Scope and Contents First day issue of 2 (out of 4) color prints of commemorative stamps issued by the United States Postal Service on July 4, 1977, featuring craftspeople from the colonial era: the blacksmith, leatherworker, seamstress and wheelwright (the latter two are not included in the collection). Includes letters from Colonial Williamsburg president, Carlsine H. Humelsine, Fleetwood Stamp Company president, James A. Helzer, a biography of the artist, Lyle Tayson, and a small booklet about the stamp...

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Kept by James H. Manley, the postmaster of Columbia, Va. (Fluvanna County). Includes window registration book, cash book of money orders, and record books. James A. Shepherd signs is the Postmaster in some 1897 entries.