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GB RPSL PB-CORRESP-INT-110046-1201-1
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Letter from E.J. Smith regarding Ottoman postage labels
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Summary: This letter from E.J. Smith in Constantinople, dated April 27th, 1857, addresses Messrs Bacon Perkins & Co. regarding the manufacturing of postage labels for the Ottoman Government. Smith discusses the inability to estimate annual requirements due to recent changes in postal management and requests information on the costs of manufacturing dies and printing the first batch of labels.
