 Notice of Rejection of Postage Stamps as Money, Circa 1862. Printed form on white bond paper. 195mm by 100mm. Arabesque border with ornate corner details. Text, a bold black imprint statement, 'NO POSTAGE STAMPS/ TAKEN.' Used by businesses who refused the emergency use of sticky, easily lost or damaged postage stamps as small change in the early days of the Civil War. Such refusals paved the way for the creation of Postage Currency. The first we have seen. An important small broadside and of interest to Fractional and Encased Postage Collectors. Extremely Fine. Mounted on a brown paper sheet.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Estate.
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