CHARLES EMORY SMITH - PRINTED CARD SIGNED IN INK - HFSID 26396
Price: $140.00
CHARLES EMORY SMITH
Printed United States Postmaster General card signed by Charles Emory
Smith, who held the post from 1898 to 1902
Printed card signed "Ch Emory Smith" in black ink.4x2½
card. Imprinted at top edge: "Memorandum/The Postmaster General". Smith
(1842-1908, born in Mansfield, Connecticut) was President William
McKinley's Postmaster General from 1898 to 1901, continuing in Theodore
Roosevelt's administration until 1902. Before becoming postmaster, he
helped to develop rural free delivery in the United States Postal
Service, in which mail carriers brought mail to rural customers free of
charge. This service was instituted in 1891 and continues to this day. He was
also a journalist, editing two Albany papers from 1865 to 1880 and the
Philadelphia Express, in which he was part proprietor, from 1880 until
his death. Lightly toned and creased. Adhesive residue on verso (no
show-through). Otherwise in fine condition.
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