Harrison - manufacturer of paper used on Elizabethan-era stamps. First seen in August 1983.
The gum has a blue-green tinge and the paper curls.
Inscription showing 'H' for Harrison paper ...
Harrison, Galen D. (1997). Prisoners' Mail from the American Civil War. Dexter, MI: Galen D. Harrison (?).
Papers ...
The 12¢ Harrison of the Liberty series had been issued in June 1959 to pay the third-ounce first-class letter rate of 4¢ per ounce (Aug. 1, 1958).
Harrison
The June 1997 Technical Details Booklet, reports that up to the middle of 1996, the base paper had optical brighteners in the fibres. Thus, the UV reaction on the back of the stamps is bluish white.
Harrison and Sons: British stamp printers since 1911. known for the George V issues.
Harrison & Sons Ltd.: watermark seen on Maldive Islands.
Harrowgate and District: United Kingdom postal strike, local post, 1971.
and Harrisonburg, Virginia. The expansion of the Highway Post Office Service was postponed during World War II. A second route was established in 1946.
Harrison, McKinley, "Teddy" Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding and Coolidge all appeared on the higher denomination stamps in order of succession but the continuity of the denominations was broken after Cleveland.
A type of paper devised by Harrison & Sons to prevent the problem of ink absorption in the drying process. The paper contained a phosphorescent ink that was sensed by automatic mail handling machinery.
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Here's another of Jim Bruns' excellent works on postal vehicles, this time the HPO buses and their development on the line from Washington, DC to Harrisonburg, VA.
S is for Setenant
T is for Topical ...
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