merry measure

 

A postal gift dating to sometime between 1932 and 1958, when 

for 26 years - ! - the rate for letters was three cents an ounce. 

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Faulkner & Eliot

My holiday postage: 22-cent stamps issued 24 and 25 years ago, 
like tiny book covers adorning every envelope.  Affixed 
while listening to this history of the post office.

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