Chapter I: , U. S. City Dispatch Post 19

" II, Uniform Postage 23
" III, Postmaster's Stamps 26
" IV, Stamp of the N. Y. Postmaster 29
" V, Stamps of the St. Louis " 36
" VI, Stamp of the Brattleboro " 48
" VII, Stamp of the New Haven " 51
" VIII, Stamps of the Providence " 54
" IX, Stamp of the Alexandria " 60
" X, Stamps of the Baltimore " 62
" XI, Stamp of the Millbury " 65
" XII, Stamped Env. of Wash'n " 67
" XIII, Stamps of the Phila'lphia " 69
" XIV, Stamp of the Worcester " 70
" XV, Stamp of the Pittsfield " 71
" XVI, Observations 72
" XVII, The Issue of 1847 74
" XVIII, The Issue of 1851 81
" XIX, The Issue of 1857 110
" XX, The Issue of 1861 122
" XXI, The Issue of 1867-9 137
" XXII, The Issue of 1869 144
" XXIII, The Issue of 1870 158
" XXIV, Postage Due Stamps 198
" XXV, Special Delivery Stamp 204
" XXVI, Newspaper and Periodical St'ps 209
" XXVII, Official Stamps 227
" XXVIII, Official Seals 249
" XXIX, Reprints 254
INDEX 267
PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENTS 275

=ERRATA.=

Page 96, 3d line from top, for _25_c lilac read _24_ cents.

Page 102 in lines 5, 6, 7 and 8 from bottom in last column for F^2 G^2 H^2 I^2 read F^4 G^4 H^4 I^4.

Page 103 in lines 16 to 20 in second column for S^2 T^2 U^2 V^2 W^2 read S^3 T^3 U^3 V^3 W^3.

Page 104 5th line from bottom, omit _u_ in "prolongued."

Page 143, 9th line from top for "_follows_" read "_above_."

Page 144, last line supply "_test of_" in the blank.

Page 196, 4th line from top for (") read "_cochineal_."

Page 196, 6th line from top, for "_12 cents_" read "_15 cents_."