Front:
15
2.
U.S. POST OFFICE
Lloyd Opis
Back:
1st day of issue, Aug. 3, 1978 at Long Nine Museum Post Office,
Athens, Illinois
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
THE POSTMASTER
ILLINOIS LINCOLN INDIANA LINCOLN KENTUCKY
New Salem, Illinois
From May 7, 1833 to May 30, 1836, young
Lincoln often walked several miles to deliver
a letter he thought important, and he en-
joyed reading all the newspapers that came
into his office.
1978 Ostendorf-Temple-Wagner, Catalog #5,
P.O. Box #124, Athens, III. 62613
ATHENS
AM
1978
62613
IL
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