Show postmasters paid for stamps th the first postage stamps were issued by individual postmasters at their r own expense in 1845 postmasters at Alexandria va brattle boro bora vt vac lockport N Y mill bury mass baltimore md boscawen N H providence Providenc et R L I 1 st louis mo new haven conn and new york N Y supplied their patrons with stamps or stamped envelopes ve lopes which are now very valuable and highly prized by collectors the postmaster stamps were superseded by the first government issue on oa july 1 1847 |