{"id":193,"date":"2016-01-23T20:25:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T01:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/?page_id=193"},"modified":"2016-01-25T14:44:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T19:44:55","slug":"communication-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/exhibit\/communication\/communication-2\/","title":{"rendered":"..."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Envelope with canceled stamp (United States, 1847)<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Sent from Boston, Massachusetts to New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1847<\/b><br \/>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Robert T. Galkin Collection<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first stamps in the United States were established in 1842 by private businesses. The federal government soon took over operations and standardized rates, but postmasters handled stamp production locally for several years. Offered for sale on July 1, 1847, the 5-cent Benjamin Franklin was one of the first nationally issued postage stamps in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx002_1md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-486 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx002_1md.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx002_1md\" width=\"543\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx002_1md.jpg 543w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx002_1md-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx002_1md-100x61.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx002_1md-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx002_1md-200x122.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx002_1md-450x274.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx002_2md.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-487 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx002_2md.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx002_2md\" width=\"543\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx002_2md.jpg 543w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx002_2md-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx002_2md-100x61.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx002_2md-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx002_2md-200x122.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx002_2md-450x274.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Envelope with canceled stamp (United States, 1847) Sent from Boston, Massachusetts to New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1847 Robert T. Galkin Collection The first stamps in the United States were established in 1842 by private businesses. The federal government soon took over operations and standardized rates, but postmasters handled stamp production locally for several years. 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