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Emergency Issue Authorization
- When
- 1856
- Where
- Georgetown
Postmaster E. Dalton authorized local printers to produce an emergency stamp issue in Georgetown after official stamps failed to arrive.
An anticipated delivery of stamps by ship did not arrive, prompting postmaster E. Dalton to authorize printers Joseph Baum and William Dallas to print an emergency issue. These printers were the publishers of the Official Gazette newspaper in Georgetown.
Sources
- British Guiana 1c magenta Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
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