7. In the data table on page 103 and in the "INDEX", all ditto marks have been replaced with full words.
8. Right justified page numbers in the "INDEX" have been replaced by a left justified semi-colon ";" immediately followed by the referenced page numbers.
9. SPELLING CORRECTIONS: (#) shows number of times word was correctly spelled in the text.
- p. 47, "apperance" to "appearance" (14) (has a blurred appearance)
- p. 47, "diffent" to "different" (30) (a different design)
- p. 48, "Brattleborro" to "Brattleboro" (8) (of Brattleboro, Vermont)
- p. 50, "seperately" to "separately" (7) (stamp separately engraved)
- p. 52, "accomodation" to "accommodation" (7) (as an accommodation;)
- p. 53, "impresions" to "impressions" (102) (re-impressions in red)
- p. 55, "orignally" to "originally" (11) (originally ruled into spaces)
- p. 64, "permiting" to "permitting" (4) (permitting to be used)
- p. 78, "Terell" to "Terrell" (2) (Mr. Terrell, Third Assistant Postmaster General)
- p. 80, "Goverment" to "Government" (34) (dies by the Government)
- p. 88, "Pastmaster" to "Postmaster" (200) (the Postmaster General)
- p. 91, "postmater" to "postmaster" (200) (unlawful for any postmaster)
- p. 92, "Priviledge" to "Privilege" (13) (the Franking Privilege)
- p. 93, "lettters" to "letters" (200) (amount on letters)
- p. 94, "Casellar" to "Cassilar" (2) (Toppan, Carpenter, Cassilar & Co.)
- p. 104, "prolongued" to "prolonged" (3) (right side prolonged) (this correction is noted on the publishers "Errata" page)
- p. 107, "vermillion" to "vermilion" (15) (with yellowish vermilion)
- p. 110, "millemetres" to "millimetres" (2) (space of two millimetres)
- p. 110, "impresion" to "impression" (102) (Plate impression,)
- p. 119, "runing" to "running" (5) (and running off to the right)
- p. 120, "Botom" to "Bottom" (110) (LEFT. Top, Bottom)
- p. 123, "newpapers" to "newspapers" (88+) (through the newspapers)
- p. 124, "Immediatly" to "Immediately" (3) (Immediately after the expiration)
- p. 127, "ocre" to "ochre" (5) (5 cents, ochre, shades of brown.)
- p. 129, "impresion" to "impression" (102) (Plate impression,)
- p. 132, "borderded" to "bordered" (105) (bordered by a broad)
- p. 140, "compossed" to "composed" (19) (composed of depressed lines)
- p. 159, "ninty" to "ninety" (27) (ninety cents, Commodore)
- p. 160, "posesion" to "possession" (11) (present issue, in possession)
- p. 170, "vermillion" to "vermilion" (15) (7 cents, vermilion.)
- p. 179, "ZEVERLY" to "ZEVELY" (2) ((Signed.) A. N. ZEVELY)
- p. 180, "hurridly" to "hurriedly" (0) (hurriedly gotten up)
- p. 185, "conspicious" to "conspicuous" (6) (shade lines being conspicuous)
- p. 194, "improvments" to "improvements" (5) (improvements in machinery)
- p. 197, "soild" to "solid" (60) (broad solid colored line)
- p. 200, "whereever" to "wherever" (1) (wherever required)
- p. 201, "beween" to "between" (117) (colored band between)
- p. 207, "cirular" to "circular" (55) (From the third circular)
- p. 209, "newpaper" to "newspaper" (88+) (newspaper stamps in other countries)
- p. 209, "newpapers" to "newspapers" (88+) (distribution of newspapers and periodicals)
- p. 213, "principly" to "principally" (3) (principally at Chicago)
- p. 219, "horizontically" to "horizontally" (49) (horizontally and diagonally)
- p. 220, "Ninty" to "Ninety" (27) (One Dollar and Ninety-Two)
- p. 224, "classs" to "class" (11) (publications of the second class)
- p. 227, "reveiw" to "review" (2) (by a brief review)
- p. 228, "Treasuay" to "Treasury" (16) (the Treasury may be)
- p. 229, "Ano" to "Anno" (0) (Anno Domini 1873)
- p. 232, "addional" to "additional" (19) (four additional denominations)
- p. 232, "excercise" to "exercise" (2) (exercise its own discretion)
- p. 232, "chocineal" to "cochineal" (7) (War Department, cochineal red;)
- p. 245, "judisdiction" to "jurisdiction" (0) (court of competent jurisdiction)
- p. 245, "theron" to "thereon" (9) (shall be stated thereon)
- p. 246, "transmision" to "transmission" (9) (for the transmission of)
- p. 246, "throught" to "through" (23) (through the mails free)
- p. 247, "attatchment" to "attachment" (6) (attachment of official postage)
- p. 259, "genuiness" to "genuineness" (0) (no guarantee of genuineness)
- p. 271, "Newpapers" to "Newspapers" (88+) (Three Dollars, Newspapers)
- p. 275, "Britian" to "Britain" (0) (Great Britain and Colonies)
10. PRINTER AND TYPOGRAPHY CORRECTIONS: Words with missing and misprinted letters, inconsistent hyphenation, punctuation and spacing have been corrected without comment. Additional corrections;
- p. 23, removed duplicate word "the" (the distances were so great)
- p. 56, removed duplicate word "the" (the lower half of a circle)
- p. 59, removed duplicate "of" (I, of R. I., and S of Cents)
- p. 67-68, added Footnote anchor [A] (following advertising editorial[A]:)
- p. 75, removed duplicate word "be" (shall be subject to)
- p. 76, removed duplicate word "been" (to have been distributed)
- p. 82, removed duplicate word "be" (shall be deemed)
- p. 98, removed duplicate word "the" ((A) show the paper)
- p. 104, corrected duplicate instance of D2 f1 2 3 4, to D1 f1 2 3 4, to match established pattern of data.
- p. 139, 3rd through 6th line from bottom, changed fraction from 16-2/2 to 16-1/2.
- p. 151, removed duplicate "the" (upper squares at the sides)
- p. 177, changed "E. M. BARBER" to "E. W. BARBER" to match all other instances.
11. WORD VARIATIONS:
- "back ground" (6), "back-ground" (5), "background" (32)
- "Caracci" (1), "Carraci" (1) "Cerrachi" (2) (misspellings appear in official documents referring to Giuseppe Ceracchi, aka Giuseppe Cirachi, the Italian sculptor.)
- "despatch" (3) and "dispatch" (9)
- "enclose(ed)" (7) and "inclose" (1) (in quoted Postmaster report)
- "extention" (1) (as shown in quoted postal circular) alt. sp. of extension.
- "grayish" (1) and "greyish" (2)
- "lozenge" (1) and "losenge" (1) (middle english)
- "millimeter" (1) and "millimetre(s)" (1)
- "preceding" (2) and "preceeding" (2)
- "prepaid" (15) and "prepayed" (1) (in quoted Postmaster letter)
- "Rawdon" (1) and "Rawden" (1) (part of a company name)
- "salie" (1) and "sallie" (1)
- "semi-circle" (1) and "semicircle" (2)
- "supersede(ed)" (1) and "supercede" (1) (in quoted Postmaster report)
- "Wyman" (1) and "Wymer" (1)
- "Zachary" (1) (in text) and "Zackary" (1) (General Taylor, in quoted Postmaster letter)
12. On the Publisher's Announcement pages beginning on page 275, stacked page numbers repesent blank leading pages. In the original work the Headers were printed in various decorative fonts not replicated in this e-text.