he weekly Heritage auctions have been featuring a lot of Encased Postage examples lately. They are scarce and interesting numismatic pieces from the Civil War period. In August of 1862, John Gault received a patent for his encasement of postage stamps in a copper shell with a mica window so you could see the value of the postage stamps inside. All this was going on because the war scared people into
Overlooked Notes Bring Bargains
Aug 09, 2022
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