Pierce Match Co.: see Private die match proprietary stamps.
Pierce, R. V.: U.S. private die medicine proprietary stamp.
Piercys Express Company, Limited: parcel delivery firm serviced New York City; used stamps; year unknown.
One thing that fascinates me about items as old as these, most nearly a century old, is the picture they provide of life in those times - look at the "REAL ESTATE" cover below, for instance, with its statistics about crop yields in Pierce County, ...
For modern local posts, contact the Local Post Collectors Society, Peter Pierce, 7 Pratt Ave., Oxford, MA 01540-2826. For the 19th-century U.S. local posts, contact the Carriers and Locals Society, John D.
Ann Triggle (Immediate Past CANEJ Chair)
Peter McCann (Senior FIP Representative)
David Piercey (Canadian Judging Committee Chair)
Ken Martin (APS Executive Director)
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" This was a rouletting machine designed to pierce a series of cuts through the paper in the white space between stamps. Though the idea was excellent and was tested by the British, it was not until 1849 that Archer perfected the device.
Most have French names. Examples include; "perce en lignes," meaning cut in lines; "perce en arc" and "perce en scie," meaning pierced in an arc or saw tooth; and "perce serpentin," or cut in tiny, wavy lines.
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