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March 18, 1901 in Freeland Tribune

Domestic News March 18, 1901

Freeland Tribune

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Pan American Exposition, Special Stamps, Buffalo, Postoffice Department, Transportation Industry

Freeland, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

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The U.S. Post Office Department has decided on six special stamps to benefit the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, each depicting transportation elements: 1-cent green lake steamer, 2-cent red railway train, 4-cent red brown automobile, 5-cent blue Niagara Falls bridge, 8-cent lilac Sault Ste. Marie lock, and 10-cent light brown ocean steamer.

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The postoffice department has decided upon six special stamps for the benefit of the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo. The one-cent stamp, of green color, will have a picture of a lake steamer to represent the great transportation industry of the inland seas in which Buffalo is so much interested. The two-cent stamp, printed in red, will have a railway train; the four-cent stamp, in red brown, an automobile; the five-cent stamp, in blue, a picture of the new bridge at Niagara Falls; the eight-cent stamp, in lilac, a picture of the lock at Sault Ste. Marie, and the ten-cent stamp, of light brown, an ocean steamer.

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Celebration Transportation

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Pan American Exposition Special Stamps Buffalo Postoffice Department Transportation Industry

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Buffalo

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The postoffice department has decided upon six special stamps for the benefit of the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo. The one-cent stamp, of green color, will have a picture of a lake steamer to represent the great transportation industry of the inland seas in which Buffalo is so much interested. The two-cent stamp, printed in red, will have a railway train; the four-cent stamp, in red brown, an automobile; the five-cent stamp, in blue, a picture of the new bridge at Niagara Falls; the eight-cent stamp, in lilac, a picture of the lock at Sault Ste. Marie, and the ten-cent stamp, of light brown, an ocean steamer.