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Stamp-collecting news and notes.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Dominic Sama
A commemorative marking the 200th anniversary of the greatest real estate bargain for the United States _ the Louisiana Purchase _ has been issued. It is the third time the Postal Service has recalled the occasion.
The 37-cent stamp, issued April 30, is vertical in format and depicts three unidentified signers of the treaty, along with the hand-written treaty with France superimposed on a map of the United States.
The purchase annexed 828,000 square miles to the fledging United States for $15 million. After the interest was added, the cost came to about 4 cents an acre.
The purchase resulted in the formation of ...
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