Geometric Snowflakes Forever Stamps 2015

The Blizzard Of 1888 And Blizzard Mail

On March 12. 1888. a short-lived blizzard mail service delivered letters to New York City during one of the worst storms in history.

Just two days before. on March 10. temperatures in the northeast were in the mid-50s.  But the next day. cold Arctic air from Canada met with Gulf air from the south sending temperatures plummeting.  The rain quickly became snow and winds reached hurricane-strength – about 85 miles per hour in New York City.

When the people of New York awoke on March 12. it was a complete whiteout.  Some brave residents ventured out into the cold to board the city’s elevated trains to go to work.  But the trains were blocked by snowdrifts and couldn’t move.  About 15.000 people were stranded on these trains and had to be rescued by people with ladders.  Above ground telegraph lines. water mains. and gas lines were also badly damaged and inoperable.

Because of the bad weather. mail service halted in New York City and the surrounding areas.  But the mail was so important to some businesses. they arranged for their own delivery!  AW Seward and Dr. WH Mitchell hired a special messenger to take mail aboard the Steamer Chancellor of the New Jersey Central Railroad from Bergen Point. Bayonne. to New York City.  Over the course of four days. about 500 letters were transported.  Much of the mail consisted of stories from newspaper reporters in Bayonne to their papers in the city.


Product Specs：

Issue: Geometric Snowflakes StampsItem Number:680400 Denomination & Type of Issue: First-Class Mail Forever
Format: Double-Sided Booklet of 20 
(4 designs)
Series: Holiday Celebrations
Issue Date & City: October 23. 2015. New York. NY
Art Director: Antonio Alcalá. Alexandria. VA
Designer: Antonio Alcalá. Alexandria. VA
Designer: Leslie Badani. Alexandria. VA
Typographer: Antonio Alcalá. Alexandria. VA
Modeler: Donald Woo
Manufacturing Process: Offset. Microprint
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America/SSP
Printed at: Browns Summit. NC
Press Type: Alprinta 74
Stamps per Booklet: 20
Print Quantity: 300 million stamps
Paper Type: Phosphor Tagged Paper. Overall
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Processed at: Banknote Corporation of America. Browns Summit. NC
Stamp Orientation: Vertical
Image Area (w x h): 0.73 x 0.84 in./18.54 x 21.34 mm
Stamp Size (w x h): 0.87 x 0.98 in./22.09 x 24.89 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h): 5.52 x 1.96 in./140.21 x 49.78 mm


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