| Portrait of J. K. Tiffany | ([Frontispiece]). |
| Preface | [9] |
| Introduction | [13] |
| Chapter | I, | U. S. City Dispatch Post | [19] |
| " | II, | Uniform Postage | [23] |
| " | III, | Postmaster's Stamps | [26] |
| " | IV, | Stamp of the N. Y. Postmaster | [29] |
| " | V, | Stamps of the St. Louis | " | [36] |
| " | VI, | Stamp of the Brattleboro | " | [48] |
| " | VII, | Stamp of the New Haven | " | [51] |
| " | VIII, | Stamps of the Providence | " | [54] |
| " | IX, | Stamp of the Alexandria | " | [60] |
| " | X, | Stamps of the Baltimore | " | [62] |
| " | XI, | Stamp of the Millbury | " | [65] |
| " | XII, | Stamped Env. of Wash'n | " | [67] |
| " | XIII, | Stamps of the Phila'lphia | " | [69] |
| " | XIV, | Stamp of the Worcester | " | [70] |
| " | XV, | Stamp of the Pittsfield | " | [71] |
| " | XVI, | Observations | [72] |
| " | XVII, | The Issue of 1847 | [74] |
| " | XVIII, | The Issue of 1851 | [81] |
| " | XIX, | The Issue of 1857 | [110] |
| " | XX, | The Issue of 1861 | [122] |
| " | XXI, | The Issue of 1867-9 | [137] |
| " | XXII, | The Issue of 1869 | [144] |
| " | XXIII, | The Issue of 1870 | [158] |
| " | XXIV, | Postage Due Stamps | [198] |
| " | XXV, | Special Delivery Stamp | [204] |
| " | XXVI, | Newspaper and Periodical St'ps | [209] |
| " | XXVII, | Official Stamps | [227] |
| " | XXVIII, | Official Seals | [249] |
| " | XXIX, | Reprints | [254] |
| Index | [267] |
| Publishers' Announcements | [275] |