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New 8 cent stamp honors mail order business history
The 8 cent stamp issued Sept 27 features a rural post office storefront with a man receiving a package, a woman with a child, a cat and dog near merchandise, and a potbelly stove. The design recalls 1872 mail order catalogs by Aaron Montgomery Ward and honors the wider mail order industry, with first day requests to Chicago.
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