In 1870 the US Post Office issued a radically different set of stamps from the previous issues of 1869. The reason for the change was primarily political as a new Postmaster General had been appointed. The...
The banknote issues give collectors the most trouble with identification with the possible exception of the Washington/Franklins. I’m going to write a series of guides that will hopefully be a good reference...
Things to try: Direction. - It is easy to get the collecting bug and go crazy buying tons of notes, spending hundreds of dollars on lots without the slightest notion as to what the notes are or where the...