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United States Postal Service Uniform Express Receipt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.104.04 Author/Creator: United States Postal Service Place Written: March Field, California Type: Receipt Date: 26 June 1944 Pagination: 1p. : Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 19.4 cm Order a Copy

A Railway Express Agency Uniform Express Receipt for a thirty-one pound bag. It cost Robert Sone $4.50 to ship it back to New York City. Printed on transfer paper.

Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009
Stone, Beatrice Hecht Marks, 1901-1962
Stone, Jacob, fl. 1894-1985
Stone, Donald, 1925-2017

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