Salt Lake Telegram | 1903-03-18 | Page 7 | Maker of the First Postage Stamp Dies |

Type	issue
Date	1903-03-18
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
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Article Title	Maker of the First Postage Stamp Dies
Type	article
Date	1903-03-18
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Page	7
OCR Text	Show MAKER OF IDE FIRST ; TOSTAGE STAMP, DIES Postmaster yThote Product of 1839 Are "Worth S800 Each, Passes . Away. ' BOSTON. March IS. Henry Waterman, formerly postmaster of . Millbury. - Mass., who claimed the distinction of having: la-sued la-sued the s,rst postage stamp used in this country. Is dead In. Woonsocket. B. I-. at ' the age of 86. Mr. Waters an's prominence as a postmaster post-master came in 183!), when he made and used as postmaster at Millbury the now famous Millbury stamps, which today, according ac-cording to the catalogue collectors, are valued at from $S0O to 11200 each.
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