part of the letter sheet VERY FINE. AN IMPORTANT HISTORICAL PHILATELIC DOCUMENT,
OF WHICH PERHAPS THREE ARE KNOWN TO HAVE SURVIVED. This facsimile of Great Britain's Mulready and Penny Black was printed in 1840 as part of the "Resolutions" of the 26th Congress, in which Daniel Webster introduced a bill to reform postage rates.
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