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tuscany4me
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29 Jan 2013
12:32:36pm
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29 Jan 2013
02:43:45pm
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That is TOO funny!

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Mike
29 Jan 2013
05:41:10pm
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WOW, you couldn't even afford to do that today, especially if you were trying to make a profit, such as this builder was.

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30 Jan 2013
03:28:56pm
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American stamp collectors should recommend this bank be preserved as a national heritage site.

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31 Jan 2013
01:37:13pm
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NJW7
02 Feb 2013
06:11:16pm
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I also saw the Smithsonian's newsletter in January about the beginnings of the US postal service offering parcel post. My favorite was the story where a Idaho parent wanted to send their daughter to Grandmas, and the new parcel service was cheaper than a train ticket. The little girl got there safe and sound, but a new policy of not allowing human beings to be mailed was implemented.
http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/parcelpost100/p4.html

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02 Feb 2013
06:34:24pm
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Fabulous article!! I love that the old mailmen just took the children without question!

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03 Feb 2013
12:55:04am
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Great stories!!! Postal history is interesting. Thank you for posting. MARGIN - Mario

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20 Jul 2013
01:41:06pm
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This isn't on the grand scale of the previous posts, but it really makes you think about how the US transitioned from a "frontier" to "civilized".

The Postmaster, who has a unique writing style, tells the story well on this "Last Day" cover from "Calf Creek".
(Front and back, of what amounts to a "postcard" made from a scrap of paper.)
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It's interesting how he prints in ALL CAPS, except for his "n"s and "g"s...
It makes the "n"s look like CAP "n"s that are backwards. However, if you study them, they are lower case, just the upright is spaced wide from the rest, giving it that appearance. I had this for a long time before I realized they weren't backward caps.

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25 Jul 2013
10:01:00am
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Ratio:

I lived in Brownwood, TX in 1994-5. I know where Calf Creek is!

Amazing what you find, eh?

David Giles
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