New Orleans City Post, Green Snowshovel Handstamp with Matching Green Boxed "PAID/CAR.1" on Prepaid Local Folded Circular

Illustrated as Figure 7 in The Postal History of the U.S. Carrier Service in New Orleans, 1851-1861 By Hubert C. Skinner

This printed notice of the Board of Directors of the New Orleans Public Schools was prepaid and handled entirely within the carrier service for a fee of one cent. The green color of these handstamps was used exclusively by the "N.O.U.S. CITY POST" at this time. The snow-shovel marking is dated "MAY 14" with "3.P.M" indicating the hour of the delivery.